If you listen to Nugent's mindless Love Grenade from his most recent album and to Journey to the Center of the Mind from his Amboy Dukes days, both available as download here, it strikes how much he has dumbed down his music.
I still love his sustainy tone though.
Speaking of Nugent: Remember how Rob Grange dropped by to say hello at one of the early Dudepit incarnations and mentioned that he would start his own site? He apparently has
www.robgrangebass.com, it's still fledgling, but some good stuff like this pic:
That does take me back to a 1976/77 Nugent concert in Offenbach (near Frankfurt) where Rob stood there with his shades towering above the melée ... absolutley iconic I thought (still think if I'm honest!).
And no stranger to high register playing either, the man:
PS: Let's just all pretend he's playing a Gibson bass, ok?