“It happened a long time ago, baby”
Ted had been yanking and cranking his Gibson Byrdland guitar so hard that by the fifth song on his 1978 live album Double Live Gonzo!, it had gone out of tune. But a mangled D chord isn’t enough to spoil the fun. If anything, it adds to the raw, honest vibe of this great performance. Great White Buffalo is a red-blooded garage rocker with vocals that make you feel like you’re round a camp fire as The Nuge relates the tale of the wasteful killing of the buffalo and the rousing climax where the Great White Buffalo returns to save the battered herd. The tone from that out-of-tune and out-of-control Byrdland is something else: guaranteed by Ted to “blow the balls off a charging rhino”. Presumably they would be put to good use?
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
This was THE version of THE song that got me into Nugent!!
I found (literally, FOUND) a mint condition copy of this album sitting on a counter in my store. It wasn’t our stock. I don’t know where it came from. After waiting a reasonable amount of time for someone to claim it, I took it home. GWB was the song that did it!
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That’s cool. My Nuge intro was the later Hammersmith live album (’79 I think) and that didn’t have GWB on it. But it’s an awesome recording too.
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It is. I only own a handful of Nuge, but this is by FAR my favourite track on my favourite disc. I listen to this way more than the greatest hits.
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Sounds a little like RUSH’s working man.
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This is my favourite Nugent song, thank you!
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“Hibernation” for me is the track I play to friends who dismiss Nugent and his guitar playing. They kinda back off a little after!
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Yes! That’s a brilliant track too, shows another side to his playing for sure. Thanks for reading!
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That is good HMO!
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