Ted Nugent On His Upcoming “Detroit Muscle” Album, His Next Master Class, The MC5, Van Halen, Mitch Ryder, Guitars & More

Few musicians are on a level comparable to Ted Nugent. That not only has to do with Nugent’s long-term commercial success — his first 6 albums sold at least gold in the U.S. — and his prowess as an influential lead guitarist, but also his skills as an interview subject. So when you are speaking with The Nuge, you never have to worry about whether you are going to get much out of the Michigan native.

The latest single from Ted Nugent is “Come And Take It,” as slated to be part of the 2022 studio album Detroit Muscle. This one is a followup to 2018’s The Music Made Me Do It, which included the bonus DVD Live At Freedom Hill; its title track Nugent had claimed to be his “battlecry for more than 60 years.” Meanwhile, the man known to call himself “Uncle Ted” will be leading another Zoom-based Rock & Roll Fantasy Master Class on December 8, 2021, for which limited tickets are still available.

On December 3, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ted Nugent again, this time via Zoom and embedded below. Beyond Detroit Muscle and his ucpoming Master Class, we also spoke about Detroit’s muscle scene, the early days of The Amboy Dukes, Van Halen, guitar technique, and future plans for The Nuge. While not the first interview I have done where the person picked up a guitar and started playing their music, it was the first one where a person shot off a bow mid-conversation. More on Nugent and other upcoming projects of his can be found by clicking here, here, here and here.

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Tags: Detroit, Guitars, MC5, Michigan, Mitch Ryder, Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, Ted Nugent, The Nuge

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."