Ted Nugent & Pima County Fair

[Snapshot]

Just a reminder for any of my fellow Tucsonians, that Ted Nugent will be playing at the Pima County fair this Coming Saturday Night at 8:00 p.m.

 

If any of you are interested in meeting up, I will be at the beer garden right next to the main stage about an hour before the show. Just look for a big blond guy wearing a CWT shirt

 

I just ordered a CWT shirt for Uncle Ted, I just got to get close enough to give it to him.

 

 

Disclaimer: I just applied for a temporary gig and I hope I don't get called in to work for Saturday Night

[tjhunt2]

How cool would that be if Uncle Ted would get his hands on the shirt and respond to cwt.com. Maybe send him an email telling him about our site and just maybe by a slim chance he gets it from many thousands of email he receives and asks for it since he is a hunter. Who knows, it's always an outside chance. You would be famous Brent. At least in the eyes of us cwt members.

 

Either way I hope you have fun,enjoy the concert, and take some pictures for posting later. Maybe a picture with Uncle Ted.

 

TJ

[Codywhi]

I will be there!

[Snapshot]

How cool would that be if Uncle Ted would get his hands on the shirt and respond to cwt.com. Maybe send him an email telling him about our site and just maybe by a slim chance he gets it from many thousands of email he receives and asks for it since he is a hunter. Who knows, it's always an outside chance. You would be famous Brent. At least in the eyes of us cwt members.

 

Either way I hope you have fun,enjoy the concert, and take some pictures for posting later. Maybe a picture with Uncle Ted.

 

TJ

 

 

TJ,

 

I am going to attach a letter for Ted to the shirt, and roll the shirt up with a rubber band around it. If I have to throw it up on stage for him at least he will know it came from us CWT members, and maybe he will respond?

 

It would be cool to get a picture with him! But I will take pictures of the show if cameras are allowed.

 

I have seen Ted in concert before. But it has been awhile!

 

 

The following VIP package is available to those that don't mind parting with $550.00

 

NUGE DANGERZONE VIP PACKAGE UPGRADE INCLUDES:

 

Pre-show meet and greet with Ted

Photo with Ted (must bring your own camera)

One VIP laminate per person

One 8x10 photo of Ted (perfect for autographing!)

One entry into a draw to WIN a PorkSlam Hunt with Ted Nugent!

[tjhunt2]

How cool would that be if Uncle Ted would get his hands on the shirt and respond to cwt.com. Maybe send him an email telling him about our site and just maybe by a slim chance he gets it from many thousands of email he receives and asks for it since he is a hunter. Who knows, it's always an outside chance. You would be famous Brent. At least in the eyes of us cwt members.

 

Either way I hope you have fun,enjoy the concert, and take some pictures for posting later. Maybe a picture with Uncle Ted.

 

TJ

 

 

TJ,

 

I am going to attach a letter for Ted to the shirt, and roll the shirt up with a rubber band around it. If I have to throw it up on stage for him at least he will know it came from us CWT members, and maybe he will respond?

 

It would be cool to get a picture with him! But I will take pictures of the show if cameras are allowed.

 

I have seen Ted in concert before. But it has been awhile!

 

 

The following VIP package is available to those that don't mind parting with $550.00

 

NUGE DANGERZONE VIP PACKAGE UPGRADE INCLUDES:

 

Pre-show meet and greet with Ted

Photo with Ted (must bring your own camera)

One VIP laminate per person

One 8x10 photo of Ted (perfect for autographing!)

One entry into a draw to WIN a PorkSlam Hunt with Ted Nugent!

 

Just tell Amanda you are there to promote her site and I'm sure she will give you the $555.00 needed to get that shirt in his hands for sure. jk Amanda!

 

Just imagine Ted calling Amanda to set up a coues hunt here and want to televise it on his show. That would be the best $550.00 advertisement seen around the world for our site.

 

TJ

 

 

[Outdoor Writer]

Brent,

 

I know Ted personally, so I'll see if I can get in touch with him to let him know about you and the CWT shirt. That might take a couple days if he's traveling. Stay tuned.

[AZP&Y]

Ted- @ Celebrity Theatre- May 2008!

 

WANGO Z- TANGO!

 

I AM THE GREAT WHITE BUFFALO!

 

 

 

[Snapshot]

Brent,

 

I know Ted personally, so I'll see if I can get in touch with him to let him know about you and the CWT shirt. That might take a couple days if he's traveling. Stay tuned.

 

 

Tony,

 

That would be fantastic if you could pull that off. I know he has a concert tonight in Michigan, and then on to Tucson Saturday.

 

Thanks!

[DesertBull]

Hey Snap, you should see if Ted wants to shoot that t-shirt off your head with a flaming arrow. I would pay $550 to lay witness to that.

[Snapshot]

Hey Snap, you should see if Ted wants to shoot that t-shirt off your head with a flaming arrow. I would pay $550 to lay witness to that.

 

 

You set it up, and I will do it. I may have to spend a couple hours in the beer garden first You will also have to notify my next of kin

[Outdoor Writer]

This is a column I did for AZ Hunter & Angler from many years ago after I interviewed Ted in his dressing room before the show.

 

 

THE LAST SHOT

 

by Tony Mandile

 

THE MOTOR CITY MADMAN

 

The stage was set -- literally.

 

A few friends and I had just sat through more than hour of throbbing rock music put forth by the English group known as Bad Company. For an old dude like me with a taste for Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston, sitting there on the grass of the Desert Sky Pavilion in Phoenix and listening to hard rock amounted to an anomaly. In this case, my real motive for bearing it had little to do with the music.

 

The stage curtains had been closed for 15 minutes or so after Bad Company's performance. Now the only sound was the combined buzz from several thousand spectators melting into one indistinguishable voice. I could handle the noise from the murmuring crowd quite easily because it didn't vibrate my insides and produce a decibel level to push the needle off the scale. The welcome change from Bad Company suddenly ended, though

 

The huge speakers came alive again with the raucous beat of drums and high-pitch twangs of electric guitars. As the curtains parted, a stage filled with smoke appeared amid banks of multi- colored, rapidly blinking spotlights. The rising, ever shifting smoke, tinted by multi-colored lights, provided a constantly changing surrealistic scene. Then from the stage's dark recesses sprang the man known as the Motor City Madman.

 

The Madman's long hair, reaching well below his wide shoulders, bounced around to the beat of his body contortions. The din from the amplified drums and guitars grew louder and louder now, though not quite loud enough to drown out the welcoming cheers from the crowd when it recognized the words of Cat Scratch Fever, the Madman's trademark song. Minutes later, Ted Nugent stepped to the microphone, and in a rapidly paced, jivey way, told everyone how glad he was to be with his bloodbrothers.

 

I sat mesmerized, knowing I had just witnessed a metamorphosis of sorts -- a Clark Kent trip into a phone booth, so to speak.

 

Two hours earlier, I had spent a 1/2-hr. talking one-on-one to the 46-yr.-old Nugent in the quiet of his dressing room. He wore jeans, a sleeveless camo shirt and a camo baseball hat. His long, flowing hair, confined into a ponytail by a rubber band, remained relatively still as we discussed hunting, the animal-rights crowd and the battle to save our 2nd Amendment rights. In fact, the chat with Nugent seemed no different than one I would have with my next-door neighbor. But now, as I watched the transformation from hunter, father and outspoken critic of those who endanger America's hunting and shooting traditions, I got the feeling I was seeing someone else. I visited Nugent again after the show and mentioned my astonishment at the ease he had switched personalities.

 

Nugent laughed. "It's like a welder who comes home, takes a shower and puts on a suit and tie. He's no longer a welder once he punches out from his job and dresses in a different costume. When I'm on stage, I'm a rock star -- the Motor City Madman, if you will."

 

Although Nugent can adopt the persona of two different people, his view of life is always the same. Most importantly, he eschews the misuse of drugs and booze. It's a potent message coming from a rocker who has been in the business for 30 years. He also has a devout love for the outdoors and a well-honed understanding of wildlife and the environment. Most importantly, Nugent defends hunting and firearms with a zeal few can match. He isn't afraid to make his views known, regardless of his audience and whether it agrees with him or not.

 

I asked Nugent if he didn't often let this enthusiasm go too far, especially when it comes to some of his most outrageous comments or his dialogue that's often laced with four-letter words.

 

"There's a reason for it. When I'm outrageous and crass, it creates controversy, and that controversy focuses attention on me. In the last two days, I've been interviewed on six radio and two TV stations in LA and here. You don't see the NRA or hunting organizations getting that kind of airtime. Yet in every case, I was able to get the word out. No matter what words I use, though, no one can ever accuse me of speaking an untruth and not saying something from the heart, stuff I truly believe in. The important thing is people hear what I have to say. And as Ted Nugent, the rocker, I reach an audience that no one else can -- the youth of this country. To do that, I need to speak their language."

 

"When I defend hunting, I do it because I know it's a wholesome activity. When I speak against the animal-rights whackos, I do it because their beliefs are garbage and have no factual basis in reality. They are the extreme fringe. No free-thinking, intelligent person should accept what they say without researching the facts for themselves."

 

Nugent gets his word out in other ways, too. Several years ago he formed Ted Nugent's World Bowhunters (soon to be Ted Nugent's American Bloodbrothers). Along with his lovely wife, Shemane, he publishes Ted Nugent Adventure Outdoors, a full-color, straight-hitting magazine. But one of the efforts Nugent is more proud of than anything is his Kamp For Kids program.

 

Held twice each summer, the "Kamp" is aimed at getting kids off the streets and into the woods. As Nugent puts it, "We want to get them where they belong. The main emphasis is to teach kids about the environment and bowhunting. In doing this, we hope to protect the future of both bowhunting and the youth of America. "

 

Nugent's admiration for the legendary bowhunter Fred Bear is hard not to notice. After Bear's death, Nugent wrote the song, "Fred Bear." He now refers to it as the American Hunter's Theme Song. Though it rocks and rolls like most of the Motor City Madman's music, the message it conveys is pure and unadulterated; Nugent thought much of the man and what he stood for. And when Nugent changes from the camo of a bowhunter to the gaudy trappings of the rock star and sings "Fred Bear" on-stage, the audience still gets that message loud and clear. And the Madman's Spirit of the Wild is alive.

 

Of course, some of us older folks just wish it wasn't quite so loud.

[Outdoor Writer]

Tony,

 

That would be fantastic if you could pull that off. I know he has a concert tonight in Michigan, and then on to Tucson Saturday.

 

Thanks!

 

 

I sent an e-mail to the address I had, but it was returned undeliverable. So I sent it to Sasha, his daughter and asked her to get it to him if possible.

[tjhunt2]

Tony, I really enjoyed reading your visit with Ted from year ago. That had to be a thrill and a honor to be able to interview him. Thanks for sharing.

 

TJ

[Snapshot]

Tony,

 

Thanks for your efforts on getting ahold of Ted. It is appreciated! Great article!

 

Yes, Ted Nugent is certainly "loud and Proud". Not only with his music, but what he believes in.

 

I have been a fan of Ted since the 70's. I also admired Fred Bear and the bows I owned in the early years were made by Bear Archery.

[CouesWhitetail]

Thanks Brent and Tony for trying to get Ted a CW.com shirt. It would be awesome if it happens. If I could spare the $550 now, I would get you the VIP deal Brent, but can't swing it.

 

Good luck with your quest Brent!

 

Amanda