Journey To The Center Of The Mind : The Amboy Dukes, March 25, 2003 Shop around for a good price (under $20) and get this CD. The lyrics are strange and sometimes meaningless, but that is what the 60's psychedelic music was all about, and the quality of the recording technique of instrument separation in the channels really makes it work. The vocals and guitar are great, and the "journey" of blended songs on the second part of the CD is very well done. But, no, these guys were just good, ahead of their time. I had not heard this collection of music in over 25 years and wondered if it just wasn't my youthful listening habits that made me think it was good music back then. Reviewer: pfsguy (Snellville, Ga United States) The Nuge's guitar sound is recorded as if this was a mainstream jazz album by Harold Land, and it helps. One thing that made the Amboy Dukes special was the amount of power and drive in their playing, something lacking in other psychedelic outfits that take a more airy-fairy approach. This is some hard-hitting, well-done psychedelic music, recorded with taste by a producer known much more for his work with mainstream jazz artists, Bob Shad. The Nuge shouldn't try to take all the credit for this band, because the other members such as vocalist John Drake and rhythm guitarist Steve Farmer contributed with great aplomb, the latter writing much of the material on the second side's ambitious suite as well as co-writing the title hit with Nugent. AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Long before Ted Nugent made his name as a mighty crossbow hunter, there was this heavy Detroit band in which he was content to play lead guitar, something he does very well and with much less threat to the Midwest's deer population.
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