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TED NUGENT Reunites With AMBOY DUKES At DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS

April 18, 2009

Legendary rocker Ted Nugent reunited with his first recording band, the AMBOY DUKES, yesterday (Friday, April 17) to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual Detroit Music Awards. The group also played at the event, marking the first performances of the "Journey to the Center of the Mind" band since 1968.

Nugent and company blasted through the group's hits "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Journey to the Center of the Mind", then covered MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS' "Jenny Take a Ride!" with WHEELS drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek sitting in, according to Billboard.com.

Jim Bone of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania radio station WBSX-97.9X spoke to Ted Nugent on Monday, April 13 about the AMBOY DUKES reunion. A three-minute audio excerpt from the chat is available for streaming below.

"This is a great moment to celebrate," Nugent recently told Billboard.com. "I got the word about (the award) and said, 'Well, of course it must be done. It's as proper as tomorrow's sunrise.' I immediately reached out to John (Brake, vocalist) and Andy (Solomon, keyboards and saxophone) and started tracking down people."

Nugent formed the DUKES in Chicago in 1964, then moved the group back to his native Detroit in 1968. Amidst a variety of lineup changes, the band released six studio and one live album, and the group ended in 1975 when Nugent embarked on a solo career.

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