This story is the work of Bruno Ceriotti. Help in putting this together has been provided by Ted Nugent, K.J. Knight, Rob Grange, Danny Gore, Richard Brown, Greg Vick, Chazz Avery, Bill Ten Eyck, Bill Farmer, Steve Vear, Detroit Pete, Ivano Sortino, Rick Carr, Randy M. Foley, Alan Webber, Ron Clore, Charles Wagner, Serge Bellerose, Carlton Vose, Cyn, Ray, Rob Branigin, Kim Fox, Edward Dranginis, David Eckler, Ken McLatchie, Steve Hughey, The Concert Database, Ron Domilici, Roger Wilson, Western Herald, The Detroit News, Billboard, Cbrillow, Greg Bonaventura, Mike Delbusso, Joe Kremp, Splatt Gallery, Ann Arbor Sun, Broadside, Fifth Estate, and Colin Hill, to whom I'm most grateful.
THE ROYAL HIGH BOYS #1 (1960 - 1962)
THE ROYAL HIGH BOYS #1 (1960 - 1962)
1) Theodore Anthony 'Ted' Nugent lead guitar
2) Tom Noel drums
THE ROYAL HIGH BOYS #2 (1962)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Tom Noel
3) John Finley rhythm guitar
THE LOURDS #1 (1962 - 1964 or 1965)
1) Ted Nugent lead guitar
2) Tom Noel drums
3) John Finley rhythm guitar
4) Pete Primm bass
5) John Brake (aka John Drake) vocals
THE LOURDS #2 (1964 or 1965 (eight weeks only))
1) Ted Nugent
2) John Finley
3) Pete Primm
4) John Drake
5) Jim Butler drums
1964 or 1965: Benedectine High School, Detroit, MI
1964 or 1965: The Walled Lake Casino, 1903 Novi Road, near 13 Mile Road, Walled Lake, MI with Billy Lee and The Rivieras
THE LOURDS #3 (aka #1) (1964 or 1965 - SPRING 1965)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Tom Noel
3) John Finley
4) Pete Primm
5) John Drake
unknown date, 1965: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI with The Supremes, Beau Brummels
THE AMBOY DUKES #1 (SPRING 1965 - 1966)
1) Ted Nugent lead guitar, vocals, percussion
2) Bob Lehnert vocals
3) Gary Hicks rhythm guitar
4) Dick Treat bass
5) Gale Uptadale drums
June 18-19, 1965: (back room) Nino's Pizza Hall, 2175 Cornell Road, Chicago, IL "Keg Party!"
October 9, 1965: Gymnasium, Lake Park High School, Roselle, Chicago, IL "Homecoming Dance"
unknown date, 1965-1966: The Cellar, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL
March 25-26, 1966: The Bat-Cave, 6684 North Oliphant, 1/2 block south of N.W. Highway, near Park Ridge, Chicago, IL "Opening"
October 9, 1965: Gymnasium, Lake Park High School, Roselle, Chicago, IL "Homecoming Dance"
unknown date, 1965-1966: The Cellar, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL
March 25-26, 1966: The Bat-Cave, 6684 North Oliphant, 1/2 block south of N.W. Highway, near Park Ridge, Chicago, IL "Opening"
THE AMBOY DUKES #2 (1966 - 1967)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Gary Hicks
3) Dick Treat
4) Gale Uptadale
5) John Drake vocals
unknown date, 1966-1967: The Cellar, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL
July 16, 1967: The Chatterbox, Southfield Road, Allen Park, MI with The Scot Richard Case, Robin Seymour (MC) "afternoon show"
July 16, 1967: The Chatterbox, Southfield Road, Allen Park, MI with The Scot Richard Case, Robin Seymour (MC) "afternoon show"
THE AMBOY DUKES #3 (1967 - APR 1968)
1) Ted Nugent
2) John Drake
3) Steve Farmer vocals, rhythm guitar
4) Dave Palmer drums
5) Rick Lober (aka Nervous Ned) keyboards
6) Bill 'Mom' White bass
September 22-23, 1967: Northland Mummp, inside a converted quonset hut outside the Northland Shpping Center, just north of 8 Mile Road, between Northwestern Hwy. & Greenfield Road, Southfield, MI with Frut Of The Loom (22), Jagged Edge (23)
October 14, 1967: Arena Gardens, Port Huron, MI
October 27, 1967: Northland Mummp, inside a converted quonset hut outside the Northland Shpping Center, just north of 8 Mile Road, between Northwestern Hwy. & Greenfield Road, Southfield, MI with Bob Seger and The Last Herd, The Jagged Edge, The Southbound Freeway "Big Halloween Party"
The band was mis-pelled as 'An-boy Dukes' on the gig ad.
November 3, 1967: The Hullabaloo, Clarkston, MI
The band was mis-pelled as 'An-boy Dukes' on the gig ad.
November 3, 1967: The Hullabaloo, Clarkston, MI
November 22, 1967: Southfield High School, Southfield, MI with The Who, Unrelated Segments
December 2-3, 1967: The Fifth Dimension, 216 W. Huron, Ann Arbor, MI with The Mothers Of Invention, The Magic Veil Light Show
December 9, 1967: The Fifth Dimension, 216 W. Huron, Ann Arbor, MI with The Lost Generation
December 21, 1967: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI "Opening Night!"
December 29-30, 1967: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI with MC5, Up
unknown date, 1968: unknown venue, St. Louis, MO
January 13, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with The 5th Dimension, Bobby Goldsboro, Jay and the Techniques, The Outsiders, The Last World, The Lemon Pipers, The Roman Numerals, The Silver Caboose, Betty Webb (broadcast date)
January 13, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with The 5th Dimension, Bobby Goldsboro, Jay and the Techniques, The Outsiders, The Last World, The Lemon Pipers, The Roman Numerals, The Silver Caboose, Betty Webb (broadcast date)
January 19, 1968: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Scot Richard Case, Apple Pie Motherhood
The Amboy Dukes was scheduled for the day 20 too, but was finally replaced by The Psychedelic Stooges.
January 19-21, 1968: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI with Bob Seger System, The Talismen, SRC, "Annual Autorama"
February 9, 1968: Discount Records, East Lansing, MI "In Store"
February 9, 1968: Mickey's Hideaway, East Lansing, MI
February 16-17, 1968: Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston, MA (The Amboy Dukes cancelled and were replaced by Colwell Winfield Blues Band)
February 24, 1968: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Vanilla Fudge (cancelled), The Frightened Trees, Soap
February 24, 1968: Silverbell Hideout, Auburn Hills, MI with Geyda
March 15, 1968: Daniel's Den, Saginaw, MI with The Gross National Product
March 30, 1968: 12th Floor Auditorium, J.L. Hudson Building (aka Hudson's) (Department Store and Addition), 1206 Woodward Avenue, downtown Detroit, Wayne County, MI with The Scot Richard Case, The Rationals, plus WKNR DJs: Scott Regen, J. Michael Wilson, Bob Harper "Action Age Seventeen"
April 5-6, 1968: Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA with The Tangerine Zoo
THE AMBOY DUKES #4 (APR 1968 - SEPT 1968)
January 19-21, 1968: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI with Bob Seger System, The Talismen, SRC, "Annual Autorama"
February 9, 1968: Discount Records, East Lansing, MI "In Store"
February 9, 1968: Mickey's Hideaway, East Lansing, MI
February 16-17, 1968: Psychedelic Supermarket, Boston, MA (The Amboy Dukes cancelled and were replaced by Colwell Winfield Blues Band)
February 24, 1968: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Vanilla Fudge (cancelled), The Frightened Trees, Soap
February 24, 1968: Silverbell Hideout, Auburn Hills, MI with Geyda
March 15, 1968: Daniel's Den, Saginaw, MI with The Gross National Product
March 30, 1968: 12th Floor Auditorium, J.L. Hudson Building (aka Hudson's) (Department Store and Addition), 1206 Woodward Avenue, downtown Detroit, Wayne County, MI with The Scot Richard Case, The Rationals, plus WKNR DJs: Scott Regen, J. Michael Wilson, Bob Harper "Action Age Seventeen"
April 5-6, 1968: Boston Tea Party, Boston, MA with The Tangerine Zoo
THE AMBOY DUKES #4 (APR 1968 - SEPT 1968)
1) Ted Nugent
2) John Drake
3) Steve Farmer
4) Dave Palmer
5) Andy Solomon vocals, sax, keyboards
6) Greg Arama bass
April 19-21, 1968: Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA with Cannonball Adderley, Lights by Fillmore Light Show
April 26-28, 1968: Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA with Grateful Dead, Edison Electric Band, The Amazing Beymont (cancelled) (Amboy Dukes cancelled)
May 3-5, 1968: Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA with Blue Cheer (Amboy Dukes cancelled)
Summer 1968: Thee Image, Miami, FL with NRBQ, Fantasy
July 4, 1968: Pottawatamie beach, Saugatuck, MI with The Flock, The Rationals, The Thyme, MC5, The Up, The Früt of the Loom, The Finer Things, Girls Inc., The Tikis "Saugatuck Pop Festival" (The Amboy Dukes did not play due to rain)
July 16, 1968: The Boogie (formerly Old Roseville Hullabaloo), Common Road, one block west of Groesbeck Highway, Roseville, MI with Frut Of The Loom
July 24, 1968: Mother's, Romeo, MI with Frut Of The Loom
July 27, 1968: Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL with Tiny Tim, H.M. Royals, and others
July 27, 1968: Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL with Tiny Tim, H.M. Royals, and others
July 29, 1968: parking lot, Oakland Mall, Troy, Detroit, MI with Bob Seger System, Third Power, Savage Grace, The Rationals "free open concert"
August 2, 1968: Geauga Lake Amusement Park, Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, OH with The Box Tops, Gene Pitney, Jay and The Techniques, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Peppermint Trolley Company "2nd Annual WIXY Appreciation Day"
August 6, 1968: The Jaguar, St. Charles, IL with Aorta
August 17, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with Blue Cheer, Hank Ballard, Jerry Butler, Eternity's Children, The Flavor, The New Colony Six, The Ohio Express, The Sunshine Company (broadcast date)
August 2, 1968: Geauga Lake Amusement Park, Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, OH with The Box Tops, Gene Pitney, Jay and The Techniques, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Peppermint Trolley Company "2nd Annual WIXY Appreciation Day"
August 6, 1968: The Jaguar, St. Charles, IL with Aorta
August 17, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with Blue Cheer, Hank Ballard, Jerry Butler, Eternity's Children, The Flavor, The New Colony Six, The Ohio Express, The Sunshine Company (broadcast date)
August 17, 1968: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with Vanilla Fudge, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Soft Machine, Eire Apparent
THE AMBOY DUKES #5 (SEPT 1968 - ca. MAY 1969)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Steve Farmer
3) Dave Palmer
4) Andy Solomon
5) Greg Arama
6) Russell Edward Davidson (aka Rusty Day) vocals, harmonica, percussion
September 13-14, 1968: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chambers Brothers
September 14, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with The Bellboys, The Grass Roots, The Mauds, The 1910 Fruit Gum Company, The Grass Roots, The Cherry People, and The Graduates, The Magnificent Men, The Tokens (broadcast date)
September 20-22, 1968: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with McKenna Mendleson Mainline (20), MC-5 (21), Up (21), Rodney Knight (22), The Psychedelic Stooges (22)
September 27-28, 1968: Electric Factory, 2201 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA with James Cotton Blues Band, Elizabeth
October 12, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with Marvin Gaye, Jay and the Techniques, Lemon Pipers, Paul Peterson, The Sunshine Company, The Blues Magoos, Little Eva, The Main Attraction, The McCoys, The Tokens, Brenton Wood (broadcast date)
November 1?, 1968: unknown club, Detroit, MI
October 12, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with Marvin Gaye, Jay and the Techniques, Lemon Pipers, Paul Peterson, The Sunshine Company, The Blues Magoos, Little Eva, The Main Attraction, The McCoys, The Tokens, Brenton Wood (broadcast date)
November 1?, 1968: unknown club, Detroit, MI
Their future drummer K.J. Knight was in the audience that night.
November 15, 1968: The Hideout #3, Clawson, MI with The Underground Wall
November 16, 1968: The Silverbell Hideout, Auburn Hills, MI with Target, The Royal Coachmen
November 23-24, 1968: Village Pub, Birmingham, MI with White Spider Blues Band (23), the Hallucinations (24), London Fog (24), Underground Wall (24), Wilson Mower Pursuit (24), Coke (24), Red White & Blues Band (24), Meditations (4), Lights by 21st Century (24)
December 1, 1968: Rock Pile, Toronto, BC, Canada with Rockshow Of The Yeomen
December 7, 1968: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with Vanilla Fudge, Lights by Electric Collage
December 14, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with The American Breed, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and His Band, Adam Wade, Al Caiola, The Sweet Inspirations (broadcast date)
December 14, 1968: Thee Image, Miami, FL
December 20-21, 1968: Kinetic Playground, 4812 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL with New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, Charlie Musselwhite
November 23-24, 1968: Village Pub, Birmingham, MI with White Spider Blues Band (23), the Hallucinations (24), London Fog (24), Underground Wall (24), Wilson Mower Pursuit (24), Coke (24), Red White & Blues Band (24), Meditations (4), Lights by 21st Century (24)
December 1, 1968: Rock Pile, Toronto, BC, Canada with Rockshow Of The Yeomen
December 7, 1968: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with Vanilla Fudge, Lights by Electric Collage
December 14, 1968: 'Upbeat', WEWS Channel 5, WUAB-TV Studios, Cleveland, OH with The American Breed, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and His Band, Adam Wade, Al Caiola, The Sweet Inspirations (broadcast date)
December 14, 1968: Thee Image, Miami, FL
December 20-21, 1968: Kinetic Playground, 4812 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL with New York Rock and Roll Ensemble, Charlie Musselwhite
January 3-4, 1969: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Up (3), The Pack (4), Dick Rabbit (4)
January 10, 1969: The Crow's Nest West, Dearborn, MI
January 11, 1969: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI with Ashenperpol
January 25, 1969: Village Pub, Birmingham, MI with Phenomenon
Early 1969 (?): Auditorium, Adrian High School, Adrian, MI with SRC
February 7, 1969: The Hideout #3, Clawson, MI with Teegarden & Van Winkle
February 28, 1969: The Crow's Nest West, Dearborn, MI with The Attack
March 8, 1969: Fillmore East, New York City, NY with Vanilla Fudge, Sirocco, Lights by Pablo
March 16, 1969: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI
March 22, 1969: The Silverbell Hideout, Clarkston, MI with Underground Wall, Wind
March 28, 1969: The Crow's Nest West, Dearborn, MI with The Tryle
March 29, 1969: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI with Target
March 30, 1969: Ann Arbor Armory, Ann Arbor, MI with SRC, Commander Cody, Terry Tate Blues Band, The Up, plus five others "Benefit Trust Busters' Ball"
March 30, 1969: Ann Arbor Armory, Ann Arbor, MI with SRC, Commander Cody, Terry Tate Blues Band, The Up, plus five others "Benefit Trust Busters' Ball"
April 4, 1969: The Hideout #3, Clawson, MI with The 3rd Power
April 5, 1969: The Silverbell Hideout, Clarkston, MI with Savage Grace, Poor Richard's Almanac
April 7, 1969: Stage B, Olympia Stadium, 5920 Grand River Avenue at McGraw Street, Detroit, MI with SRC, Frijid Pink, Unreleated Segments, Bob Seger System, Plain Brown Wrapper, Frost, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Ted Lucas, Red White & Blues Band, Third Power, H.P. and The Grass Roots Movement, UP, Savage Grace, Frut Of The Loom, Castle, Train, MC-5, Sweetwater "Detroit Pop Festival"
April 8, 1969: Civic Auditorium (aka Welsh Auditorium), Grand Rapids, MI with Sweetwater, Castle, Frijid Pink, Frost, Frut Of The Loom, H.P. & The Grass Route Movement, Mandala, MC5, Plain Brown Wrapper, The Rationals, The Red, White & Blues Band, The Bob Seger System, SRC, The Third Power, The Train, The Unreleated Segments, The Up, Wilson Mower Pursuit "Grand Rapids Pop Festival"
April 9, 1969: Saginaw Auditorium, Saginaw, MI with MC5, SRC, Sweetwater (canceled), The Bob Seger System, The Rationals, The Frost, Frijid Pink "Saginaw Pop Festival"
April 7, 1969: Stage B, Olympia Stadium, 5920 Grand River Avenue at McGraw Street, Detroit, MI with SRC, Frijid Pink, Unreleated Segments, Bob Seger System, Plain Brown Wrapper, Frost, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Ted Lucas, Red White & Blues Band, Third Power, H.P. and The Grass Roots Movement, UP, Savage Grace, Frut Of The Loom, Castle, Train, MC-5, Sweetwater "Detroit Pop Festival"
April 8, 1969: Civic Auditorium (aka Welsh Auditorium), Grand Rapids, MI with Sweetwater, Castle, Frijid Pink, Frost, Frut Of The Loom, H.P. & The Grass Route Movement, Mandala, MC5, Plain Brown Wrapper, The Rationals, The Red, White & Blues Band, The Bob Seger System, SRC, The Third Power, The Train, The Unreleated Segments, The Up, Wilson Mower Pursuit "Grand Rapids Pop Festival"
April 9, 1969: Saginaw Auditorium, Saginaw, MI with MC5, SRC, Sweetwater (canceled), The Bob Seger System, The Rationals, The Frost, Frijid Pink "Saginaw Pop Festival"
April 12, 1969: Crazy Horse, 5845 South 12th Street (Old Colony Farm Road), Kalamazoo, MI "Dance Concert"
April 18, 1969: The Crow's Nest East, St. Clair Shores, MI with The Maxx
April 19, 1969: Hullabaloo Club, Toledo, OH
April 20, 1969: Grandmothers, East Lansing, MI
May 2, 1969: The Crow's Nest West, Dearborn, MI with Owen Love
May 10, 1969: Auditorium, Denby High School, Denby, MI with Frut Of The Loom
May 17, 1969: Ballroom, Edgewater Amusement Park, Edgewater, MI with Frost, The Ratinals, Frut Of The Loom
May 18, 1969: West Park, Ann Arbor, MI with Up, Kraak, Candle, MC-5, The Stooges, Soul Remains, Diane Di Prima "Free Music Revival" (free outdoor concert)
May 24, 1969: The Cellar, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL with Cosmic Messengers
May 18, 1969: West Park, Ann Arbor, MI with Up, Kraak, Candle, MC-5, The Stooges, Soul Remains, Diane Di Prima "Free Music Revival" (free outdoor concert)
May 24, 1969: The Cellar, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL with Cosmic Messengers
May 31, 1969: Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI "First Annual Rock n' Roll Revival Festival"
THE AMBOY DUKES #6 (ca. MAY 1969 - JAN ?, 1970)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Dave Palmer
3) Andy Solomon
4) Greg Arama
June 1, 1969: Grandmother's, Lansing, MI with Octopuss
June 4-11, 1969: Ungano's, New York City, NY with John Braden
June 13-14, 1969: Action House, 50 Broadway, Island Park, Long Island, NY with Man
June 17, 1969: The Firehouse, Toledo, OH
June 21, 1969: The Silverbell (Hideout), Bald Mountain Road, Clarkston, MI with SRC
June 27-28, 1969: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Buddy Miles Express, Rush
July 3, 1969: Club Ponytail, Harbor Springs, MI with The Boyfriends
July 4, 1969: Pottawatamie Beach, Saugatuck, MI with SRC, Procol Harum, MC5, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Rotary Connection "2nd Annual Saugatuck Pop Festival"
July 8, 1969: Rainy Daze, Chesterfield, MO
July 15, 1969: Georgian Terrace Hotel, Atlanta, GA with Sweet Younguns, Lights by Electric Collage Light Show
July 25, 1969: Kenwick-on-the-Lake, Brights Grove, ON, Canada
July 8, 1969: Rainy Daze, Chesterfield, MO
July 15, 1969: Georgian Terrace Hotel, Atlanta, GA with Sweet Younguns, Lights by Electric Collage Light Show
July 25, 1969: Kenwick-on-the-Lake, Brights Grove, ON, Canada
July 2?, 1969: Delta Community College, University Center, MI with MC5, The Bob Seger System, The Rationals, SRC, The Stooges, The Third Power, Wilson Mower Pursuit, The Up "Delta Pops Festival"
August 2, 1969: The Silverbell Hideout, Clarkston, MI with The Sunday Funnies
August 11, 1969: Garden City Park, Garden City, MI "Muscular Dystrophy Benefit"
August 15, 1969: Kenwick-on-the-Lake, Brights Grove, ON, Canada with MC5, The Pleasure Seekers, Mitch Ryder, Motherlode, Stooges, Rationals, Fruit of the Loom, Frigid Pink, The Tea, Whiskey Howl, Big Al’s Band, Scarborough Fair, Sound Spectrum, Jackie Graham Society
August 16, 1969: Wampler's Lake Pavilion, Walter J. Hayes State Park, Irish Hills, MI with The Sunday Funnies
August 17, 1969: Milan Speedway, Milan, MI with The Stooges, Savage Grace, The Up, MC5, Lyman Woodard Trio, The Gold Brothers, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Kraack, The Tate Blues Band "Michigan Music Supports The John Sinclair Defense Fund - Festival of Life" (cancelled)
August 17, 1969: Detroit Public Library front steps, Detroit, MI with Brownsville Station, Third Power, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels "WABX-FM Free Concert"
August 19, 1969: The Carrawee Ballroom, Flat Rock, MI with The Dutch Elm
August 17, 1969: Detroit Public Library front steps, Detroit, MI with Brownsville Station, Third Power, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels "WABX-FM Free Concert"
August 19, 1969: The Carrawee Ballroom, Flat Rock, MI with The Dutch Elm
August 22, 1969: Midland Fairgrounds, Midland, MI with Red White & Blues Band, Plain Brown Wrapper, Unrelated Segments, The Ones, Frijid Pink, Third Power, All The Lonely People, Rationals, plus The Ultra Light Show "Mid-Michigan Pop Festival and Rock Concert"
August 23, 1969: Aquinas High School, Southgate, MI
September 14, 1969: Toledo Raceway Park, Toledo, OH with Pleasure Seekers (cancelled), MC5, SRC, The Turtles, Alice Cooper, The Ohio Power, Frost, Rationals, Savage Grace (cancelled), Rush, Frut, Life "Toledo Pop Festival"
September 26, 1969: Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI with The Third Power
October 4, 1969: Lake Lansing Amusement Park, Lake Lansing, Haslett, Ingham County, MI with SRC, Jim Schwall, Woolies, Savage Grace, Sunay Funnies, Brownsville Station, Plain Brown Wrapper "Lake Lansing Pop & Blues Festival"
October 4, 1969: Lake Lansing Amusement Park, Lake Lansing, Haslett, Ingham County, MI with SRC, Jim Schwall, Woolies, Savage Grace, Sunay Funnies, Brownsville Station, Plain Brown Wrapper "Lake Lansing Pop & Blues Festival"
October 5, 1969: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI with Bhang, Bob Seger System, The Stooges, Third Power "WTAC Pop Festival"
October 10, 1969: The Grande-Riviera, 9222 Grand River Avenue at Joy Road, Detroit, MI with SRC, Alice Cooper, Lights by Sonavision "Grand Opening" (cancelled)
October 12, 1969: The Grande-Riviera, 9222 Grand River Avenue at Joy Road, Detroit, MI with The Who, All The Lonely People, Lights by Sonavision
October 18, 1969: The Branch, Wyandotte, MI
October 24, 1969: Daniel's Den, Saginaw, MI
October 25, 1969: The Silverbell Hideout, Clarkston, MI with The Third Power
October 31, 1969: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI with Arthur Brown (cancelled), Dr. Tim Leary (cancelled), MC5 (cancelled), Bonzo Dog Band (cancelled), Coven (set censored), Pink Floyd (cancelled), Peter Hurkos (Mystic), Ralph Adams (Modern Houdini) (canceled), Plum Wine, Kim Fowley (cancelled), Alice Cooper (cancelled), Sky (cancdlled), Pluto, Ted Lucas, Frijid Pink, Früt, Satan (Himself) (cancelled), Teegarden & Van Winkle, Bob Seger (cancelled), All The Lonely People (cancelled), Pleasure Seekers (cancelled), Sweetwater (appeared although they weren't billed), SRC, Savage Grace (set aborted), The Frost (appeared but weren't permitted to play), The Stooges, Jerry Lubin (MC) "Black Magic & Rock n' Roll Festival (aka A Black Arts Festival)"
The Amboy Dukes appeared although they weren't permitted to play!
November 1, 1969: The Grande-Riviera, 9222 Grand River Avenue at Joy Road, Detroit, MI with SRC, Alice Cooper, Richmond, Dr. Tim Leary backed by Orange Crush, Coven, Lights by Sonavision
November 5, 1969: Rainy Daze, 14100 Olive Street, Chesterfield, MO
November 11, 1969: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI with MC5, SRC, Parliaments with the Funkedelic, Frost, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Stooges, Savage Grace, Rationals, Third Power, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Frijid Pink, All The Lonely People, Oliver Twist, The Day and Night Dealers Blues Band, lights by The Magic Veil LIght Show "Day Of Peace"
The Amboy Dukes appeared although they weren't permitted to play!
November 1, 1969: The Grande-Riviera, 9222 Grand River Avenue at Joy Road, Detroit, MI with SRC, Alice Cooper, Richmond, Dr. Tim Leary backed by Orange Crush, Coven, Lights by Sonavision
November 5, 1969: Rainy Daze, 14100 Olive Street, Chesterfield, MO
November 11, 1969: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI with MC5, SRC, Parliaments with the Funkedelic, Frost, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Stooges, Savage Grace, Rationals, Third Power, Wilson Mower Pursuit, Frijid Pink, All The Lonely People, Oliver Twist, The Day and Night Dealers Blues Band, lights by The Magic Veil LIght Show "Day Of Peace"
The show was canceled as a result of the riots occured in this same venue during the rock n' roll festival of the previous October 31.
December 6, 1969: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with New Hope
December 27 or 28 or 29, 1969: Miami-Hollywood Speedway, Pembroke Pines, FL with Santana, Crow, Smith, Vanilla Fudge, Grateful Dead, Butterfield Blues Band, B.B. King, Hugh Masakela, Tony Joe White, Biff Rose, Canned Heat, Turtles, Motherlode, The Band, Johnny Winter, Cold Blood, Sweetwater "Miami Rock Festival - Last Rock Festival of the 60's"
Late 1969: Cobra Club, Highway 43, Hastings, MI
unknown date, 1969: Highland Lakes Campus, Oakland Community College, 7350 Cooley Lake Road, Waterford Township, MI with The US, The Frost, MC5, Plain Brown Wrapper and maybe a few other bands also
THE AMBOY DUKES #7 (JAN ?, 1970 - 1970)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Andy Solomon
3) Greg Arama
4) Kenneth Jay Mills (aka K.J. Knight) vocals, drums
January ?, 1970: unknown high school, Detroit, MI
The Amboy Dukes #7 first gig.
January 9-10, 1970: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI
January 22, 1970: Electric Theatre, Toledo, OH
January 23-24, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Cold Blood, Steve Brooker
The band was billes as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'.
February 1, 1970: 'The Show, TV Show with Dr. James Kavanaugh, John Borger, Donal Leace, Bob Walsh (host) (broadcast date)
February 14, 1970: Daniel's Den, Saginaw, MI
February 20, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Frost, Brownsville Station
February 21, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI
The band was billed as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'.
February 22, 1970: Electric Circus, New York City, NY with Rhinoceros, Catfish, Holy Modal Rounders, Sweet Stavins Chain, Chelsea Beige, Smubbs, David Peel & The Lower East Side, Rabbi Feinberg, Dr. Stanley Krippner, Kno 3, Eddie Arrow "Right-A-Wrong! A Benefit for the Legalization of Marijuana"
March 28, 1970: Mount Holly, Holly, MI with Sonny Hugg
April 1970 (approximate date): Central Bucks High School West, 375 West Court Street, Doylestown, PA
April 10-11, 1970: Old Fillmore, San Francisco, CA with Flamin' Groovies, Hot Tuna, Heavy Weather
May 20, 1970: Agora Ballroom, Columbus, OH with Glass Harp
May 30 - June 1, 1970: Thunderbird Beach, 20 miles north-west of Baton Rouge, LA with Youngbloods, MC5, It's A Beautiful Day, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bob Seger System, Brownsville Station, Buckinghams, Ides Of March, Mason Proffit, Alice Cooper "The Festival Of Man and Earth"
April 1, 1971: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 30 Courtland Street SE, Atlanta, GA with Brownsville Station, Alice Cooper "Detroit II"
April 2-3, 1971: Pirate's World, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL with Brownsville Station (cancelled?)
April 3-4, 1971: The Place, Miami, FL
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Baton Rouge, LO with Brownsville Station
April 11, 1971: unknown venue, Orlando, FL with Bronwsville Station
June 23, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with SRC, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Ormandy, Universe, The Maxx, The Rumor, The Whiz Kids, and more "Wild Wednesday '71 - The Michigan Monster" (outdoor show)
June 25, 1971: Cypress Pointe Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish (near McCrea), LO with Stoneground, Bloodrock "The Celebration Of Life Festival"
July 4, 1971: Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI with Black Sabbath, The Siegel-Schwall Band, Savage Grace, Alex Taylor, Brownsville Station "outdoor rock festival"
July 16-18, 1971: Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI with SRC, Bob Seger, Mutzie, Teagarden & Van Winkle, Sunday Funnies, Silverhawk, Catfish, Frut, Jam Band "1st Annual Summerama Rod & Custom Show (aka Summerama '71)'
July 17, 1971: Wampler's Lake Pavilion, Walter J. Hayes State Park, Highway 12, Irish Hills, Lenawee County, MI with Cookie, The Rumor
July 23-24, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Blue Scepter (formerly SRC), Glass Harp, The Frut
July 28, 1971: The Factory, St. Charles Theater, St. Louis, MO with The Mike Quatro Jam Band
August 3, 1971: Union Ballroom, University of Michigan campus, 503 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI with Up, Otis, Brownsville Station "Free John Now! - A Benefit for John Sinclair"
August 6, 1971: Macon Coliseum, Macon, GA with Black Sabbath
August 7, 1971: The Park, New Baltimore, OH with MC5, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, Bob Catfish Hodge, Teegarden & Van Winkle, and others "Rock Show"
Supposedly Bill White, Dave Glbert and Keith Johnstone's last gig with The Amboy Dukes.
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #4 (AUG 1971 - JAN 1972)
August 22, 1971: Lucas County Recreation Center, 1800 Key Street, Maumee, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, teegarden & Van Winkle, Chuck Berry, LAW, Bob Catfish Hodge "Lake Milton Festival"
August 25, 1971: The Dome, Virginia Beach, VA with James Gang
September 3, 1971: The Park, North Baltimore, OH with Parliament Funkadelic, Sweet Tain
September 11, 1971: in a tent, Université Laval, 2325 Rue de l'Université, Québec City, QC, Canada with Salt
September 17, 1971: Vanity Stadium, Detroit, MI
October 17, 1971: Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA with Chuck Berry, Sunday Funnies
November 26 or 27, 1971: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX (The Amboy Dukes cancelled and an unknown local duo filled in for them)
December 11, 1971: Centennial Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario, Canada with SRC, The Whiz Kids
December 17-18, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Dr. John, Flower Traveling Band (canceled)
unknown date, 1971: Highland Lakes Campus, Oakland Community College, 7350 Cooley Lake Road, Waterford Township, MI with Claudia Schmidt
June 3-4, 1972: 1000 Acre Camping Fish Lake, near Fremont, IN with Bob Seger, SRC, Frijid Pink, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Pat Boone and His Jesus Five, Earthen Vessels, Danny Lee and The Sons Of God, Fred David Group, Lily Crosier, McCrarys, 1776, Whiz Kids "Festival"
Supposedly Danny Gore's debut gig with the band.
June 7, 1972: Stamford High School, Stamford, CT with Brownsville Station "Benefit for multiple sclerosis research" (two shows, 7:30pm and 10:00pm)
unknown date, 1972: 'unknown title', TV Show, St. Louis, MO
unknown date, 1972: The Hollywood Sportatorium, Fort Lauderdale, FL with Ramatam
unknown date, 1972: unknown venue, Evanston, IL "outdoor music festival"
August 2, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Northeast corner of Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with The Dogs, Guardian Angel, Ides of March, Raspberries, Sunday Funnies, The Wollies, Salamander, Limousine, Sonaura, and others "The Big One"
August 18, 1972: Twin Lakes Ballroom, Twin Lakes, WI with Crank
August 21, 1972: Southland Dragways, Houma, LA with Paper Steamboat "Rock Concert Under the Stars"
September 2, 1972: Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL with Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Eric Quincy Tate Group, Ramatam
September 3, 1972: Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL with Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Eric Quincy Tate Group
September 3, 1972: Bull Island, White County, IN with Foghat, Rory Gallagher, Brownsville Station "Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival"
September 4, 1972: Lake Odessa Fairgrounds, I-96 west of Lansing, Lake Odessa exit, Lansing, MI with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, Bob Seger, Catfish, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Guardian Angel, Chip Stevens, and more "Crest One Rock & Roll"
September 17, 1972: Wisconsin International Raceway, Kaukauna, WI with Big Brother and The Holding Company (or Commander Cody), Brownsville Station, Bo Diddley, Luther Allison, Bang, TRUC, Eden Stone, and more "Wisconsin International Fall Festival"
September 24, 1972: Lakeside at Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Frijid Pink, SRC, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Limousine, Ricebird, Reggie Roberts & Hot Ice, Smack Dab, Rumor, and others "Super Sunday 72 (outdoor show)"
September 30, 1972: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with MC5, The Mutants "Re-Opening of the Grande"
October 12, 1972: Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL with John Lee Hooker, White Witch
January 25, 1970: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with SRC, Third Power, Brownsville Station, Frut, Frijid Pink (cancelled), Sun, Sunday Funnies, Ed Sanders (cancelled), speakers: Skip Taube and Genie Plamondon "Free John Sinclair and All Political Prisoners"
January 30-31, 1970: Ludlow Garage, 346 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
January 30-31, 1970: Ludlow Garage, 346 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, OH with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
February 1, 1970: 'The Show, TV Show with Dr. James Kavanaugh, John Borger, Donal Leace, Bob Walsh (host) (broadcast date)
February 14, 1970: Daniel's Den, Saginaw, MI
February 20, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Frost, Brownsville Station
The band was billed as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'.
February 21, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI
The band was billed as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'.
February 22, 1970: Electric Circus, New York City, NY with Rhinoceros, Catfish, Holy Modal Rounders, Sweet Stavins Chain, Chelsea Beige, Smubbs, David Peel & The Lower East Side, Rabbi Feinberg, Dr. Stanley Krippner, Kno 3, Eddie Arrow "Right-A-Wrong! A Benefit for the Legalization of Marijuana"
February 27, 1970: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with The Sunday Funnies
February 28, 1970: The Silverbell Hideout, Clarkston, MI
March 7, 1970: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO with Country Joe and The Fish, Steam, Rotary Connection, Chuck Berry, Blues Magoos, Stooges, Frijid Pink, Frost, Pleasure Seekers/Cradle, Touch, Merge, Pax, Aardvark, Spur, Jay Barry, Alvin Pivil, Stop, San Francisco Light Show "1st St. Louis Pop Festival"
March 20, 1970: Met Sports Center, Bloomington, MN with The Stooges, SRC, Litter, Brownsville Station, Canned Heat, Grand Funk Railroad, Buddy Miles, Sweetwater (canceled), Rotary Connection (canceled) "The Met Center Rock Festival (aka 1st Met Pop Festival)"
March 7, 1970: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO with Country Joe and The Fish, Steam, Rotary Connection, Chuck Berry, Blues Magoos, Stooges, Frijid Pink, Frost, Pleasure Seekers/Cradle, Touch, Merge, Pax, Aardvark, Spur, Jay Barry, Alvin Pivil, Stop, San Francisco Light Show "1st St. Louis Pop Festival"
March 20, 1970: Met Sports Center, Bloomington, MN with The Stooges, SRC, Litter, Brownsville Station, Canned Heat, Grand Funk Railroad, Buddy Miles, Sweetwater (canceled), Rotary Connection (canceled) "The Met Center Rock Festival (aka 1st Met Pop Festival)"
March 26, 1970: Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH with Joe Cocker, Mountain, Savoy Brown, MC5, Frijid Pink, Pleasure Seekers, The Stooges, Brownsville Station, Cradle, Bitter Blood, Balderdash, Glass Wall, Whalefeathers, East Orange Express, Westfauster, San Francisco Light Show "Cincinnati Pop Festival"
March 28, 1970: Mount Holly, Holly, MI with Sonny Hugg
April 1970 (approximate date): Central Bucks High School West, 375 West Court Street, Doylestown, PA
April 10-11, 1970: Old Fillmore, San Francisco, CA with Flamin' Groovies, Hot Tuna, Heavy Weather
April 13-16, 1970: Ungano's, New York City, NY
April 25, 1970: Pirate's World, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL
April 2? or May ?, 1970: unknown venue, West Palm Beach, FL (two-days shows)
May 1, 1970: Southfield High Gymnasium, Southfield High School, Southfield, MI with Red White and Blues Band, Virgin Dawn, All The Lonely People, Plain Brain Wrapper, Blues Train, 3rd Power "Pop Festival"
May 9, 1970: The Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada with Grand Funk Railroad
May 19-20, 1970: Beavers, Chicago, IL
May 20, 1970: Agora Ballroom, Columbus, OH with Glass Harp
May 30, 1970: Dave Lewis's Farm, Heyworth, IL with Country Joe and The Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Devil's Kitchen, B.B. King, Canned Heat, REO Speedwagon, Joe Kelly Blues Band, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends and many others "Kickapoo Creek Outdoor Rock Concert - Incident at Kickapoo Creek"
May or June 1970: The Big Steele Ballroom, 635 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI
May 30 - June 1, 1970: Thunderbird Beach, 20 miles north-west of Baton Rouge, LA with Youngbloods, MC5, It's A Beautiful Day, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bob Seger System, Brownsville Station, Buckinghams, Ides Of March, Mason Proffit, Alice Cooper "The Festival Of Man and Earth"
THE AMBOY DUKES #8 (1970 - JAN 2?, 1971) / TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #1 (1970 - JAN 2?, 1971)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Andy Solomon
3) K.J. Knight
4) Rob Ruzga bass
June 12-13, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Country Joe and The Fish, Shocking Blue, Pacific Gas & Electric, Ambergris
June 20, 1970: Gilligan's, Buffalo, NY
June 24, 1970: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI with Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, MC-5, Rationals, Brownsville Station, Frijid Pink, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Dream Delight "Wild Wednesday - 12 groups in 12 hours - Twin Concert Stages" (outdoor show)
June 27, 1970: 200-acre site north of County Truck MM at the Portaghe-Waupaca county line, part of the property being in the town of Iola and part in the town of New Hope, Portage County, WI with Buffy Sainte-Marie, Spirit (canceled), Crow, Brownsville Station, Mason Profitt, and more "People's Fair"
July 14, 1970: St. Petersburg Armory, St. Petersburg, FL
July 24-25, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Sweet Stavin' Chain, Poco, Spirit (cancelled)
July 24, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Sha Na Na, Commander Cody and The New Lost Planet Airmen, Bob Rudnick (M.C.), plus film "Monterey Pop"
July 24-26, 1970: unknown venue, North Coventry Township, Chester County, PA with Eric Burdon & War, Stooges, Zephyr, Illusion, Catfish, Dragonwyck, Steeplechase, High Treason, Boomerang, Orpheus, Mitch Ryder, Cactus, Bloodrock, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger System, and others "The New Coast Music Festival"
July 31 and August 1, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Toe Fat, Rationals, Lights by Magic Veil Light Show
June 20, 1970: Gilligan's, Buffalo, NY
June 24, 1970: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI with Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, MC-5, Rationals, Brownsville Station, Frijid Pink, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Dream Delight "Wild Wednesday - 12 groups in 12 hours - Twin Concert Stages" (outdoor show)
June 27, 1970: 200-acre site north of County Truck MM at the Portaghe-Waupaca county line, part of the property being in the town of Iola and part in the town of New Hope, Portage County, WI with Buffy Sainte-Marie, Spirit (canceled), Crow, Brownsville Station, Mason Profitt, and more "People's Fair"
July 14, 1970: St. Petersburg Armory, St. Petersburg, FL
July 24-25, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Sweet Stavin' Chain, Poco, Spirit (cancelled)
July 24, 1970: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Sha Na Na, Commander Cody and The New Lost Planet Airmen, Bob Rudnick (M.C.), plus film "Monterey Pop"
July 24-26, 1970: unknown venue, North Coventry Township, Chester County, PA with Eric Burdon & War, Stooges, Zephyr, Illusion, Catfish, Dragonwyck, Steeplechase, High Treason, Boomerang, Orpheus, Mitch Ryder, Cactus, Bloodrock, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger System, and others "The New Coast Music Festival"
July 31 and August 1, 1970: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Toe Fat, Rationals, Lights by Magic Veil Light Show
The band was billed as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'. The shows were recorded and later released on their album: 'Survival Of The Fittest' (1971).
August ?, 1970: unknown venue, Montreal, QC, Canada
August 8, 1970 Schenectady Aerodrome, Schenectady, NY
August 9, 1970: unknown venue, Atlantic City, NJ "2nd Annual Atlantic City Pop Festival"
August 10, 1970: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with Golden Caulfield (filled in for Alice Cooper), Brownsville Station
August 12, 1970: Central State Fairgrounds, 800 San Francisco Street, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota with Cradle, Crow, Alice Cooper, Frantic, Whitewing "Central States Rock Festival"
August 14, 1970: Boston College Stadium, Boston, MA
August 15, 1970: unknown venue, Commack, NY "Commack Pop Festival"
August 16, 1970: unknown venue, Houston, TX "Houston Pop Festival"
August 28-30, 1970: Big Country Ranch Resort, West Finley Township, Washington County, PA with SRC, Alice Cooper, Manitoba Hugger, Fuse, Tayles, Stooges, Bob Seger, MC5, Siegel-Schwall, 3rd Power, Brownsville Station, Tongue & Django "Spoon River Rock Festival" (canceled)
August 30, 1970: Band Shell, West Park, Ann Arbor, MI with The Third Power "Ann Arbor Free Concert Series"
September 5-7, 1970: unknown venue, Highway 95 between Elgin and Bastrop, TX with MC5, Stooges, Ike & Tina Turner, James Cotton Blues Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chambers Brothers, Alice Cooper, Rare Earth, Eric Burdon & War, Smith, Bloodrock, Savoy Brown, Carolyn Hester, The Third Power, John Mayall, Freddie King, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimmy Driftwood, Rotary Connection, Brownsville Station "1st Annual Central Texas Music Festival"
September 11, 1970: Palladium, Birmingham, MI with All The Lonely People, Shakey Jake
September 16-20, 1970: Whisky A' Go Go, Los Angeles, CA with Second Coming (canceled)
September 18-19, 1970: Action House, Long Island, NY with Savoy Brown (18)
September 20, 1970: Windosr Arena, Windsor, Ontario, Canada with SRC, Savage Grace, Iggy & The Stooges, Brownsville Station, Blues Train "Super Session"
October 10, 1970: State Theater, Toledo, OH with Blue Grass, Lothar Stuff
October 31, 1970: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmngham, MI with Everlon Nevermore, John Drake's Shakedown
November 22, 1970: Of Our Own, Houston, TX with Denim & Lorien
November 22, 1970: Frut Palace, Mount Clemens, MI
December 27, 1970: unknown venue, Jacksonville, FL
December 29, 1970: Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with MC5, Bob Seger System "Detroit I"
December 31, 1970: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with MC-5 (with guest Bob Seger), SRC, Cradle, Jam Band, MC Dave Miller "New Years Eve"
January 10, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with The Maxx
January 15-16, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Ry Cooder
August ?, 1970: unknown venue, Montreal, QC, Canada
August 8, 1970 Schenectady Aerodrome, Schenectady, NY
August 9, 1970: unknown venue, Atlantic City, NJ "2nd Annual Atlantic City Pop Festival"
August 10, 1970: Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT with Golden Caulfield (filled in for Alice Cooper), Brownsville Station
August 12, 1970: Central State Fairgrounds, 800 San Francisco Street, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota with Cradle, Crow, Alice Cooper, Frantic, Whitewing "Central States Rock Festival"
August 14, 1970: Boston College Stadium, Boston, MA
August 15, 1970: unknown venue, Commack, NY "Commack Pop Festival"
August 16, 1970: unknown venue, Houston, TX "Houston Pop Festival"
August 28-30, 1970: Big Country Ranch Resort, West Finley Township, Washington County, PA with SRC, Alice Cooper, Manitoba Hugger, Fuse, Tayles, Stooges, Bob Seger, MC5, Siegel-Schwall, 3rd Power, Brownsville Station, Tongue & Django "Spoon River Rock Festival" (canceled)
August 30, 1970: Band Shell, West Park, Ann Arbor, MI with The Third Power "Ann Arbor Free Concert Series"
September 5-7, 1970: unknown venue, Highway 95 between Elgin and Bastrop, TX with MC5, Stooges, Ike & Tina Turner, James Cotton Blues Band, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chambers Brothers, Alice Cooper, Rare Earth, Eric Burdon & War, Smith, Bloodrock, Savoy Brown, Carolyn Hester, The Third Power, John Mayall, Freddie King, Flying Burrito Brothers, Jimmy Driftwood, Rotary Connection, Brownsville Station "1st Annual Central Texas Music Festival"
September 11, 1970: Palladium, Birmingham, MI with All The Lonely People, Shakey Jake
September 16-20, 1970: Whisky A' Go Go, Los Angeles, CA with Second Coming (canceled)
September 18-19, 1970: Action House, Long Island, NY with Savoy Brown (18)
September 20, 1970: Windosr Arena, Windsor, Ontario, Canada with SRC, Savage Grace, Iggy & The Stooges, Brownsville Station, Blues Train "Super Session"
October 10, 1970: State Theater, Toledo, OH with Blue Grass, Lothar Stuff
October 31, 1970: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmngham, MI with Everlon Nevermore, John Drake's Shakedown
November 13, 1970 (year is approximate): McMorran Arena, Port Huron, MI with Ormandy, Julia
The band was billed as 'Amboy Dukes Featuring Ted Nugent' on the flyer
November 22, 1970: Of Our Own, Houston, TX with Denim & Lorien
November 22, 1970: Frut Palace, Mount Clemens, MI
December 25-26, 1970: Pirate's World, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL with Fantasy
December 27, 1970: unknown venue, Jacksonville, FL
December 29, 1970: Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, GA with MC5, Bob Seger System "Detroit I"
December 31, 1970: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with MC-5 (with guest Bob Seger), SRC, Cradle, Jam Band, MC Dave Miller "New Years Eve"
January 10, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with The Maxx
January 15-16, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Ry Cooder
The band was billed as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes'.
January 22, 1971: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI with Frut, Woodstock Band "19th Annual Autorama - Rockarama"
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #2 (JAN 2?, 1971 - MAY 1971)
1) Ted Nugent
2) K.J. Knight
3) Rob Ruzga
4) Dave Gilbert vocals
January 30, 1971: unknown venue, St. Louis, MO
February 19, 1971: Toledo State Theatre, Toledo, OH with Virgin Dawn, Mass
February 26, 1971: CEGEP de Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
February 27, 1971: Cégep de Sainte-Foy, Québec City, QC, Canada with Dionysos
March 5, 1971: KRNT Rsdio Theatre, Des Moines, IA with River Jenny, Mason Proffit
March 6, 1971: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with Dada, The Tea
March 7, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Ormandy
March 12, 1971: Public Theater, East Dayton, OH (cancelled?)
March 12, 1971: Oelman Auditorium, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
February 19, 1971: Toledo State Theatre, Toledo, OH with Virgin Dawn, Mass
February 26, 1971: CEGEP de Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
February 27, 1971: Cégep de Sainte-Foy, Québec City, QC, Canada with Dionysos
March 5, 1971: KRNT Rsdio Theatre, Des Moines, IA with River Jenny, Mason Proffit
March 6, 1971: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with Dada, The Tea
March 7, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Ormandy
March 12, 1971: Public Theater, East Dayton, OH (cancelled?)
March 12, 1971: Oelman Auditorium, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
The show was recorded by my buddy Richard Brown who was in the audience that night and now he posted some songs on youtube, check it out!.
March 31, 1971: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA with Brownsville Station
March 31, 1971: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA with Brownsville Station
April 1, 1971: Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, 30 Courtland Street SE, Atlanta, GA with Brownsville Station, Alice Cooper "Detroit II"
April 2-3, 1971: Pirate's World, Sheridan Street, Dania, FL with Brownsville Station (cancelled?)
April 3-4, 1971: The Place, Miami, FL
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Baton Rouge, LO with Brownsville Station
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Birmingham, AL with Brownsville Station
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Tampa, FL with Brownsville Station
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Jackson, MS with Brownsville Station
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Memphis, TN with Brownsville Station
April ?, 1971: unknown venue, Little Rock, AR with Brownsville Station
April 8, 1971: Gym, Crestwood High School, Dearborn Heights, MI with Virgin Dawn
April 8, 1971: Gym, Crestwood High School, Dearborn Heights, MI with Virgin Dawn
April 11, 1971: unknown venue, Orlando, FL with Bronwsville Station
April 21, 1971: Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, CA with Brownsville Station
The bands were both originally scheduled for April 21-25 but supposedly they actually played only the first day.
April 30, 1971: St. Louis Arena at the Annex, St. Louis, MO with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station, Mike Quatro Jam Band
May 1, 1971: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with Heresy, Silver Hawk
May 2, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Virgin Dawn
May 4, 1971: unknown venue, St. Louis, MO
May 6, 1971: Town Hall, New York, NY
May 7, 1971: unknown venue, Roanoke, VA
May 8, 1971: unknown venue, Atlanta, GA
May 9, 1971: unknown venue, Weston Salem, NC
April 30, 1971: St. Louis Arena at the Annex, St. Louis, MO with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station, Mike Quatro Jam Band
May 1, 1971: The Birmingham Palladium, Birmingham, MI with Heresy, Silver Hawk
May 2, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Virgin Dawn
May 4, 1971: unknown venue, St. Louis, MO
May 6, 1971: Town Hall, New York, NY
May 7, 1971: unknown venue, Roanoke, VA
May 8, 1971: unknown venue, Atlanta, GA
May 9, 1971: unknown venue, Weston Salem, NC
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #3 (MAY 1971 - AUG 1971)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Bill White
3) Dave Gilbert
3) Dave Gilbert
4) Keith Johnstone drums
May 14, 1971: unknown venue, Pittsburgh, PA
May 15, 1971: unknown venue, Springfield, IL (cancelled)
May 15, 1971: Gilligans, Buffalo, NY
May 16, 1971: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station
May 20, 1971: unknown venue, Eau Claire, WI "festival"
May 21, 1971: Packard Music Hall, Warren, OH with Catfish
May 22, 1971: unknown venue, Orlando, FL
May 29 or 30, 1971: Greer's Farm, southwest of Archer Road, Gainesville, FL with Lobo, Buoys, New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, Dion, Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Paxton, Oliver, Free Agency, Mother's Milk, Mudcrutch, Tom Paxton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Game, Hogtown Creek "Dusserah Music Festival"
June 11, 1971: unknown venue, unknown city, OH
June 11-20, 1971: Exhibition Hall, Alabama State Fairgrounds, Birmingham, AL with Alice Cooper, Mountain, Earth Wind & Fire, Gary Pucket and The Union Gap, and many more "Teen Scene '71 - Rock Fair"
June 18, 1971: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station
June 21, 1971: Fries Auditorium, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI with Mutzie
May 15, 1971: unknown venue, Springfield, IL (cancelled)
May 15, 1971: Gilligans, Buffalo, NY
May 16, 1971: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station
May 20, 1971: unknown venue, Eau Claire, WI "festival"
May 21, 1971: Packard Music Hall, Warren, OH with Catfish
May 22, 1971: unknown venue, Orlando, FL
May 29 or 30, 1971: Greer's Farm, southwest of Archer Road, Gainesville, FL with Lobo, Buoys, New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, Dion, Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Paxton, Oliver, Free Agency, Mother's Milk, Mudcrutch, Tom Paxton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Game, Hogtown Creek "Dusserah Music Festival"
June 11, 1971: unknown venue, unknown city, OH
June 11-20, 1971: Exhibition Hall, Alabama State Fairgrounds, Birmingham, AL with Alice Cooper, Mountain, Earth Wind & Fire, Gary Pucket and The Union Gap, and many more "Teen Scene '71 - Rock Fair"
June 18, 1971: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station
June 21, 1971: Fries Auditorium, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI with Mutzie
June 23, 1971: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with SRC, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Ormandy, Universe, The Maxx, The Rumor, The Whiz Kids, and more "Wild Wednesday '71 - The Michigan Monster" (outdoor show)
June 25, 1971: Cypress Pointe Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish (near McCrea), LO with Stoneground, Bloodrock "The Celebration Of Life Festival"
July 4, 1971: Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI with Black Sabbath, The Siegel-Schwall Band, Savage Grace, Alex Taylor, Brownsville Station "outdoor rock festival"
July 16-18, 1971: Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI with SRC, Bob Seger, Mutzie, Teagarden & Van Winkle, Sunday Funnies, Silverhawk, Catfish, Frut, Jam Band "1st Annual Summerama Rod & Custom Show (aka Summerama '71)'
July 17, 1971: Wampler's Lake Pavilion, Walter J. Hayes State Park, Highway 12, Irish Hills, Lenawee County, MI with Cookie, The Rumor
July 23-24, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Blue Scepter (formerly SRC), Glass Harp, The Frut
July 28, 1971: The Factory, St. Charles Theater, St. Louis, MO with The Mike Quatro Jam Band
August 3, 1971: Union Ballroom, University of Michigan campus, 503 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, MI with Up, Otis, Brownsville Station "Free John Now! - A Benefit for John Sinclair"
August 6, 1971: Macon Coliseum, Macon, GA with Black Sabbath
August 7, 1971: The Park, New Baltimore, OH with MC5, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, Bob Catfish Hodge, Teegarden & Van Winkle, and others "Rock Show"
Supposedly Bill White, Dave Glbert and Keith Johnstone's last gig with The Amboy Dukes.
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #4 (AUG 1971 - JAN 1972)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Rob Grange vocals, bass, percussion
3) Joe Vitale drums
4) John 'Johnny' Angelos lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, acoustic guitar
August 22, 1971: Lucas County Recreation Center, 1800 Key Street, Maumee, OH with Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station, Bob Seger, teegarden & Van Winkle, Chuck Berry, LAW, Bob Catfish Hodge "Lake Milton Festival"
August 25, 1971: The Dome, Virginia Beach, VA with James Gang
September 3, 1971: The Park, North Baltimore, OH with Parliament Funkadelic, Sweet Tain
September 11, 1971: in a tent, Université Laval, 2325 Rue de l'Université, Québec City, QC, Canada with Salt
September 17, 1971: Vanity Stadium, Detroit, MI
October 17, 1971: Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA with Chuck Berry, Sunday Funnies
November 26 or 27, 1971: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX (The Amboy Dukes cancelled and an unknown local duo filled in for them)
December 11, 1971: Centennial Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario, Canada with SRC, The Whiz Kids
December 17-18, 1971: Eastown Theatre, Detroit, MI with Dr. John, Flower Traveling Band (canceled)
December 18, 1971: Cinderella Ballroom, Detroit, MI with Dr. John
December 21, 1971: Loew's Theatre, Providence, RI with MC5, Mitch Ryder, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Bob Seger System "Detroit I"
December 25, 1971: Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL
December 29, 1971: Gadsden Convention Hall, Gadsden, AL "Holiday Rock Spectacular"
December 21, 1971: Loew's Theatre, Providence, RI with MC5, Mitch Ryder, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Bob Seger System "Detroit I"
December 25, 1971: Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL
December 29, 1971: Gadsden Convention Hall, Gadsden, AL "Holiday Rock Spectacular"
unknown date, 1971: Highland Lakes Campus, Oakland Community College, 7350 Cooley Lake Road, Waterford Township, MI with Claudia Schmidt
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #5 (JAN 1972 - JUN ?, 1972)
1) Ted Nugent
2) K.J. Knight
3) Rob Grange
4) Johnny Angelos
February 27, 1972: The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
March 5, 1972: Lincoln Park Theatre, Lincoln Park, MI
March 17, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Hydramoss
May 11, 1972: Turner Hall, 926 Hampshire, Quincy, IL with Ilmo Smokehouse
May 20, 1972: Luther Williams Baseball Park, Central City Park Fairgrounds, Macon, GA with Brownsville Station, Eric Quincy Tate
January 22, 1972: Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI with Brownsville Station "Annual Autorama"
February 4-6, 1972: Vets Auditorium, Des Moines, IA "Motorcycle Show"
February 27, 1972: The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL
March 5, 1972: Lincoln Park Theatre, Lincoln Park, MI
March 17, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Hydramoss
April 29, 1972: Parkway Field, Louisville, KY with MC-5, Freddie King, Mitch Ryder
May 6, 1972: Warehouse, New Orleans, LO
May 6, 1972: Warehouse, New Orleans, LO
May 11, 1972: Turner Hall, 926 Hampshire, Quincy, IL with Ilmo Smokehouse
May 20, 1972: Luther Williams Baseball Park, Central City Park Fairgrounds, Macon, GA with Brownsville Station, Eric Quincy Tate
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #6 (JUN ?, 1972 - OCT 1972)
1) Ted Nugent
2) Rob Grange
3) K.J. Knight
4) Danny Gore lead vocals, rhythm guitar
June 3-4, 1972: 1000 Acre Camping Fish Lake, near Fremont, IN with Bob Seger, SRC, Frijid Pink, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Pat Boone and His Jesus Five, Earthen Vessels, Danny Lee and The Sons Of God, Fred David Group, Lily Crosier, McCrarys, 1776, Whiz Kids "Festival"
Supposedly Danny Gore's debut gig with the band.
June 7, 1972: Stamford High School, Stamford, CT with Brownsville Station "Benefit for multiple sclerosis research" (two shows, 7:30pm and 10:00pm)
unknown date, 1972: 'unknown title', TV Show, St. Louis, MO
unknown date, 1972: The Hollywood Sportatorium, Fort Lauderdale, FL with Ramatam
unknown date, 1972: unknown venue, Evanston, IL "outdoor music festival"
August 2, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Northeast corner of Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with The Dogs, Guardian Angel, Ides of March, Raspberries, Sunday Funnies, The Wollies, Salamander, Limousine, Sonaura, and others "The Big One"
August 18, 1972: Twin Lakes Ballroom, Twin Lakes, WI with Crank
August 21, 1972: Southland Dragways, Houma, LA with Paper Steamboat "Rock Concert Under the Stars"
September 2, 1972: Hollywood Sportatorium, Pembroke Pines, FL with Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Eric Quincy Tate Group, Ramatam
September 3, 1972: Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL with Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show, Eric Quincy Tate Group
September 3, 1972: Bull Island, White County, IN with Foghat, Rory Gallagher, Brownsville Station "Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival"
September 4, 1972: Lake Odessa Fairgrounds, I-96 west of Lansing, Lake Odessa exit, Lansing, MI with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, Bob Seger, Catfish, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Guardian Angel, Chip Stevens, and more "Crest One Rock & Roll"
September 17, 1972: Wisconsin International Raceway, Kaukauna, WI with Big Brother and The Holding Company (or Commander Cody), Brownsville Station, Bo Diddley, Luther Allison, Bang, TRUC, Eden Stone, and more "Wisconsin International Fall Festival"
September 24, 1972: Lakeside at Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Frijid Pink, SRC, Teegarden & Van Winkle, Limousine, Ricebird, Reggie Roberts & Hot Ice, Smack Dab, Rumor, and others "Super Sunday 72 (outdoor show)"
September 30, 1972: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI with MC5, The Mutants "Re-Opening of the Grande"
October 12, 1972: Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL with John Lee Hooker, White Witch
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #7 (OCT 1972 - EARLY 1974)
1) Ted Nugent (aka The Reverend Atrocious Theodocious, aka Theo)
2) Rob Grange
3) Vic Mastrianni vocals, drums
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4) Andy Jesowski vocals (he played only as sessionmen on their album 'Call Of The Wind' in 1973)
5) Gabriel 'Gabe' Magno organ Hammond B-3, piano, synthesizer, flute (he played with the band as guest for only a few gigs possibly in 1974, and also as sessionmen on their album 'Call Of The Wind' in 1973)
October 29, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI
November 13-15, 1972: The Headrest, Atlanta, GA with Blackfoot
November 21-23, 1972: Hurlbut Ranch, Dripping Springs, TX with Freddie King, Bob Seger System, Brownsville Station, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (cancelled), Mitch Ryder, Trapeze, Foghat, Bo Diddley, Moody Blues (cancelled), Teegarden And Van Winkle, Mike Quatro Jam Band, Circus, Bo Diddley, B.B. King "A Concert At Gatlin Creek"
November 22, 1972: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO with Ten Years After, REO Speedwagon, Wild Turkey
December 1, 1972: Asheville City Auditorium, Asheville, NC with The Bob Seger System, The Michael Quatro Jam Band
December 7, 1972: Florida Gymnasium, University of Florida campus, Gainesville, FL with Cactus, Ramatam
December 17, 1972: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Brownsville Station, Detroit featuring Rusty Day (formerly with Cactus) "WTTO Radio Presents Rock & Roll"
December 29, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Smack Dab
December 30, 1972: Lincoln Park Theatre, Lincoln Park, MI
January 20, 1973: Rome City Auditorium, Rome, GA with Brownsville Station
February 18, 1973: Downtown National Guard Armory, Jackonsville, FL with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Running Easy
March 17, 1973: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO with REO Speedwagon, Tumble (canceled?), Brownsville Station (canceled?), Joe Walsh with Barnstorm
April 13, 1973: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Hookfoot, Armadilla, plus the movie "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable with The Velvet Underground"
April 21, 1973: Hemmens Auditorium, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin, IL with Sea Daddy
April 25, 1973: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
June 1973 (?): UAW Fellowship Hall, 625 Plaza Drive, Fostoria, OH
July 2, 1973: El Mocambo Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
July 23, 1973: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Leslie West's Wild West Show, Heartsfield
July 29, 1973: Fairyland Park, Kansas City, MO with REO Speedwagon, Dr. Hook, Joe Walsh, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Chesmann Square "Carney Rock"
Summer 1973: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS with Bob Seger, Captain Beyond
August 1, 1973: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI with Bob Seger, The Siegal-Schwall Band, Catfish with Bob Hodge, Justice Miles, Scott, Skin Deep, Nash, and others "The 3rd One - Wild Wednesday"
unknown date, 1973: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH
November 21, 1973: Miller Gymnasium, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI with The Whiz Kids
November 22, 1973: Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI with Mahogany Rush
December 13-14, 1973: Mother's Music Emporium, Nashville, TN
Early 1974: cafeteria, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
January 28, 1974: The Coliseum Theatre, Cleveland, OH
February 15, 1974: Decatur Armory, Decatur, IL with Cactus
March 17, 1974: Miller Gymnasium, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI with Cactus "Battle of the Guitars"
April 5, 1974: Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "Battle of the Guitars"
April 6, 1974: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Wayne Kramer, The New Cactus Band
April 8, 1974: The Brewery, Lansing, MI
April 18-20, 1974: Richards, 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA
A soundboard recording of the April 19 show exist.
April 21, 1974: Civic Center, Hammond, IN with The Bob Seger System, Wayne Kramer (cancelled), The New Cactus Featuring Mike Pinera
November 13-15, 1972: The Headrest, Atlanta, GA with Blackfoot
November 21-23, 1972: Hurlbut Ranch, Dripping Springs, TX with Freddie King, Bob Seger System, Brownsville Station, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (cancelled), Mitch Ryder, Trapeze, Foghat, Bo Diddley, Moody Blues (cancelled), Teegarden And Van Winkle, Mike Quatro Jam Band, Circus, Bo Diddley, B.B. King "A Concert At Gatlin Creek"
November 22, 1972: Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO with Ten Years After, REO Speedwagon, Wild Turkey
December 1, 1972: Asheville City Auditorium, Asheville, NC with The Bob Seger System, The Michael Quatro Jam Band
December 7, 1972: Florida Gymnasium, University of Florida campus, Gainesville, FL with Cactus, Ramatam
December 17, 1972: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Brownsville Station, Detroit featuring Rusty Day (formerly with Cactus) "WTTO Radio Presents Rock & Roll"
December 29, 1972: Sherwood Forest, Richfield Road M15, Davison, MI with Smack Dab
December 30, 1972: Lincoln Park Theatre, Lincoln Park, MI
January 20, 1973: Rome City Auditorium, Rome, GA with Brownsville Station
February 18, 1973: Downtown National Guard Armory, Jackonsville, FL with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Running Easy
March 17, 1973: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO with REO Speedwagon, Tumble (canceled?), Brownsville Station (canceled?), Joe Walsh with Barnstorm
April 13, 1973: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Hookfoot, Armadilla, plus the movie "Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable with The Velvet Underground"
April 21, 1973: Hemmens Auditorium, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin, IL with Sea Daddy
April 25, 1973: Grande Ballroom, Detroit, MI
June 1973 (?): UAW Fellowship Hall, 625 Plaza Drive, Fostoria, OH
July 2, 1973: El Mocambo Club, Toronto, ON, Canada
July 23, 1973: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL with Leslie West's Wild West Show, Heartsfield
July 29, 1973: Fairyland Park, Kansas City, MO with REO Speedwagon, Dr. Hook, Joe Walsh, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Chesmann Square "Carney Rock"
Summer 1973: Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS with Bob Seger, Captain Beyond
August 1, 1973: Sherwood Forest, Davison, MI with Bob Seger, The Siegal-Schwall Band, Catfish with Bob Hodge, Justice Miles, Scott, Skin Deep, Nash, and others "The 3rd One - Wild Wednesday"
unknown date, 1973: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH
November 21, 1973: Miller Gymnasium, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI with The Whiz Kids
November 22, 1973: Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI with Mahogany Rush
December 13-14, 1973: Mother's Music Emporium, Nashville, TN
TED NUGENT AND THE AMBOY DUKES #8 (EARLY 1974 - SUMMER 1974)
1) Ted Nugent (aka The Reverend Atrocious Theodocious, aka Theo)
2) Rob Grange
3) Vic Mastrianni
4) Derek St. Holmes rhythm guitar, vocals
4) Derek St. Holmes rhythm guitar, vocals
Early 1974: cafeteria, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
January 28, 1974: The Coliseum Theatre, Cleveland, OH
February 15, 1974: Decatur Armory, Decatur, IL with Cactus
March 17, 1974: Miller Gymnasium, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI with Cactus "Battle of the Guitars"
April 5, 1974: Michigan Palace, Detroit, MI with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "Battle of the Guitars"
April 6, 1974: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Wayne Kramer, The New Cactus Band
April 8, 1974: The Brewery, Lansing, MI
April 18-20, 1974: Richards, 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA
A soundboard recording of the April 19 show exist.
April 21, 1974: Civic Center, Hammond, IN with The Bob Seger System, Wayne Kramer (cancelled), The New Cactus Featuring Mike Pinera
April 28, 1974: Warner Theatre Music Hall, Washington DC with ZZ Top
June 7, 1974: Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "100% Boogie - Guitar Battle of the Century"
June 8, 1974: Rockford Boylan High School, Rockford, IL with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "Guitar Battle Of The Century!"
June 1974: Kilcawley Center, Youngstown State University campus, Youngstown, OH
June 23, 1974: memorial Stadium, Asheville, NC with Cactus featuring Mike Pinera, Bob Seger Birtha, Teen Angel, Chevy III "Outdoor Festival - Featuring: Guitar Battle of the Century"
July 19-21, 1974: Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO with Cactus, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, The Eagles, The Souther Hillman Furay Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, America, REO Speedwagon, Charlie Daniels Band, Jefferson Starship, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Bill Quakerman, Fresh Start, Babe Ruth, Locomotiv GT, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Puzzle, Triphammer, Elvin Bishop & Leo Kottke "Ozark Music Festival"
June 7, 1974: Indianapolis Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "100% Boogie - Guitar Battle of the Century"
June 8, 1974: Rockford Boylan High School, Rockford, IL with Cactus, Wayne Kramer "Guitar Battle Of The Century!"
June 1974: Kilcawley Center, Youngstown State University campus, Youngstown, OH
June 23, 1974: memorial Stadium, Asheville, NC with Cactus featuring Mike Pinera, Bob Seger Birtha, Teen Angel, Chevy III "Outdoor Festival - Featuring: Guitar Battle of the Century"
July 19-21, 1974: Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO with Cactus, Joe Walsh and Barnstorm, The Eagles, The Souther Hillman Furay Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, America, REO Speedwagon, Charlie Daniels Band, Jefferson Starship, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Earl Scruggs Revue, Bill Quakerman, Fresh Start, Babe Ruth, Locomotiv GT, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Puzzle, Triphammer, Elvin Bishop & Leo Kottke "Ozark Music Festival"
August 3, 1974: Allen Park Civic Arena, Allen Park, MI with Mike Pinera's Cactus "Guitar Battle of the Century"
August 14, 1974: The Brewery, Lansing, MI
November 3, 1974: Tomorrow Club, Youngstown, OH with RMA
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already changed their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
November 23, 1974: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Cactus, Bob Catfish Hodge
November 23, 1974: Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, OH with Cactus, Bob Catfish Hodge
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already changed their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
December 26-28, 1974: Richards, 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA (cancelled)
December 26-28, 1974: Richards, 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA (cancelled)
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
January 22, 1975: He & She, Milwaukee, WI
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
February 5-8, 1975: Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA with Sailcat (filled in for Honk)
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
March 9, 1975: Turner Hall, Quincy, IL with Star, Lights by Libra
The band was still advertised as 'The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
March 31, 1975: Metro Ice Arena, Lansing, MI with Aerosmith, Rush
The band was still advertised as 'The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
April 8, 1975: Finch Fieldhouse, Mount Pleasant, MI with Aerosmith
The band (who filled in for Baker-Gurvitz Army) was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
April 13, 1975: Welsh Auditorium, Grand Rapids, MI with Status Quo, Blue Oyster Cult
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
May 10, 1975: Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL with B.T.O. Roadcrew
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
May 14, 1975: Texas Theatre, San Antonio, TX with Montrose
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
June 18-21, 1975: Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA with Strongbow (filled in for Les Variations, and Luther Allison)
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
September 15, 1975: Chances Are, Ann Arbor, MI with Mojo Boogie Band
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
October 24, 1975: Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK with Rush, Head East
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
October 31, 1975: Electric Ballroom, Dallas, TX with Gary Wright
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
January 22, 1975: He & She, Milwaukee, WI
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
February 5-8, 1975: Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA with Sailcat (filled in for Honk)
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
March 9, 1975: Turner Hall, Quincy, IL with Star, Lights by Libra
The band was still advertised as 'The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
March 31, 1975: Metro Ice Arena, Lansing, MI with Aerosmith, Rush
The band was still advertised as 'The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
April 8, 1975: Finch Fieldhouse, Mount Pleasant, MI with Aerosmith
The band (who filled in for Baker-Gurvitz Army) was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
April 13, 1975: Welsh Auditorium, Grand Rapids, MI with Status Quo, Blue Oyster Cult
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
May 10, 1975: Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL with B.T.O. Roadcrew
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
May 14, 1975: Texas Theatre, San Antonio, TX with Montrose
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
June 18-21, 1975: Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom, Atlanta, GA with Strongbow (filled in for Les Variations, and Luther Allison)
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
September 15, 1975: Chances Are, Ann Arbor, MI with Mojo Boogie Band
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
October 24, 1975: Tulsa Assembly Center, Tulsa, OK with Rush, Head East
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
October 31, 1975: Electric Ballroom, Dallas, TX with Gary Wright
The band was still advertised as 'Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes' but at that time they had already change their name to the 'Ted Nugent Band' (also with a different line-up).
THE AMBOY DUKES #9 (APR 17, 2009)
1) Ted Nugent
2) John Drake
3) Bill White
4) Steve Farmer
5) Andy Solomon
6) Rick Lober
7) Jim Butler drums
April 17, 2009: The Fillmore, 2115 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI "Detroit Music Awards"
Add Apr. 6, 1974 Toledo Sports Arena to the list
ReplyDeleteHere's the ticket stub...
http://www.beatlesource.com/chazz/worm/bio/70s/nugentT.jpg
I'm also certain I saw them at The Toledo Sports Arena in 1973 but don't know the exact date. It was a "Call of the Wild" show.
Thanks Chazz! Update and I gave you the credit for the help!!
ReplyDeleteI saw the Amboy Dukes perform in Ann Arbor in the spring of 1970, at a place called "The Big Steele Ballroom". It was on South Main Street in Ann Arbor, across from the old "Fox Tent and Awning Store" It was just the upstairs floor of a converted warehouse, and did not last very long as a concert venue. Later, that same warehouse was converted again, remodeled extensively and became the second location for the Ann Arbor "Ark" folk music club. Anyways, the Amboy Dukes rocked...I still vividly recall the Dukes performing "Migration" there....and Ted's hug stacks of amps.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill! Added the show into my list!
ReplyDeleteVenue info for July 4 1969
ReplyDeleteI worked for Mike Quatro the promoter at Pottawatamie Beach, Saugatuck - 2nd Annual Saugatuck Pop Festival, drove equipment truck, worked lights, backstage set changes.
The Dukes played Friday 7/4/1969 in the following fantastic line-up.
SRC, Procol Harum, MC5, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, The Amboy Dukes, The Rotary Connection.
7/5/1969
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Bob Seger System, The Frost, The Stooges, Big Momma Thornton, Savage Grace, The Red, White & Blues Band, The Frut of the Loom, Brownsville Station
Although my memory is a bit hazy, 43 years ago, I believe some of the dukes stuck around for Saturdays lineup. Friday was very hot 90's with stormy night cooling to the 70's Saturday.
Motor cycle groups were trying to break down the fence, we made agreement with the largest cycle group there(Scorpions from Detroit), that they could camp inside fence---IF they guarded fence and kept the perimiter secured
Ted Nugent raised his family and lived a short distance from me in Michigan for decades.
Steve Vear
svear@umich.edu
Thanks Steve to share with me your wonderful memories of the old good rock and roll days!! Update and give you the credit for the help of course!
ReplyDeletecheers,
Bruno
Okay, I remember seeing Ted and the Dukes perform on the steps of the Detroit Public Library, mid-August, 1969. I was scheduled to go into the US Army (drafted) on August 22, 1969, and went to this free show as a last "fling." Met some SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) organizers at the show and then went to an SDS meeting the next night at a church up Woodward from where the concert was.
ReplyDeleteAdded the show! Thanks rbarban to share with us these wonderful memories of the good old rock n' roll days!
ReplyDeleteGreat research, Bruno. I recall the Dukes headlining an outdoor festival near Louisville Kentucky over the MC5 and a host of others sometime around late April 1971. In contrast to Ted in his buckskins, Johhny Angelos was in mod suit and shag haircut, prancing like Rod Stewart.
ReplyDeleteHi Detroit Pete!
DeleteThanks to share with me your wonderful memories of the good old rock and roll days!
Added the gig! (ps actually the exact year was 1972)
great memories guys!! But anyone have a live show recorded?
ReplyDeleteI'm Antinna81 from Youtube and I uploaded some early show, take a look if you don't know anything about it...like mocambo club 1973, or richard's niteclub, atlanta 1974!
Bye!! Ciao Bruno ottimo lavoro!!! Ti ho mandato una mail!!
Hey Pete!! Great web site, man. My band used to open for the "Dukes" at a bunch of Indiana venues back in the early 70s. I could send you the dates and venues if you'd like. I also have some great photos I could send from the same timeframe. Used to hang out with Ted quite a bit back in the day. Let me know.
ReplyDeleteRockin' Randy Diehl - Chicago
Hi Randy!
DeletePlease feel free to send me anything you want, you're welcome! You can find my email address in my webmaster profile above on the right side.
Cheers,
Bruno Ceriotti
Just an FYI- Wayne Kramer was a no-show at the Dukes/Cactus show 4/21/74. I was dead center leaning on the stage. Unfortunately, NONE of my photos turned out. Mike Pinera mugged for me, too! ;)
ReplyDeletethanks, correct!
DeleteI have an old promotional poster for a festival called "The Big One" at Sherwood Forest in Davison, Michigan. The date on the poster says Wednesday, August 2nd. There is no year on the poster, but a look at some calendars suggests that it's from 1972. There are a number of bands listed on the poster, with Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes listed at the top. Carlton Vose
ReplyDeleteI think 1972 is correct, thanks Carlton, I added the gig to my list and give you the credit!
DeleteI also have another promotional gig poster for a show on April 21, 1973 at the Hemmens Auditorium in Elgin, Illinois. It is billed as Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. (with another band called Sea Daddy).
ReplyDeletethanks again, added!
DeleteSome time in in the first half of April, 1974, my dad drove 3 friends and I to the Allen Park Civic Arena to see Nugent in another of his "guitar battles" (I saw another one with Mahogany Rush that was awesome). It was a little downriver skating/hockey arena at Southfield Rd & Roosevelt. We all ended up ostage at the end, and I shook hands with Pinera. When we returned to the car dad told me an Allen Park police officer he met outside was related to us.
ReplyDeleteThanks psubliminal! Anyway, you remember if actually The Amboy Dukes played that day, or it was just Ted Nugent alone for his "guitar battles"?
DeleteI was at that Allen Park show. I don't recall Cactus as the support band, but it could have been. Also caught Mahogany Rush at the Michigan Palace that year, too. Frank Marino is a guitar god of the first order.
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DeleteSaw the Amboy Dukes with New Cactus Band at the Aragon Ballroom in (almost certainly) 1974. Ted and Mike Pinera came out to do a "guitar battle"...Been trying to find out an exact date for this show. Anybody know?
ReplyDeleteStorm in Decorah, IA
I was at that show. It was in 1974. It was mainly Call of the Wild tunes with proto-Tooth, Fang & Claw tunes.
DeleteI saw Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes at the UAW Hall, Fostoria, Ohio in the late spring or early summer of 1973. I stood right next to Ted as he played. Rob Grange was on bass.
ReplyDeleteThanks Charles! I've added the gig!
Deletesaw ted nugent and the amboy dukes at Packard music hall in warren ohio-catfish opened-probably was june 1971--bill white on bass-dave gilbert on vocals and keith johnstone on drums
ReplyDeletethanks man, very helpful, I didn't know that lineup of the band but I did my research and you are absolutely right. BTW, the date of the gig was May 21, 1971. Added!
DeleteCheers,
Bruno
yes I was probably 15 at that show--got to go because my buddys sister dated a guy in the local band that opened--became a big ted nugent fan--saw ted nugent and the amboy dukes june 1974 in a trio with rob grange and vic mastriani at kilcawley hall on the campus of Youngstown state and maybe 6 months later at the tomorrow club(later the Youngstown agora) - same line up but Derek st holmes in band--loved the fact they played the ballad 'sasha'--great memoriies
Deletethanks again! I added the June 1974 gig although I didn't not find the exact date (damn! hahaha). The other gig at the Tomorrow Club was on November 3, 1974. By that time the band was from time to time still wrongly billed as "Amboy Dukes" although they had already added Derek on the lineup and had already changed their name to The Ted Nugent Band.
DeleteThe Park, North Baltimore, Ohio in the summer of 1971...MC5, Amboy Dukes, Bob Seger, Teagarden and Van Winkle, Catfish(Hodge), Brownsville Station, and others(a long time ago). The Park opened July 10, 1971 and September was too late as Parliament Funkadelic were not on the bill. Good luck ferreting out the date...that's as close as I can get you.
ReplyDelete're the last comment...that concert was called Rock Show and was August 8, 1971. Anyone remember Ted Nugent smashing a tomato into his face?
ReplyDeletethanks man!
DeleteThere is currently a rare handbill by Bill Narum on eBay for Amboy Dukes’ “First Texas Appearance" at Of Our Own in Houston. The date shown is November 22. Does anyone know whether the concert happened and, if so, what year? The venue was reportedly open from 1970 to 1971 or 1972. The auction is at http://ebay.to/1WN99Iu, and there is an image of the handbill at http://bit.ly/narum-amboydukes. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm confident the year was 1970
DeleteI have a flyer for a performance of the Amboy Dukes on Friday July 25th at 8:30 pm in Kenwick on the Lake with no year. It is not in very good shape, but has a picture of four performers, one of them being Ted. I do not see this concert listed among the information you have, any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteno sorry, but I will try to find something....
DeleteIn 1971 I was a second rate drummer, in and out of bands in and around Dearborn, Michigan that (with the exception of one gig) never got out of someone's basement. I was taught how to play by a local drummer that I went to school with who was (and is) a couple years older than me. His name is Keith Johnstone. At some point in 1970 a few local musicians (including John Angelos) hooked up with Bill "Mom" White when he returned from Viet Nam, and after he was replaced in the Amboy Dukes. Long story short, one day as I was hanging around one of the many hippy houses I'd frequent, I told Bill White that I'd heard that Ted was looking for a new band. It was a lie. I was apparently trying to make conversation, I don't actually remember after all these years LOL. Well, the next thing I know, Bill was calling Nugent! I shat myself as I had made it all up!
ReplyDeleteBut low and behold, Ted really was looking for a new band, and as both Bill and my friend Keith Johnstone were already in a band together, they jumped ship and after a jam session at a friend's house in Inkster, got the gig. And since I was a drummer, I ended up being hired as Keith's drum tech! And even though they both got sacked within months (as did the late vocalist Dave Gilbert) it kick started my career as a roadie, and after 5-6 years of setting up drums for various local acts, I moved to Los Angeles and became a stage lighting designer/director for 32 years until my retirement in 2014.
And I should mention that I ended up being a lifelong friend of Ted's as well as touring with him in the mid to late 1970s as well as in the 90's (with Damn Yankees) and then for 5 more years starting in 1999. I was also around when John Angelos and Joe Vitale were in the band and actually have two demo tracks recorded in 1972 at Criteria Studios in Florida (with John, Rob Grange, and Vitale that are awesome. One song actually features flute!
That version of the Dukes was really an excellent band. Angelos was an excellent singer and song writer (not to mention harmonica player) when Ted wasn't. Sadly, John never really liked Ted, and he left soon after joining, and then he killed himself in 1984. I should mention that John Angeles was a neighbor growing up, and the "local star" when I was still in grade school. I also ended up touring with Joe Vitale again in the 90s when he and I both worked for Dan Fogelberg (until Dan's death in 2007) as well as CSN until 2009. It was he who sent me the old recordings 10 years ago. Sorry about the long story, but you blog jogged my memories..
wonderful memories Will, thank you sooo much!!
DeleteKiel auditorium - 1972 - Bloodrock - Canned Heat - Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes.
DeleteTed was on fire that night.
Not sure how this is forgotten but it seems to be.
A lot of gigs are still missed and undiscovered, of course, just like this one at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis in 1972 with Canned Heat and Bloodrock. You maybe remember the exact date? I will try to find it in the meantime, thanks!
DeleteTed and the Amboy Dukes played the VALLEY MOVIE THEATRE in EAST GREENVILLE,PENNSYLVANIA in 1974 ...will get you the DATE later
ReplyDeleteThe date for the VALLEY MOVIE THEATRE : JANUARY 19, 1974 [ 2 shows at 7pm & 9pm
ReplyDelete]... I HAVE THE CONCERT POSTER TOO !
I am darned near positive that I saw Ted with the Dukes at an ice rink or NG armory in South Detroit (like in Allen Park or Lincoln Park) in the summer of '74. I think Styx may have been the support band, but not sure of that. I distinctly recall Ted's huge stacks of Fender tweeds amps at that show. Also saw him at the Michigan Palace with Wayne Kramer ("Kramer's Kreemers") and Cactus in April '74, and again in Nov '74 with Freddy King.
ReplyDeleteHi, I saw the Amboy Dukes play at an Ice Rink in either Riverview or Trenton Michigan. This would have been in 66 or 67. One of my best friends had a band and they played that night also.
ReplyDeletethanks man, hope I can find the exact date and venue!
DeleteI can't find any evidence online, but I saw TN&AD with a rare lineup of Vic Mastrianni, Rob Grange, Derek St Holmes and Nugent. St. Holmes was new and played the whole set, and they did Papa's Will as well as a new song Stranglehold. Definitely transitioning to the new "Nugent" era. It was winter of 74 at the cafeteria of College of Lake County in Grayslake IL with Zazu opening. It was a small crowd, probably not more than 300-400 people packed into the cafeteria, a small PA.
ReplyDeleteDerek in the Amboy Dukes in early 1974? wow, didn't know, thanks! I will check!
DeleteI was there at the CLC show also with Zazu opening and St Holmes singing Stranglehold. I had seen the Amboy Dukes earlier 1974 at Ozark Music Festival and St Holmes wasn't with them, I think winter 74 means Nov/Dec late in the year, it was cold out
DeleteHa! That makes 3 of us -- I was there too. As I recall, we were all sitting on the floor at their feet. I remember at the end, Ted just walked off with his guitar leaning on the amp, and feeding back at a monumentally loud level. My ears were ringing for 24 hours. I'm surprised we didn't all get ear damage. I later bought the Zazu album; it was pretty good.
DeleteEnjoyed stumbling across your blog while reading about one of my favorite Detroit-area 60s bands, The Amboy Dukes. Perusing the list of appearances has helped refresh my memory and pinpoint a couple of times that I saw them, but didn't remember the dates, and in some instances, who was on the bill with them.
ReplyDeleteOne very memorable show is listed, but without the supporting act that night. I remember the year and the venue, but not the exact date. Since there is only one entry that matches this partial information, it is likely the show that I attended with my college roommate.
You have it listed as May 20th, 1970 at the Agora Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio. The year and venue are definitely correct -- it was a memorable show that I've written about to friends on more than one occasion, including a hand-written account that I stumbled across just a few years ago.
The opening act was a band I'd never before heard of, fronted by a guitarist with whom I was also unfamiliar: Glass Harp, featuring Phil Keaggy. It was a great introduction to an outstanding guitarist who would go on to renown and acclaim in the area of Christian music in subsequent years.
Nice job on the blog! I'll have to poke around in there and see what else I can find!
thanks man, really appreciate it!
DeleteI and a couple of my friends recall a concert at the Eagles Club in Kenosha WI in the winter of 1971-1972.
ReplyDeleteVery nice jogged my memory of some great times
ReplyDeleteNovember 22, 1973 Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes & Mahogany Rush at Michigan Palace. This show was probably where Ted or his management came up with the "guitar battle" thing. The Dukes played, then Mahogany Rush. While Frank Marino was playing, Nugent's roadies started wheeling his amp on stage and Ted & Frank started trading solos.Marino won, hands down! This story has been published on Frank Marino's web site. A friend was at the show and still has his ticket stub.
ReplyDeleteAs to the Allen park show, it was August 3, 1974 and it was Ted vs. Mike Pinera, who was fronting a "new" version of Cactus (I was a huge fan of the "old" Cactus with Jimmy McCarty on guitar). Cactus went first, then Nugent & the Dukes; at the end of his set Ted yelled "Where's that fucker Pinera?" and they "battled." I think Ted won that round, though Pinera was no slouch that night. Here's a link to the showbill: https://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdatabase.com/files/1974-08-03apa.jpg
thanks man!!!
DeleteOakland community College was 13 April
ReplyDeletehttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10218025061798074&id=1232044270
Tom the page did not exist... anyway I have two gigs there, one in 1969 and one in 1971, which one was on April 13?
DeleteFound a flyer i have from hollywood sportatorium in florida for dec 27 1970 spirit as headliner - then amboy dukes-teagarden and van winkle and crabby appleton
ReplyDeletesorry 1971
ReplyDeleteThis is a Masterpiece of work,Thank you.I was told the Amboy Dukes played at the Crystal Palladium in Crystal Michigan(Montcalm county)in 1968 or 1969.Does anyone know if that is fact ? Thanks,William
ReplyDeleteGreat article!
ReplyDeleteI first saw Ted, Rob, Joe Vitali and John Angelos at Ella Sharp Park in Jackson Michigan.
It was an Awesome show "Children of Papa's Will" had Ted's kid on his shoulders.
I saw Ted, Rob and KJ at St John's in Jackson
and
Ted Rob and Vic at St Johns in Jackson
I saw 5 minutes of Ted's Show at Hanover Horton before he pulled out because he needed more baby sitting money. I agree, Parents were dropping off 10 and 12 years olds at a rock concert.
I saw Ted, Rob, Vic and Danny Gore at the Lake Odessa Show. The MC5 were there also wearing the Berets that got in France.
By the spring of 73, my drummer quit my band and auditioned but was kicked off the farm for being a fool.
Also, in 68 or 69 the Amboy Dukes played the Hullabaloo Club off Prospect street, of which I missed.
Awesome work Bruno!
ReplyDeleteI once saw TN and what l thought was billed as the Original Amboy Dukes (not sure now) - Summertime around 1972 (+/- a year or so) "way up in No. Wisconsin" near the native people's reservation. I believe it was in a County park. It started to rain as they were about to go on so the moved everything into a shelter house about 20' x 40' or so.
Everyone crammed in and Ted and the gang almost blew the doors off the place!
A real treat!
(posted by Marc Lee Winnig)
ReplyDeleteAmboy Dukes
ReplyDeleteConvention Hall
Ocean City, Maryland
Sept 4, 1971
Recording type: Audience
Lineage: TDK-AD trade cassette> Teac A-550RX cassette playback> TASCAM CDRW-700> Trade CDR> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> (flac) Trader's Little Helper level 6 (align on sector boundaries)
Set List:
01. You Got To Shake (?)
02. Cannon Balls
03. Call Of The Wild
04. I Surrender (?) (Cut)
05. Prodigal Man w/ drum & bass solos.
06. Ride Ride Ride (?)
Ted Nugent - guitar
Rob Grange - bass
Joe Vitale - drums
Likely Dave Gilbert (or possibly John Angelos) - lead vocals & harmonica
I don't remember where I download this, but here are the comments that where included:
The earliest known AMBOY DUKES show I've ever seen. I got this in a trade with a
guy in the Washington, DC area in the late 70's. The tape has flaws, some gaps,
microphone connection problems, etc., but certainly listenable sound quality. I was
astounded to know that the great drummer Joe Vitale was actually an AMBOY DUKE
for a short period of time before going on to Joe Walsh, Dan Fogelberg (R.I.P.), and many
others! The band has lots of technical issues during the show, and complain a lot for
the house lights to be turned down. In this show they were in the middle slot between
headliners EDGAR WINTER'S WHITE TRASH, and the openers THE CHERRY PEOPLE.
Before anybody asks, I only have the AMBOY DUKES portion of the show. The band is
denied an encore, despite cries for one, since they ran over their allotted time! If anybody
can help with the exact date, band personnel, song titles, and other information, PLEASE
feel free to do so. If nothing else, this tape is an interesting listen for the rare unknown
songs and line up. Enjoy!
bpthree at 2009-10-06 19:18:55 GMT