![]() There is a drum piece in the song that reminds me of the drums from “Love Gun” by Kiss when the get to the patriotic sounding piece in the song. It is a great instrumental track and there is definitely a Kiss influence on the drum part. I would have gone with “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” which was probably too dirty for radio “Death By Misadventure” would have been a great choice or even the last song “Out of Control”. I am not sure why they would release an instrumental song as a single. What I find strange is that the song is an instrumental. The second single on the album was the fifth track, “Home Bound”. It leads back to the vocals as they seem to be light for a song called “Live It Up”. Brian Jones was found dead at the bottom of a pull and it caused by drug use and since Ted is against drugs, he considers this song to be an anti-drug song. “Death By Misadventure” is about the death of founding Rolling Stones member, Brian Jones. ![]() ![]() I won’t go on and on about the guitar work as there is nothing but amazing guitar work on all the songs. Not to take anything away from this song as it is another favorite on the album. Ted’s songs have a little more fire to them with him singing. His vocals a great, but honestly, I prefer Ted’s vocals. Holmes finally takes over the lead vocals. “Death By Misadventure” is up next and Derek St. Early in his career he was not known for singing on too many songs, but that changed as he realized how much attention he could get if he did both singing & lead guitar. This is also one of the few songs sings on the album where Ted sings. It is that guitar sound that attracted me to his music and kept me a fan mostly of his earlier work. The song was the first single off the album and is a complete rocker. I say it is one of his most popular because the most popular is probably “Stranglehold”. It is the title track to the album, “Cat Scratch Fever”. The first track is one of the most popular Ted Nugent Songs and probably one of the most memorable guitar riffs. I believe Pat Travers was also on that bill.Įnough chatting, let’s get to the songs. I did finally get to see him live sometime in the early 80’s when he opened for Kiss. Plus, the way he played guitar was amazing. He was nothing like I had ever seen before. ![]() When I heard this album, I was probably around 9/10 years old, I was completely mesmerized by this mad man known as Ted Nugent. The band consisted of the following members: ![]() However, this would be the last studio album with the original band as Rob Grange would leave before the next studio album ‘Weekend Warriors’. The original Ted Nugent band was back together after Meat Loaf was brought in for some of the songs on their last album ‘Free For All’. Ted and company were riding high though not actually high as Ted is a staunch advocate against drugs and alcohol. The album has sold well over 3 million copies and peaked at #17 on the Billboard charts. It wasn’t until some time in the 80’s when I finally picked it up. The album is Ted’s third solo album and was released just a hair over 40 years ago. This month for “My First Time”, I am going to go back to the first Ted Nugent album I ever owned which was ‘Cat Scratch Fever’. ![]()
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