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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I saw a CNN poll a few days ago, and
I made a note about it and pulled the audio
to use later, and now is later. It shows a
massive change in who is most likely to believe conspiracy theories. Now.
Harry Inton on CNN is talking about the fact that
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Republicans are more likely than Democrats to think that JFK
was killed in a conspiracy. As you listen to this,
I want you to come to your own answer as
to why you think that may be the case.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The percentage of conspiracy theorists who believe that the United
States government was involved in the JFK assassination has gone
up over the past ten years. It is now the
plurality leader compared to the conspiracy theorists they used to
think of someone, Hey, maybe it was Cuba, maybe it
was the mob. That's actually down from forty percent to
twenty nine percent. And the overall number of folks who
believe in the conspiracy theory that JFK was killed by
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more than one man is also up.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
So in this thing of we are in this odd
conspiracy fueled moment, I guess that fits right.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
There are more people believe it.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Trump himself has has talked about conspiracies about this death,
including one linking Oswald famously to Ted Cruz's father.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Okay, I remember that one His father.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being uh,
you know shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous.
I mean, what would he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald
shortly before the death, before the shooting. It's okay.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That theory, I just want to not was based on
a National Inquirer story that the former publisher testified during
Trump's trial last spring was made up. But but Trump
is not just speaking for himself, No.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
He's not.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I feel like Regis Philip and it's all bonkers things
that are going on.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Look.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
The percentage of Republicans who believe in the conspiracy theory
that jf K was killed by more than a woman's
up significantly over the last Okay, look at that, from
forty nine percent to now with a clear majority seventy
one percent. Well, Democrats have fallen from sixty four percent
to fifty five percent, and that is because the Donald
Trump base, right, the non college graduates, they are the
most likely to believe in the conspiracy theory. Right, Seventy
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three percent of them compared to just fifty seven percent
of those who just have a college and forty four
percent postgraduates agree.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
And this isn't there are more conspiracy theories as we
were talking about. People believe them.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, absolutely, I mean, look, we mentioned the JFK one,
but how about Obama not born in the US. A
quarter of Americans? How about vaccines cause autism? That's up,
that's nearly a quart of Americans. And then you get
ten percent of Americans who believe the earth is flat.
It's crazy them are here, don't. I don't even know
what to say. But the numbers of a.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Numbus, its hollow earth under the flatness, the nimbus of
the nimbus.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
So something very interesting he notes there. He refers to
Republicans who support Donald Trump as the uneducated, the folks
who do not have a college degree. And that is
shorthand for East Coast liberals, liberal Democrats, that is shorthand
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for hillbilly dumbasses. But what we actually know, and again
this is about once something gets a reputation, it's hard
to change it. And so there is this idea that
you know, the doctors know everything, they're the expert. If
my doctor says, to take the shot. I gotta take
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the shot because I gotta trust him. He's the expert. Well,
study after study after study after study after study now
has said the vaccine causes a lot of problems. It
wasn't tested properly, it wasn't effective. When Joe Biden told you,
if you get the shot, you won't you won't get COVID,
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and if you get the shot, you won't share COVID
or past COVID, both of those were lies, and they
knew they were lies. The reason folks without the college
degree believe in conspiracy theories is because yesterday's conspiracy theory
is tomorrow's revelation. Remember that crazy ohs worst one, Remember
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that crazy conspiracy theory. In October of twenty twenty, when
the New York Post did a story on the fact
that what did they make up this craz so crazy?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
They said, Hunter Biden's laptop was left at a computer
repair store, and on that laptop was proof that the
Bidens received bribes from foreign governments, that he was involved
in all these horrible, terrible things, and his father was
as well, that he committed all these crimes. Remember that
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they made all that up. Newark posted thank god before Trump,
this before Elon bought it. Thank god, Twitter banned The
New York Post from telling that story, and thank god
the US government went to Facebook and said, do not
allow that story to be posted, banned people, and they did,
Thank goodness, because free sometimes free speech is dangerous. And
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Facebook and Twitter kept that story from getting out, and
so people didn't know about that, that conspiracy story. And
then last year the US government, same government that pressured
Facebook to take that down, brought a case against hunter
or exactly what they said wasn't true. Not only was
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it not true, they didn't just deny. They called it
a conspiracy theory, just what Hillary Clinton used to do.
There's a vast right wing conspiracy out there trying to
bring my husband down. Why do you say that that's
what they're doing. It's a vast right wing conspiracy. Oh
did he bank Monica Lewinskar? Didn't he? How about Jennifer Flowers?
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How about all the others who sued him? Paula uh,
what was her name, Paula Jones? Are those part of
the vast right wing conspiracy? What are all these people
they keep coming up dead around you? What about Whitewater.
Is that all vast right wing conspiracy because there's the documents.
What about the Russia collusion, which, as Greg Guttfeldt noted,
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they claimed it was Russian collusion by Russia and Trump
to cover for the fact that there was Russia Russian
collusion between Hillary and Russia. Yesterday's conspiracy theory turned out
to be tomorrow's true story. Breaking news. How about the
fact that two weeks ago Jake Tapper released a book,
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Jake Tapper, who refused to allow Laura Trump to say
in twenty twenty that Joe Biden is suffering from some
mental de line and Jake Tapper said, stop, no, you're
not going to do that. Now. Jake Tapper has co written,
which means he has a ghostwriter, but he's going to
push the book every night, a book to talk about
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how shameful it is that Joe Biden was in the
throes of dementia and nobody, there were no adults in
the room to do anything about it. I mean, you
got to be a certain degree of shameless that's almost
admirable to pull that off. So yeah, and you know
why people without college degrees believe these quote unquote conspiracy
theories because many of them are true. And secondly, when
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you don't go to college, you don't get brainwashed. And
this is what is killing the brand of college itself today.
The university experience is a place to go and get
drunk and watch football games and be indoctrinated. And more
and more people are saying, nah.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
They are telling you what's called onesies, these little things
clothing for a baby. I like Malcaberry.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You're supportive of these onesies. You know him as the
Motor City mad Man. I know him as Uncle Ted,
one of our favorite guests of all time. Heck, one
of our favorite people of all time. Leave the music,
the hunting, the cooking, the politics, just an inspiration in life.
Ted Nugent, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
You know, Mike. I feel welcome, And from a favorite
people to another favorite people. I'm talking to you from
a beautiful monsoon in Waco, Texas. So happy twenty twenty
five to you, my friend.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Now get we needed it, though, didn't we?
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Oh? I love the rain. I love Mother Nature even
when she gives me the middle finger. I love storms
until the damage begins. But yeah, I've got a beautiful
ranch here in Texas and the vegetation the range is
lush and productive. The wildlife are celebrating. They're growing many
new backstraps for the fall harvest. So I'm a happy,
happy rock and roller.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Well, it's always a blast to have you on because
you bring such a message of hope, inspiration, dedication, commitment, motivation.
I think happiness is a choice that we make, and
more than happen is contentment, fulfillment, purpose. And by golly,
you found yours brother.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Well and Michael back at shall I mean, I'm addicted
to truth logic and common sense. Not my truth logic
and common sense, but the evidence drench truth logic and
common sense that you represent so eloquently, so beautifully, and
with a crowbar when necessary. But I listened to Michael
Berry Radio, and you represent the heartbeat, the spirit, the attitude,
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the energy, the hope, the dreams. I mean, I know
this gets kind of mushy right now, No, not at all.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
We are coming out of enough about you, more about me.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
We are well, we're coming out of a very heartbreaking
toilet flush by the deep state Uncle Sam Joe Biden gang,
and there is unbelievable hope right now. I'll be seventy seven,
and I've never been more hopeful. I've never been more
happy with the direction of our country. And plus I
just had lunch with a bunch of hard work in
fellow Texas here and the spirit and the work, ethic,
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godfamily country is now the battle cry that as ubiquitous
across the land, and my music represents that. You and
I talking about it represents that. So once again, thank
you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Let's do something we don't do enough of them. We'll
get back to politics and culture and life and cooking
and hunting. Let's talk about your music. The fiftieth anniversary
of Stranglehold. It's hard to believe. I don't know if
it's hard for you to believe. It's hard to believe
fifty years and I know you've got some very exciting
things for fans planned out for that. Let's discuss that.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Well, am I. We've talked about this before, that my
music has power and authority because of the incredible musicians
that have been at my side for the last sixty
five years. And we recorded Stranglehold in nineteen seventy five
with Rob Grange and Cliff Davis and Derek Sane Home Holmes,
my producer's Tom Wrman, and engineer Tony Reality. Everybody just
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immersed themselves into the spirit, the sound, the drum tones,
the guitar tones, the bass tones, the lyric content, the
piss and the vinegar, the energy of that song. And
people have embraced the song Stranglehold fifty years and onward,
as Besy Michael, the Navy seals that call me, the
Army Rangers, the Green Beret Delta Force that used that
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song during their training end when they're putting their life
on the line. And I can't imagine a testimonial that
gives a guy more confidence and happiness than a piece
of music represents that to those superhuman beings. So yeah,
fifty years of straggling. By the way, I played it
for a buddy of mine and my man Cave Cuckoo's
Nest arsenal of Democracy this morning, and the hairs on
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my arm stood up fully erect because I still love
the spirit of that song.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Well, it is timeless, It is truly timeless, and I
don't know that we've ever done this. Let's talk about
where that song came from, because I believe that art
floats in the ether, and you just grab hold of
it for a moment. But what was going on with you?
How did you first hear it? Were you noodling on
the guitar or did you hear it completely? Tell me
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about that.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Well, I'm always playing. I played my guitar and shoot
my bow and trained with my firearms, literally, Michael, every day.
It's just it's stuff that I have a passion about.
They all play a pragmatic and inspirational purpose in my life.
But in my youth I was always playing Chuck Berry
and Bo Diddley and Little Richard and Motown Funk Brothers,
and the right hand on my guitar developed a percussiveness,
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a rhythmical kind of a nugent MotorCity version of Bo
Diddley's chuck A chuck A CHUCKA. And just one day
I was tuning my guitar and that happened. That groove happened,
and there was really nothing I could do about it.
It had a heartbeat of its own, and then the
lyrics just flowed. The lyrics are defiance against the music
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industry that turned me down for all those years. Because
long guitar solos don't make it anymore. We need some
pop music and disco's coming in, and I said, yeah, well,
listen to this song, kids. So the song is one
of defiance against an industry that was losing its touch
with the original black influences of soul music and rhythm
and blues inspired rock and roll. So like this morning, Michael,
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this morning, I was playing a Gibson Birdland through a
Fender twin app And I'm telling you all these new
variations kind of a bastardized honky tonk meets boogie woogie,
and there's always new topography to explore on the guitar neck.
And because I have such a passion and a dedication
to trying to be Chuck Berry when I grow up,
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that all these new lick patterns happen. It happens all
the time. You know.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
You have talked a lot over the years in our
conversations about Chuck Berry, and and I think a lot
of young folks today will have no idea how big
Chuck Berry was and also how influential Chuck Berry was.
Why is that for you?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Well, I think I've summarized it numerous times in interviews,
and the facts remain that there is not a piece
of music now it is a bold, expansive statement, which
I'm pretty good at. But there isn't a piece of music,
Michael Berry, that you really get a kick out of
and want to turn up when it comes on the
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radio and makes your truck go faster that doesn't have
an essence of what Chuck Berry created cadence wise, rhythmically, upbeat,
spirit wise, cocky, irreverent fun. There is not a powerful
piece of music in anyone's life. And I'd be glad
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to debate this for anybody that doesn't have a direct
inspiration from Chuck Berry's catalog. I don't care if it's country,
I don't care if it's blues, I don't care if
it's rock and roll. Even a lot of pop music
they've got that Chuck Berry cadence that when you listen
to Johnny be Good or Carol or Roll Over Beethoven
or Sweet Sixteen, you listen to those original Chuck Berry songs,
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and it's a parent that all moving, authoritative music comes
from that genius. And Michael I played bass guitar with
Chuck Berry, which is why I am like I am today.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I promise you well, you know your life experiences. Of course,
that didn't happen by chance, you made them happen you
madeor experience. Oh I'm up against Frank hold On in
this a moment. Uncle Ted Ted Nugent is our guest.
You can find out more at Ted Nugent dot com
Ted Nugent dot com if you are a Nuge fan,
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he's got some exciting stuff coming up at nuge vault
dot com nudge vault dot com. We'll talk about that.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
It's from Duck King of Ding and this other guy,
Michael bhar.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
This is a kind of guy you like to smacking
ass Uncle Ted Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman is
our guest, and normally, over the years, and it's been
many that he comes on the show, we talk about politics,
we talk about culture, We talk about who he's pissed
off lately, who he he, what changes he wants or
we talk about hunting and food and family and nature
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and faith and these important things. But today is a
treat for me because I figure he's tired of talking
about music all the time and there's much more to
him than that. But today we're getting to talk about
the music. And that's a treat because I don't normally
get to uncle ted, you have something exciting going on
at the nuge Vault, which is nugevault dot com.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Talk about that please well again, Michael, thanks letting me
share my passions and my love of music and the
American dream with you. I'm just such a lucky guy
with all these incredible, dedicated musicians at my side. In
twenty twenty five, with John Coots on drums and Jason
Hartless and Johnny Big on bass, were playing Kenny Storr
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in Brenham, Texas next weekend, and we've been doing these speakes.
He's around the state, and I'm telling you, talking about
defying gravity. I am having more guitar music fun in
twenty twenty five doing these gigs around my home state
of Texas than I ever have. In fact, I will
be doing my seven thousandth concert. And what happened during
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rehearsals in the barn in Michigan is my drummer, Jason
Hartless saw all these vats and all these boxes piled
sky high around my trucks and my deer blinds, and
he said, what's all that stuff? And I go, oh,
those are old tapes of rehearsals and jam sessions and
recording sessions. He started digging Michael. He has unearthed the
jam sessions and the songwriting sessions, and the outtakes and
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the demos and the unfinished tapes of all the recordings,
thousands of concerts, and it's just fascinating history of not
just Ted Nuger rock and roll, but the origins of
rock and roll from the founding fathers that Chuck Berry's
and the Motown Funk Brothers, and now at nuge Vault,
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it's fascinating a place called nuge vault dot com. We've
got these subscribers that are just doing double backflips because
of the outtakes and the demos and the jam sessions
and a lot of my very fun interviews like I
do with Michael Berry. But all of this is available
at nuge vault dot com and people are just getting
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having a riot with it, and so am I, because
it's really rekindling a lot of the memories of just
unbelievable moments where these songs happened, and these jam sessions
created these new songs, and these amazing musicians would collaborate
with ideas. So it's nuge vault dot com and we'll
be exposing a lot of that on a bunch of
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gigs here in Texas and then up in Michigan in August.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
You know, and I know that special for you. You're
a Texan now through and through, but I know Michigan
holds a special place in your heart. I had a
Sunday school teacher say to me twenty five years ago,
if you want to know who you said to all
of us in the class, We want to know who
you're going to be five years from now. Look at
your closest friends, because they're going to pick you up
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or they're going to drop you down. They're going to
take you with them where they're going. That's where you're headed.
And it's interesting. I talk to a lot of musicians.
I'm passionate about music. I can't make music, but somebody
has to consume it, right, And I'm really passionate about
how the art is made and what it means to
people and these sorts of things. And you talk about collaboration.
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Every time you and I talk and I ask you
a question about Ted Nugent and what Ted Nugent has done,
you always go to a Chuck Berry comes up a lot.
You always go to the influences and the collaboration. And
I think that's a takeaway where whatever you're in, if
you're a financial advisor, a plant worker, the people you
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surround yourself with and bounce off of are gonna make
you better or worse. And I hear that from you
every time I talk to you. How playing with other
people and their influences in those collaborations is a thrill
for you and has made you who you are. And
I think that's important.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
I don't think there's anything more important. My dad used
to say as I was growing up, tell me who
you hang with, and I'll tell you who you are.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Now.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
I dismiss that in my stupidity of youth, but it
turned out to be true. And I have an inner circle,
quite an expansive inner circle, Michael, which, by the way,
you're a member of a good people of the spirit,
good will and decency, work, ethic, God, family, country, still
conduct our lives based on the Constitution, the build rights
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and decoration of independence and commandments, the Golden rule, law
and order, good over evil, self defense, freedom of speech, etc. Etc.
And those are the people that I have accumulate in
my family, my friends, my band, my crew, my management,
my hunting buddies. I have a hunting operation called Sunrise Safaris,
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and Michael, I share campfires with hundreds and hundreds of
families every year. And that's why I salute you, because
when you talk, you talk just like those families around
the campfire that put their heart and soul into being
the best that you can be. And when you put
your heart and soul into being the best that you
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can be as a musician, great music happens. So I've
always surrounded myself with the best rhythm section, the best singers,
the best creators, and you hear that in the music.
The performance that these guys put into my compositions is
every artist's dream because there's a passion. And by the way,
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we keep mentioning Chuck Berry, everybody in all of my
bands and all of my crew, everybody references Chuck Berry.
So that cadence, that spirit, that energy, that uppiness, that defiance,
there's a lot of defiance in that music, and that's
what inspires us. And even though we're old men now, Michael,
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when we get in the barn and start jamming, it's
like a bunch of kids. It's like a bunch of
kids that want to play Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley
and play motown hits. In fact, we do. That's how
all of our rehearsals start with those classic songs. And
once you start hitting those rhythms and those movements, all
of a sudden, it can become your own when you
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create your own chord patterns, your own melodies, your own lyrics,
and your own arrangements. And that's attributed to these unbelievable
musicians that are at my side again. John Kutz on
drums out of Waco, Texas, Jason Hartless on drums out
of Nashville, Johnny Big out of Waco here on bass
and vocals. I hope you can come to Brenham on Saturday,
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the thirty first of May. The music has never more tight.
James Brown would hire us as his band. We're so
tight and so energetic. So these are the good old
days of my music. I'm telling you, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
The Kinney Store is where he's going to be by
the Way, which is a great, great venue owned by
two cops and they're fantastic people. They have a very
loyal audience there and get there early. The food is
actually amazing. Ted Nugent is our guest. You know you
inspire me. You talk about your age and in the
number of years you've done this. Two of the people
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I admire the most in the world for what they
do and their art and their craft or Hank Williams
Junior and Dan Pastorini, both of whom turned seventy six
on Tuesday of this week. I got to tell you,
I bet when you were early in your career, nobody
would have said that Ted Nugent would be an inspiration
for longevity and happiness. But by golly, you have been.
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And that's that's in and of itself incredible.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
I'm on a mission from God. Mike. Yeah, No, it's
about It's about work ethic. It's about dedication to providing
for your family and being in the asset column, being
willing to make risks and sacrifices so that you're again
there's only two columns. There's the asset column and there's
a liability column. And my dad disciplined slash forced us
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into being in the asset column. Productive members of our family,
our neighborhood, our community, our great nations. And as a sportsman,
as a hunter and a trapper and a fisherman, an
asset to the good earth that provides us quality of life.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
So can you hold sterious?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Man?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Can you hold it? This moment is our guest, Ted
Nugent dot com. More coming on honest, Michael Berry almost
that the Motor City Madman is our guest. He has
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stayed extra with us. A new project called the nuge
Vault you can find it at nuge vault dot com
is described as your front row seat to submerge yourself
in rock and roll history like never before. This is
occasioned by Ted Nugent's celebration of the fiftieth five zero
anniversary of his iconic rock album not album, It's an
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anthem album. Sorry I lost my train of thought, stranglehold.
He's got a speakeasy rockout gig tour going on. He's
going to be at the Kenney Store this weekend on
the thirty first. He's got a blank Kicker. I'm not
allowed to say it, but it rhymes with Pitt Kicker.
Speakeasy rockouts in Michigan in Texas this spring and summer.
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Uncle Ted played for us at the RCC and I
will tell you a couple of takeaways I have from that, folks.
Number one is people love Uncle Ted. We sold out
just like that. We sold out fast. Number two is
we have never needed so much sound. It was an
entire eighteen wheeler of speakers that came in. It was insane,
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I mean insane. Number three, this guy's been doing this
for more years than I've been alive, and he does
not mail it in. You pay good money and he
gives you everything he's got on stage and before and after,
and as a venue owner, that mattered more to me
than anything else. And I don't know if I've ever
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thanked you for that, but that was a hell of
a night.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
Brother. Every night, thank you for that, Michael. And you're right,
there is an energy level that the real music lovers
bring to me. And the inspiration from the audience is
actually dangerous. I mean, I sweat so much on stage.
We have ducks on the limit to come in because
because they expect to flush a mallard from my puddle
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of sweat on stage. Yes, there's a James Brown work
ethic that we deliver every night. I tell my band
before we go on, tonight is the most important concert
of our life. And we say that every night, because
every night is the most important concert of our life.
We want to deliver the beast, the grind, the groove,
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the fun, the spirit, the piss and the vinegar, the
middle finger against all things evil, which I weave into
the wonderful, entertaining evening. But yeah, well, thank you for that,
because the people do rave about our shows. Because I've
I'm out of control. I mean, I get on stage.
I can't wait to get on stage and play these songs.
As a guitar player, I just happen to have created
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some of the most exciting and fun guitar licks to
ever play. So I'm still like a crazy kid back
in Detroit nineteen fifty nine when I get ready to
perform every night. And I think the people have noticed that.
They celebrate that, and their reciprocity from audience to stage
is like a tsunami of energy. So once again, how
lucky can I be?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
All Right, I'm going to ask you a questions, but
I'm not gonna let Ted Nugent be Ted nugent. I
just want you to give the shortest, most succinct answer
you can and without giving it much thought, just whatever
pops in your brain.
Speaker 5 (28:08):
Okay, you got it.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
You're gonna walk out right now. And pick up a
bow and shoot it. It's the bow that's going to
allow you to be most accurate.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
What is it.
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I'm shooting a new Matthew's Lift lightweight forty eight pound draw.
The mystical flight of the arrow has never been more
accurate with this technology. So that's the bow of my
choice these days?
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Is there an arrow of choice? I don't know a
lot about archery, you know.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
I'm shooting some gold tip arrows. They've been making the
ted Nugents Zebra gold tip arrow for years. But I'm
also experimenting with a bunch of other arrows. That state
of archery and marksmanship, firearms and optics and AMMO is
at an all time high. So it's about what you're
most comfortable with, what feels good to you, and it
is important that that bow or that gun feels right,
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and that's the one you should shoot, all right?
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Not your favorite. But if I asked you right now
to lay your hands, and it might be on your hip,
might be in your pocket, it might be on the
table next to you, on the nearest handgun.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
What would it be. It's the same block model twenty
ten millimeters. This on my right hip, along with four
magazines on my left hip every day everywhere. Once Ted
Nugent shows up, it is no longer a gun free zone.
I probably.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
All right, What about what knife you could lay your
hands on the fastest?
Speaker 5 (29:31):
Right now? I've got my old Victorianox pocket knife in
my left pocket, and I got a brand new steel
Force a folding knife on my right pocket, and I
have a Leatherman tool on my left hip. I'm out
of like a hardware store.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
What meat did you most enjoy that you ate at home?
That you killed within the last week.
Speaker 5 (29:56):
A beautiful sow pig right here on the north bask
You River with my bone arrow, and she was just
about seventy five eighty pounds and it was the most
delicious maxtrap with garlic and pepper and honey. I swear
to God, it's the meat of the gods.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Now, will you make chops and bacon and all that
out of her?
Speaker 5 (30:17):
Absolutely? Yeah? We use it all man, Good for you.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
What do they say that the ruder to the tutor,
that's the way to do it, especially with it.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
Yes, well, yeah, that's called the conservation, the wise use
of a natural resource. And I always say the cuter,
the cruter the sweeter the meat.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Now is that a Is that a culinary reference?
Speaker 5 (30:39):
I think it is. That's why I like Lamb chops
so much.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
I do too. I like the lamb lollipops. I don't
know why that is, but it's yes, with the bone.
Speaker 5 (30:49):
Gotta have the bone right.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
It's just like it's a built in handle, you know.
It's like a toothbrush you can eat. I absolutely, absolutely
love it. All right. Tell me a movie that you
have watched in the last month. It may not be
the all time greatest or you're what you want to
be defined by that. You really enjoyed.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Man on Fire with Denzel Washington. I love. I'm a
big fan of Revenge.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Yes, me too. Vindication very good. Okay, tell me somebody
that you are good friends with a celebrity from whatever
field that people would be surprised you're friends with because
y'all may not share the same political views.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
Well, there's a gentleman who has a band called Rage
Against the Machine. His name is Tom Morello, and he
plays guitar and occasion with Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Springsteen.
Even though he had his foot in his mouth more
often than necessary. Bruce and Tom and I were all
raised on Chuck Berry and Mitch Ryder music, so I
will overlook the stupid politics and just jam on killer music.
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How's that.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I love it, and I can appreciate that the art
at that moment takes precedence. You know, it's really too
bad because Springsteen has written some really good stuff, and
I love his hard scrabble story, and I love his
truth and how he stayed true to New Jersey in
the gritty, you know, New Jersey street. But my goodness,
his mind is warped. It's absolutely warped. When's the last
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time you spoke to President Trump? I know he adores you,
just a couple of months ago.
Speaker 5 (32:23):
I'm congratulating him, and I'm bringing a lot of important
issues to the forefront. Some people who have been illegally
law fired, like a felon farmer in Michigan who's never
been a wrestler or given a speeding ticket, but he's
now a felon because he had a bad muffler on
a tractor according to the jack boot Thugs of the EPA.
(32:45):
So we're seeking a pardon for this good man. Those
are the kinds of issues that I fight for every day,
and the great Donald Trump, who's a real commander in chief.
He is addressing those We got a sheriff pardoned in
West Virginia who was lawfared, and there's been so much
of that. We have a target rich environment out there.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Yep. I think Ed Martin is going to do a
great job at that. Uncle Ted, I'm up against a break.
We always appreciate your time. Ted nugent dot com. You
can go to the nuge Vault nuge vault dot com.
We love you, brother, I love you.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Back to Michael. God speed, buddy,
I saw a CNN poll a few days ago, and
I made a note about it and pulled the audio
to use later, and now is later. It shows a
massive change in who is most likely to believe conspiracy theories. Now.
Harry Inton on CNN is talking about the fact that
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Republicans are more likely than Democrats to think that JFK
was killed in a conspiracy. As you listen to this,
I want you to come to your own answer as
to why you think that may be the case.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
The percentage of conspiracy theorists who believe that the United
States government was involved in the JFK assassination has gone
up over the past ten years. It is now the
plurality leader compared to the conspiracy theorists they used to
think of someone, Hey, maybe it was Cuba, maybe it
was the mob. That's actually down from forty percent to
twenty nine percent. And the overall number of folks who
believe in the conspiracy theory that JFK was killed by
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more than one man is also up.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
So in this thing of we are in this odd
conspiracy fueled moment, I guess that fits right.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
There are more people believe it.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Trump himself has has talked about conspiracies about this death,
including one linking Oswald famously to Ted Cruz's father.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Okay, I remember that one His father.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
Was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being uh,
you know shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous.
I mean, what would he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald
shortly before the death, before the shooting. It's okay.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That theory, I just want to not was based on
a National Inquirer story that the former publisher testified during
Trump's trial last spring was made up. But but Trump
is not just speaking for himself, No.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
He's not.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
I feel like Regis Philip and it's all bonkers things
that are going on.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Look.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
The percentage of Republicans who believe in the conspiracy theory
that jf K was killed by more than a woman's
up significantly over the last Okay, look at that, from
forty nine percent to now with a clear majority seventy
one percent. Well, Democrats have fallen from sixty four percent
to fifty five percent, and that is because the Donald
Trump base, right, the non college graduates, they are the
most likely to believe in the conspiracy theory. Right, Seventy
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three percent of them compared to just fifty seven percent
of those who just have a college and forty four
percent postgraduates agree.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
And this isn't there are more conspiracy theories as we
were talking about. People believe them.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, absolutely, I mean, look, we mentioned the JFK one,
but how about Obama not born in the US. A
quarter of Americans? How about vaccines cause autism? That's up,
that's nearly a quart of Americans. And then you get
ten percent of Americans who believe the earth is flat.
It's crazy them are here, don't. I don't even know
what to say. But the numbers of a.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Numbus, its hollow earth under the flatness, the nimbus of
the nimbus.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
So something very interesting he notes there. He refers to
Republicans who support Donald Trump as the uneducated, the folks
who do not have a college degree. And that is
shorthand for East Coast liberals, liberal Democrats, that is shorthand
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for hillbilly dumbasses. But what we actually know, and again
this is about once something gets a reputation, it's hard
to change it. And so there is this idea that
you know, the doctors know everything, they're the expert. If
my doctor says, to take the shot. I gotta take
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the shot because I gotta trust him. He's the expert. Well,
study after study after study after study after study now
has said the vaccine causes a lot of problems. It
wasn't tested properly, it wasn't effective. When Joe Biden told you,
if you get the shot, you won't you won't get COVID,
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and if you get the shot, you won't share COVID
or past COVID, both of those were lies, and they
knew they were lies. The reason folks without the college
degree believe in conspiracy theories is because yesterday's conspiracy theory
is tomorrow's revelation. Remember that crazy ohs worst one, Remember
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that crazy conspiracy theory. In October of twenty twenty, when
the New York Post did a story on the fact
that what did they make up this craz so crazy?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
They said, Hunter Biden's laptop was left at a computer
repair store, and on that laptop was proof that the
Bidens received bribes from foreign governments, that he was involved
in all these horrible, terrible things, and his father was
as well, that he committed all these crimes. Remember that
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they made all that up. Newark posted thank god before Trump,
this before Elon bought it. Thank god, Twitter banned The
New York Post from telling that story, and thank god
the US government went to Facebook and said, do not
allow that story to be posted, banned people, and they did,
Thank goodness, because free sometimes free speech is dangerous. And
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Facebook and Twitter kept that story from getting out, and
so people didn't know about that, that conspiracy story. And
then last year the US government, same government that pressured
Facebook to take that down, brought a case against hunter
or exactly what they said wasn't true. Not only was
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it not true, they didn't just deny. They called it
a conspiracy theory, just what Hillary Clinton used to do.
There's a vast right wing conspiracy out there trying to
bring my husband down. Why do you say that that's
what they're doing. It's a vast right wing conspiracy. Oh
did he bank Monica Lewinskar? Didn't he? How about Jennifer Flowers?
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How about all the others who sued him? Paula uh,
what was her name, Paula Jones? Are those part of
the vast right wing conspiracy? What are all these people
they keep coming up dead around you? What about Whitewater.
Is that all vast right wing conspiracy because there's the documents.
What about the Russia collusion, which, as Greg Guttfeldt noted,
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they claimed it was Russian collusion by Russia and Trump
to cover for the fact that there was Russia Russian
collusion between Hillary and Russia. Yesterday's conspiracy theory turned out
to be tomorrow's true story. Breaking news. How about the
fact that two weeks ago Jake Tapper released a book,
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Jake Tapper, who refused to allow Laura Trump to say
in twenty twenty that Joe Biden is suffering from some
mental de line and Jake Tapper said, stop, no, you're
not going to do that. Now. Jake Tapper has co written,
which means he has a ghostwriter, but he's going to
push the book every night, a book to talk about
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how shameful it is that Joe Biden was in the
throes of dementia and nobody, there were no adults in
the room to do anything about it. I mean, you
got to be a certain degree of shameless that's almost
admirable to pull that off. So yeah, and you know
why people without college degrees believe these quote unquote conspiracy
theories because many of them are true. And secondly, when
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you don't go to college, you don't get brainwashed. And
this is what is killing the brand of college itself today.
The university experience is a place to go and get
drunk and watch football games and be indoctrinated. And more
and more people are saying, nah.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
They are telling you what's called onesies, these little things
clothing for a baby. I like Malcaberry.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
You're supportive of these onesies. You know him as the
Motor City mad Man. I know him as Uncle Ted,
one of our favorite guests of all time. Heck, one
of our favorite people of all time. Leave the music,
the hunting, the cooking, the politics, just an inspiration in life.
Ted Nugent, Welcome to the program.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
You know, Mike. I feel welcome, And from a favorite
people to another favorite people. I'm talking to you from
a beautiful monsoon in Waco, Texas. So happy twenty twenty
five to you, my friend.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Now get we needed it, though, didn't we?
Speaker 5 (08:32):
Oh? I love the rain. I love Mother Nature even
when she gives me the middle finger. I love storms
until the damage begins. But yeah, I've got a beautiful
ranch here in Texas and the vegetation the range is
lush and productive. The wildlife are celebrating. They're growing many
new backstraps for the fall harvest. So I'm a happy,
happy rock and roller.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
Well, it's always a blast to have you on because
you bring such a message of hope, inspiration, dedication, commitment, motivation.
I think happiness is a choice that we make, and
more than happen is contentment, fulfillment, purpose. And by golly,
you found yours brother.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
Well and Michael back at shall I mean, I'm addicted
to truth logic and common sense. Not my truth logic
and common sense, but the evidence drench truth logic and
common sense that you represent so eloquently, so beautifully, and
with a crowbar when necessary. But I listened to Michael
Berry Radio, and you represent the heartbeat, the spirit, the attitude,
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the energy, the hope, the dreams. I mean, I know
this gets kind of mushy right now, No, not at all.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
We are coming out of enough about you, more about me.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
We are well, we're coming out of a very heartbreaking
toilet flush by the deep state Uncle Sam Joe Biden gang,
and there is unbelievable hope right now. I'll be seventy seven,
and I've never been more hopeful. I've never been more
happy with the direction of our country. And plus I
just had lunch with a bunch of hard work in
fellow Texas here and the spirit and the work, ethic,
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godfamily country is now the battle cry that as ubiquitous
across the land, and my music represents that. You and
I talking about it represents that. So once again, thank
you for having me on.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Let's do something we don't do enough of them. We'll
get back to politics and culture and life and cooking
and hunting. Let's talk about your music. The fiftieth anniversary
of Stranglehold. It's hard to believe. I don't know if
it's hard for you to believe. It's hard to believe
fifty years and I know you've got some very exciting
things for fans planned out for that. Let's discuss that.
Speaker 5 (10:41):
Well, am I. We've talked about this before, that my
music has power and authority because of the incredible musicians
that have been at my side for the last sixty
five years. And we recorded Stranglehold in nineteen seventy five
with Rob Grange and Cliff Davis and Derek Sane Home Holmes,
my producer's Tom Wrman, and engineer Tony Reality. Everybody just
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immersed themselves into the spirit, the sound, the drum tones,
the guitar tones, the bass tones, the lyric content, the
piss and the vinegar, the energy of that song. And
people have embraced the song Stranglehold fifty years and onward,
as Besy Michael, the Navy seals that call me, the
Army Rangers, the Green Beret Delta Force that used that
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song during their training end when they're putting their life
on the line. And I can't imagine a testimonial that
gives a guy more confidence and happiness than a piece
of music represents that to those superhuman beings. So yeah,
fifty years of straggling. By the way, I played it
for a buddy of mine and my man Cave Cuckoo's
Nest arsenal of Democracy this morning, and the hairs on
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my arm stood up fully erect because I still love
the spirit of that song.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
Well, it is timeless, It is truly timeless, and I
don't know that we've ever done this. Let's talk about
where that song came from, because I believe that art
floats in the ether, and you just grab hold of
it for a moment. But what was going on with you?
How did you first hear it? Were you noodling on
the guitar or did you hear it completely? Tell me
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about that.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Well, I'm always playing. I played my guitar and shoot
my bow and trained with my firearms, literally, Michael, every day.
It's just it's stuff that I have a passion about.
They all play a pragmatic and inspirational purpose in my life.
But in my youth I was always playing Chuck Berry
and Bo Diddley and Little Richard and Motown Funk Brothers,
and the right hand on my guitar developed a percussiveness,
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a rhythmical kind of a nugent MotorCity version of Bo
Diddley's chuck A chuck A CHUCKA. And just one day
I was tuning my guitar and that happened. That groove happened,
and there was really nothing I could do about it.
It had a heartbeat of its own, and then the
lyrics just flowed. The lyrics are defiance against the music
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industry that turned me down for all those years. Because
long guitar solos don't make it anymore. We need some
pop music and disco's coming in, and I said, yeah, well,
listen to this song, kids. So the song is one
of defiance against an industry that was losing its touch
with the original black influences of soul music and rhythm
and blues inspired rock and roll. So like this morning, Michael,
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this morning, I was playing a Gibson Birdland through a
Fender twin app And I'm telling you all these new
variations kind of a bastardized honky tonk meets boogie woogie,
and there's always new topography to explore on the guitar neck.
And because I have such a passion and a dedication
to trying to be Chuck Berry when I grow up,
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that all these new lick patterns happen. It happens all
the time. You know.
Speaker 1 (13:53):
You have talked a lot over the years in our
conversations about Chuck Berry, and and I think a lot
of young folks today will have no idea how big
Chuck Berry was and also how influential Chuck Berry was.
Why is that for you?
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Well, I think I've summarized it numerous times in interviews,
and the facts remain that there is not a piece
of music now it is a bold, expansive statement, which
I'm pretty good at. But there isn't a piece of music,
Michael Berry, that you really get a kick out of
and want to turn up when it comes on the
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radio and makes your truck go faster that doesn't have
an essence of what Chuck Berry created cadence wise, rhythmically, upbeat,
spirit wise, cocky, irreverent fun. There is not a powerful
piece of music in anyone's life. And I'd be glad
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to debate this for anybody that doesn't have a direct
inspiration from Chuck Berry's catalog. I don't care if it's country,
I don't care if it's blues, I don't care if
it's rock and roll. Even a lot of pop music
they've got that Chuck Berry cadence that when you listen
to Johnny be Good or Carol or Roll Over Beethoven
or Sweet Sixteen, you listen to those original Chuck Berry songs,
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and it's a parent that all moving, authoritative music comes
from that genius. And Michael I played bass guitar with
Chuck Berry, which is why I am like I am today.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
I promise you well, you know your life experiences. Of course,
that didn't happen by chance, you made them happen you
madeor experience. Oh I'm up against Frank hold On in
this a moment. Uncle Ted Ted Nugent is our guest.
You can find out more at Ted Nugent dot com
Ted Nugent dot com if you are a Nuge fan,
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he's got some exciting stuff coming up at nuge vault
dot com nudge vault dot com. We'll talk about that.
Speaker 5 (15:54):
It's from Duck King of Ding and this other guy,
Michael bhar.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
This is a kind of guy you like to smacking
ass Uncle Ted Ted Nugent, the Motor City Madman is
our guest, and normally, over the years, and it's been
many that he comes on the show, we talk about politics,
we talk about culture, We talk about who he's pissed
off lately, who he he, what changes he wants or
we talk about hunting and food and family and nature
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and faith and these important things. But today is a
treat for me because I figure he's tired of talking
about music all the time and there's much more to
him than that. But today we're getting to talk about
the music. And that's a treat because I don't normally
get to uncle ted, you have something exciting going on
at the nuge Vault, which is nugevault dot com.
Speaker 5 (16:46):
Talk about that please well again, Michael, thanks letting me
share my passions and my love of music and the
American dream with you. I'm just such a lucky guy
with all these incredible, dedicated musicians at my side. In
twenty twenty five, with John Coots on drums and Jason
Hartless and Johnny Big on bass, were playing Kenny Storr
(17:08):
in Brenham, Texas next weekend, and we've been doing these speakes.
He's around the state, and I'm telling you, talking about
defying gravity. I am having more guitar music fun in
twenty twenty five doing these gigs around my home state
of Texas than I ever have. In fact, I will
be doing my seven thousandth concert. And what happened during
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rehearsals in the barn in Michigan is my drummer, Jason
Hartless saw all these vats and all these boxes piled
sky high around my trucks and my deer blinds, and
he said, what's all that stuff? And I go, oh,
those are old tapes of rehearsals and jam sessions and
recording sessions. He started digging Michael. He has unearthed the
jam sessions and the songwriting sessions, and the outtakes and
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the demos and the unfinished tapes of all the recordings,
thousands of concerts, and it's just fascinating history of not
just Ted Nuger rock and roll, but the origins of
rock and roll from the founding fathers that Chuck Berry's
and the Motown Funk Brothers, and now at nuge Vault,
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it's fascinating a place called nuge vault dot com. We've
got these subscribers that are just doing double backflips because
of the outtakes and the demos and the jam sessions
and a lot of my very fun interviews like I
do with Michael Berry. But all of this is available
at nuge vault dot com and people are just getting
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having a riot with it, and so am I, because
it's really rekindling a lot of the memories of just
unbelievable moments where these songs happened, and these jam sessions
created these new songs, and these amazing musicians would collaborate
with ideas. So it's nuge vault dot com and we'll
be exposing a lot of that on a bunch of
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gigs here in Texas and then up in Michigan in August.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
You know, and I know that special for you. You're
a Texan now through and through, but I know Michigan
holds a special place in your heart. I had a
Sunday school teacher say to me twenty five years ago,
if you want to know who you said to all
of us in the class, We want to know who
you're going to be five years from now. Look at
your closest friends, because they're going to pick you up
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or they're going to drop you down. They're going to
take you with them where they're going. That's where you're headed.
And it's interesting. I talk to a lot of musicians.
I'm passionate about music. I can't make music, but somebody
has to consume it, right, And I'm really passionate about
how the art is made and what it means to
people and these sorts of things. And you talk about collaboration.
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Every time you and I talk and I ask you
a question about Ted Nugent and what Ted Nugent has done,
you always go to a Chuck Berry comes up a lot.
You always go to the influences and the collaboration. And
I think that's a takeaway where whatever you're in, if
you're a financial advisor, a plant worker, the people you
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surround yourself with and bounce off of are gonna make
you better or worse. And I hear that from you
every time I talk to you. How playing with other
people and their influences in those collaborations is a thrill
for you and has made you who you are. And
I think that's important.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
I don't think there's anything more important. My dad used
to say as I was growing up, tell me who
you hang with, and I'll tell you who you are.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Now.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
I dismiss that in my stupidity of youth, but it
turned out to be true. And I have an inner circle,
quite an expansive inner circle, Michael, which, by the way,
you're a member of a good people of the spirit,
good will and decency, work, ethic, God, family, country, still
conduct our lives based on the Constitution, the build rights
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and decoration of independence and commandments, the Golden rule, law
and order, good over evil, self defense, freedom of speech, etc. Etc.
And those are the people that I have accumulate in
my family, my friends, my band, my crew, my management,
my hunting buddies. I have a hunting operation called Sunrise Safaris,
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and Michael, I share campfires with hundreds and hundreds of
families every year. And that's why I salute you, because
when you talk, you talk just like those families around
the campfire that put their heart and soul into being
the best that you can be. And when you put
your heart and soul into being the best that you
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can be as a musician, great music happens. So I've
always surrounded myself with the best rhythm section, the best singers,
the best creators, and you hear that in the music.
The performance that these guys put into my compositions is
every artist's dream because there's a passion. And by the way,
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we keep mentioning Chuck Berry, everybody in all of my
bands and all of my crew, everybody references Chuck Berry.
So that cadence, that spirit, that energy, that uppiness, that defiance,
there's a lot of defiance in that music, and that's
what inspires us. And even though we're old men now, Michael,
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when we get in the barn and start jamming, it's
like a bunch of kids. It's like a bunch of
kids that want to play Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley
and play motown hits. In fact, we do. That's how
all of our rehearsals start with those classic songs. And
once you start hitting those rhythms and those movements, all
of a sudden, it can become your own when you
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create your own chord patterns, your own melodies, your own lyrics,
and your own arrangements. And that's attributed to these unbelievable
musicians that are at my side again. John Kutz on
drums out of Waco, Texas, Jason Hartless on drums out
of Nashville, Johnny Big out of Waco here on bass
and vocals. I hope you can come to Brenham on Saturday,
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the thirty first of May. The music has never more tight.
James Brown would hire us as his band. We're so
tight and so energetic. So these are the good old
days of my music. I'm telling you, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
The Kinney Store is where he's going to be by
the Way, which is a great, great venue owned by
two cops and they're fantastic people. They have a very
loyal audience there and get there early. The food is
actually amazing. Ted Nugent is our guest. You know you
inspire me. You talk about your age and in the
number of years you've done this. Two of the people
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I admire the most in the world for what they
do and their art and their craft or Hank Williams
Junior and Dan Pastorini, both of whom turned seventy six
on Tuesday of this week. I got to tell you,
I bet when you were early in your career, nobody
would have said that Ted Nugent would be an inspiration
for longevity and happiness. But by golly, you have been.
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And that's that's in and of itself incredible.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
I'm on a mission from God. Mike. Yeah, No, it's
about It's about work ethic. It's about dedication to providing
for your family and being in the asset column, being
willing to make risks and sacrifices so that you're again
there's only two columns. There's the asset column and there's
a liability column. And my dad disciplined slash forced us
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into being in the asset column. Productive members of our family,
our neighborhood, our community, our great nations. And as a sportsman,
as a hunter and a trapper and a fisherman, an
asset to the good earth that provides us quality of life.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
So can you hold sterious?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Man?
Speaker 1 (24:38):
Can you hold it? This moment is our guest, Ted
Nugent dot com. More coming on honest, Michael Berry almost
that the Motor City Madman is our guest. He has
(24:59):
stayed extra with us. A new project called the nuge
Vault you can find it at nuge vault dot com
is described as your front row seat to submerge yourself
in rock and roll history like never before. This is
occasioned by Ted Nugent's celebration of the fiftieth five zero
anniversary of his iconic rock album not album, It's an
(25:23):
anthem album. Sorry I lost my train of thought, stranglehold.
He's got a speakeasy rockout gig tour going on. He's
going to be at the Kenney Store this weekend on
the thirty first. He's got a blank Kicker. I'm not
allowed to say it, but it rhymes with Pitt Kicker.
Speakeasy rockouts in Michigan in Texas this spring and summer.
(25:48):
Uncle Ted played for us at the RCC and I
will tell you a couple of takeaways I have from that, folks.
Number one is people love Uncle Ted. We sold out
just like that. We sold out fast. Number two is
we have never needed so much sound. It was an
entire eighteen wheeler of speakers that came in. It was insane,
(26:09):
I mean insane. Number three, this guy's been doing this
for more years than I've been alive, and he does
not mail it in. You pay good money and he
gives you everything he's got on stage and before and after,
and as a venue owner, that mattered more to me
than anything else. And I don't know if I've ever
(26:31):
thanked you for that, but that was a hell of
a night.
Speaker 5 (26:33):
Brother. Every night, thank you for that, Michael. And you're right,
there is an energy level that the real music lovers
bring to me. And the inspiration from the audience is
actually dangerous. I mean, I sweat so much on stage.
We have ducks on the limit to come in because
because they expect to flush a mallard from my puddle
(26:53):
of sweat on stage. Yes, there's a James Brown work
ethic that we deliver every night. I tell my band
before we go on, tonight is the most important concert
of our life. And we say that every night, because
every night is the most important concert of our life.
We want to deliver the beast, the grind, the groove,
(27:15):
the fun, the spirit, the piss and the vinegar, the
middle finger against all things evil, which I weave into
the wonderful, entertaining evening. But yeah, well, thank you for that,
because the people do rave about our shows. Because I've
I'm out of control. I mean, I get on stage.
I can't wait to get on stage and play these songs.
As a guitar player, I just happen to have created
(27:37):
some of the most exciting and fun guitar licks to
ever play. So I'm still like a crazy kid back
in Detroit nineteen fifty nine when I get ready to
perform every night. And I think the people have noticed that.
They celebrate that, and their reciprocity from audience to stage
is like a tsunami of energy. So once again, how
lucky can I be?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
All Right, I'm going to ask you a questions, but
I'm not gonna let Ted Nugent be Ted nugent. I
just want you to give the shortest, most succinct answer
you can and without giving it much thought, just whatever
pops in your brain.
Speaker 5 (28:08):
Okay, you got it.
Speaker 1 (28:11):
You're gonna walk out right now. And pick up a
bow and shoot it. It's the bow that's going to
allow you to be most accurate.
Speaker 4 (28:18):
What is it.
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I'm shooting a new Matthew's Lift lightweight forty eight pound draw.
The mystical flight of the arrow has never been more
accurate with this technology. So that's the bow of my
choice these days?
Speaker 1 (28:32):
Is there an arrow of choice? I don't know a
lot about archery, you know.
Speaker 5 (28:37):
I'm shooting some gold tip arrows. They've been making the
ted Nugents Zebra gold tip arrow for years. But I'm
also experimenting with a bunch of other arrows. That state
of archery and marksmanship, firearms and optics and AMMO is
at an all time high. So it's about what you're
most comfortable with, what feels good to you, and it
is important that that bow or that gun feels right,
(28:58):
and that's the one you should shoot, all right?
Speaker 1 (29:01):
Not your favorite. But if I asked you right now
to lay your hands, and it might be on your hip,
might be in your pocket, it might be on the
table next to you, on the nearest handgun.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
What would it be. It's the same block model twenty
ten millimeters. This on my right hip, along with four
magazines on my left hip every day everywhere. Once Ted
Nugent shows up, it is no longer a gun free zone.
I probably.
Speaker 1 (29:26):
All right, What about what knife you could lay your
hands on the fastest?
Speaker 5 (29:31):
Right now? I've got my old Victorianox pocket knife in
my left pocket, and I got a brand new steel
Force a folding knife on my right pocket, and I
have a Leatherman tool on my left hip. I'm out
of like a hardware store.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
What meat did you most enjoy that you ate at home?
That you killed within the last week.
Speaker 5 (29:56):
A beautiful sow pig right here on the north bask
You River with my bone arrow, and she was just
about seventy five eighty pounds and it was the most
delicious maxtrap with garlic and pepper and honey. I swear
to God, it's the meat of the gods.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
Now, will you make chops and bacon and all that
out of her?
Speaker 5 (30:17):
Absolutely? Yeah? We use it all man, Good for you.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
What do they say that the ruder to the tutor,
that's the way to do it, especially with it.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
Yes, well, yeah, that's called the conservation, the wise use
of a natural resource. And I always say the cuter,
the cruter the sweeter the meat.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Now is that a Is that a culinary reference?
Speaker 5 (30:39):
I think it is. That's why I like Lamb chops
so much.
Speaker 1 (30:43):
I do too. I like the lamb lollipops. I don't
know why that is, but it's yes, with the bone.
Speaker 5 (30:49):
Gotta have the bone right.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
It's just like it's a built in handle, you know.
It's like a toothbrush you can eat. I absolutely, absolutely
love it. All right. Tell me a movie that you
have watched in the last month. It may not be
the all time greatest or you're what you want to
be defined by that. You really enjoyed.
Speaker 5 (31:06):
Man on Fire with Denzel Washington. I love. I'm a
big fan of Revenge.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Yes, me too. Vindication very good. Okay, tell me somebody
that you are good friends with a celebrity from whatever
field that people would be surprised you're friends with because
y'all may not share the same political views.
Speaker 5 (31:29):
Well, there's a gentleman who has a band called Rage
Against the Machine. His name is Tom Morello, and he
plays guitar and occasion with Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Springsteen.
Even though he had his foot in his mouth more
often than necessary. Bruce and Tom and I were all
raised on Chuck Berry and Mitch Ryder music, so I
will overlook the stupid politics and just jam on killer music.
(31:52):
How's that.
Speaker 1 (31:53):
I love it, and I can appreciate that the art
at that moment takes precedence. You know, it's really too
bad because Springsteen has written some really good stuff, and
I love his hard scrabble story, and I love his
truth and how he stayed true to New Jersey in
the gritty, you know, New Jersey street. But my goodness,
his mind is warped. It's absolutely warped. When's the last
(32:17):
time you spoke to President Trump? I know he adores you,
just a couple of months ago.
Speaker 5 (32:23):
I'm congratulating him, and I'm bringing a lot of important
issues to the forefront. Some people who have been illegally
law fired, like a felon farmer in Michigan who's never
been a wrestler or given a speeding ticket, but he's
now a felon because he had a bad muffler on
a tractor according to the jack boot Thugs of the EPA.
(32:45):
So we're seeking a pardon for this good man. Those
are the kinds of issues that I fight for every day,
and the great Donald Trump, who's a real commander in chief.
He is addressing those We got a sheriff pardoned in
West Virginia who was lawfared, and there's been so much
of that. We have a target rich environment out there.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Yep. I think Ed Martin is going to do a
great job at that. Uncle Ted, I'm up against a break.
We always appreciate your time. Ted nugent dot com. You
can go to the nuge Vault nuge vault dot com.
We love you, brother, I love you.
Speaker 5 (33:14):
Back to Michael. God speed, buddy,
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