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People will be all “it’s about the music, not politics!” But lets be real... it is about politics.
What’s the over/under on him rambling on some bigoted bullshit during an interlude and getting a standing ovation from the only demographic (idiots) who decided to go to the show? My guess: near certainty. Sort of ashamed to be from a county that would deem Mr. Nugent an acceptable recording artist to book. Best thing he’s done in his entire career was have Chevy Chase adopt his name for one of his characters in Fletch.
Also, musically, they could probably do better. I know Catscratch Fever and Stranglehold were all the rage like 50 years ago, but it’s 2019 and dude’s been irrelevant for ages.
Also, McHenry is a reliable red county in a sea of blue. If you don’t think this entered the equation for the people who decided to book him, you’re kidding yourself.
“Oh shit, the rubes will eat this up!”
He had ONE semi-famous song. He’s only a D-list celebrity because he inserts himself into the public eye with ridiculous, ignorant rhetoric about murder weapons and whatever flavor of MAGA-bait is on sale. He remains popular today because of and not in spite of his politics. People who say “it’s about the music” are either making excuses or deluding themselves.
You know who is a better guitar player than Nugent? Paves. If I were in charge of this county fair, I would hire a guy like him or my brother Brad to play a show “in the style of“ Ted Nugent. The weird homophobic rants would just be part of a larger comedy act, and the riffs would be as good as the originals, but turned past the proverbial spinal tap 11 setting and into self-mocking territory. Who’s with me?
https://trib.al/9o60JbR
What’s the over/under on him rambling on some bigoted bullshit during an interlude and getting a standing ovation from the only demographic (idiots) who decided to go to the show? My guess: near certainty. Sort of ashamed to be from a county that would deem Mr. Nugent an acceptable recording artist to book. Best thing he’s done in his entire career was have Chevy Chase adopt his name for one of his characters in Fletch.
Also, musically, they could probably do better. I know Catscratch Fever and Stranglehold were all the rage like 50 years ago, but it’s 2019 and dude’s been irrelevant for ages.
Also, McHenry is a reliable red county in a sea of blue. If you don’t think this entered the equation for the people who decided to book him, you’re kidding yourself.
“Oh shit, the rubes will eat this up!”
He had ONE semi-famous song. He’s only a D-list celebrity because he inserts himself into the public eye with ridiculous, ignorant rhetoric about murder weapons and whatever flavor of MAGA-bait is on sale. He remains popular today because of and not in spite of his politics. People who say “it’s about the music” are either making excuses or deluding themselves.
You know who is a better guitar player than Nugent? Paves. If I were in charge of this county fair, I would hire a guy like him or my brother Brad to play a show “in the style of“ Ted Nugent. The weird homophobic rants would just be part of a larger comedy act, and the riffs would be as good as the originals, but turned past the proverbial spinal tap 11 setting and into self-mocking territory. Who’s with me?
https://trib.al/9o60JbR
