Jim Bone of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania radio station
WBSX-97.9X spoke to legendary rocker
Ted Nugent on Monday, April 13 about
Ted's upcoming reunion with his first recording band, the
AMBOY DUKES, on April 17 to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual
Detroit Music Awards. The group also intends to play, marking the first performances of the
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" band since 1968.
A three-minute audio excerpt from
Jim Bone's conversation with
Ted Nugent 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.