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5 unusual facts about The Amboy Dukes


DiscReet Records

Another notable act on the label was Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes, who recorded their final two albums for DiscReet.

In 1988 and 1989 DiscReet recordings by Tim Buckley and Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes were briefly re-issued on CD and cassette by the Enigma Retro label.

It's Not True

The song was covered by several bands among them Larry's Rebels, The Users, The Amboy Dukes, Magic Christian, The Ragamuffins of Love and The Storks.

The Amboy Dukes

Followed by "Journey to the Center of the Mind", and ending with Mitch Ryder's "Jenny Take A Ride" (featuring original Ryder drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek).

The original Amboy Dukes (featuring Nugent, Drake, Farmer, Lober, Soloman and White) performed April 17, 2009 at the Detroit Music Awards at The Fillmore Detroit.


I Feel Free

The Amboy Dukes, guitarist Ted Nugent's band in the late 1960s and early 1970s, included the song on their eponymous 1967 debut album.

Tiffany Shade

Shads' Mainstream label was home to many other psychedelic bands in the late 1960s including Janis Joplin's first band Big Brother and the Holding Company(Mainstream S/6099 released in 1967), The Tangerine Zoo (Mainstream S/6107), Ellie Pop (Mainstream S/6115), The Superfine Dandelion (Mainstream S/6102), The Growing Concern (Mainstream S/6108) and The Amboy Dukes.


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