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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Ted Nugent-Double Live Gonzo (1978)

After the sensational 1977 "Cat scratch Fever", Ted Nugent decided to record a live album, and he did it, as we have commented here on other occasions, in a magical year for such albums, since in 1978 they were published some of the best live records in rock history. "Double live Gonzo" was one of them, without a doubt.
The first three albums published by this beastly guitarist were really great, constituting one of the best first stages of a discographic career. Therefore, a better time could not be chosen to capture all this power, creativity and rage in a live performance. Ted Nugent's concerts were famous for being hot and intense, so the main handicap was being able to transfer that heat and intensity to the grooves of a recording. Nugent not only did it, but also recorded one of the best live albums that are remembered. His guitar sounded magical, powerful, tremendous. The band, for its part, joined one hundred percent and giving a perfect replica to the mastery of this magnificent guitarist and composer.
If we add impeccable live sound to it, we can ask little more of a live album to become a classic from its very publication. All the songs are magnificent, forming a repertoire not only full of quality, but very well chosen and staggered. There is the success par excellence of that stage of Ted Nugent "Cat scratch fever", which was not missing in any of his concerts, but also the exciting jam that is "Motor city madhouse", with its more than 10 minutes of exciting duration. powerful rock, or the sensational version of "Baby, please don't go", by blues genius Joe Williams, passing by the fun "Wang dang sweet poontang" and not forgetting the brilliant and progressive "Stranglehold".
"Double live gonzo" is the testimony of the greatness of a man who in the 70s was one of the greatest guitarists and composers of rock, in addition to a spectacular showman, who in the 80s managed to maintain the type and who has subsequently degenerated greatly . However, nothing could tarnish the greatness of this wonderful live double album and the musical trajectory it shows.

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