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Ted Nugent
Noted for his conservative political views and his vocal pro-hunting and Second Amendment activism, Theodore Ted Nugent was born on December 13, 1948, and he attained fame as a hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. He originally gained fame as the front man of the Amboy Dukes. Both as a solo artist and with the Amboy Dukes, Nugent has amassed a sizable list of well-known songs, including Journey To The Center Of The Mind, Stranglehold, Free For All, Dog Eat Dog, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang, Fred Bear, Cat Scratch Fever, Motor City Madhouse, Paralyzed, Great White Buffalo, and Wango Tango.

To date, he has released more than 31 recordings and sold more than 35 million albums. Nugent is famous for playing the semi-hollow Gibson Byrdland. Gibson Guitar Corporation has developed a model named for him. He also was known throughout his early career in the '70s for using Fender amps, a large part of his signature sound. Ted Nugent live in 2007Performing professionally since 1958, Nugent has been touring yearly since 1967, averaging more than 300 shows per year (1967?73), 200 per year (1974?80), 150 (1981?89), 127 concerts in 1990, 162 concerts in 1991, 150 concerts in 1993, 180 in 1994, 166 in 1995, 81 in 1996, Summer Blitz '97, '98, Rock Never Stops '99, 133 concerts on #1 Tour in the World with KISS 2K. His was the top-grossing tour in the world in 1977, 1978, and 1979. Nugent's 2005 plans included a tour with country music singer-songwriter Toby Keith, whom Nugent met in Iraq while they were both performing in USO-sponsored shows for the coalition troops. The Amboy Dukes' second single was Journey to the Center of the Mind, which Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, claims to this day he did not realize was about drug use. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and Migration (1969) ? all recorded on the Mainstream label ? sold moderately well.

After settling down on a ranch in Michigan, in 1973 he signed a record deal with Frank Zappa's record label DiscReet Records and recorded Call of the Wild. The following year, Tooth Fang & Claw (which contained the song Great White Buffalo), established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes. Returning to a solo career, Nugent released Spirit of the Wild, his best-reviewed album in quite some time. A series of archival releases came out in the 1990s, keeping Nugent's name in the national consciousness. He also began hosting a radio show in Detroit and owns several hunting-related businesses. He also created several TV shows for several networks; Wanted: Ted or Alive on Versus, Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild on The Outdoor Channel and Surviving Nugent on VH1.

Ted Nugent appears on David Crowder Band's 2007 release, Remedy, playing guitar on the song We Won't Be Quiet. Ted Nugent also stared in his own outdoors television show named after his popular song Spirit of the Wild. The song was the theme music to the TV series in which Nugent took viewers on a variety of wild game hunts using his bow. In the series he explained the hunter releasing the beast within and the mystical flight of the arrow, two principles that Nugent associates with his hunting. Attracting attention for his outspoken statements on issues ranging from guns to biodiversity, Nugent has been a regular guest on such programs as Larry King Live, The Howard Stern Show, and Politically Incorrect. In 1986, he guest starred in an episode entitled Definitely Miami on the hit television show Miami Vice. Nugent played a villain. His song Angry Young Man was featured in the episode. His song Little Miss Dangerous was also featured on a Miami Vice episode of the same name, although he did not appear in the episode.

Nugent was born in Detroit. His first wife was Sandra Jezowski, whom he married in 1970 and divorced in 1976. They had three children, Starr, Sasha, and Toby. Jezowski died in a car crash in 1982. His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met during one of his guest morning personality gigs on Detroit's WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989, and have one child, Rocco. In the late 1990s, Nugent began writing for various magazines. He has written for more than 20 publications and is the author of New York Times Best Seller God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll (July 2000), Kill It and Grill It (2002) (co-authored with his wife, Shemane) and BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting (2004).

In May 2005, Nugent said he was getting real close to deciding to run for governor of Michigan. On August 4, 2005, CNN reported that Nugent had withdrawn from the race for 2006 but was keeping his options open for 2010. Nugent also was rumored to be under consideration by the Illinois Republican Party as its candidate in that state's 2004 Senate race.