Mr. Drake didn’t stay with the Amboy Dukes for long after “Journey to the Center of the Mind.” He left the next year. Weinstein said he spoke to her students about power dynamics in a rock band.

John Drake was the first lead singer of the Amboy Dukes, a band formed in Chicago, and he co-wrote and sang their biggest hit, 1968’s “Journey to the Center of the Mind.” “He was ...

The Amboy Dukes released one of the era's most definitive singles in April 1968, as "Journey to the Center of the Mind" perfectly captured the bridge between psychedelia and the emerging hard-rock ...

Mr. Drake, who joined the Amboy Dukes when they were based in Chicago and moved with the band to Detroit, died Aug. 29 in hospice care of complications from cancer, according to his wife Mary Ann ...

Ted Nugent will reunite with his first recording band, the Amboy Dukes, on April 17 to receive a Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual Detroit Music Awards.

The Amboy Dukes had just one big hit and were far eclipsed by Ted Nugent’s solo career. But the guitarist says some props for the Detroit band he was part of for a decade are wholly deserved ...

The Amboy Dukes with Ted Nugent (left) were very 'reflective' 'Terrible' Ted Nugent left his loincloth, crossbow and buffalos behind when he reunited with his old band The Amboy Dukes at last week's ...

The Amboy Dukes got a Distinguished Achievement award; ... Mikey Eckstein and Paradime of Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker Band / Photo By Michael A. Raffin.

Speaking in 2014, Farmer recalled how the Amboy Dukes formed when his band the Gang merged with Nugent’s group Lourds following a friendly musical rivalry.

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DETROIT (Billboard) - Ted Nugent is ready for a journey to the center of his past. Nugent will reunite with his first recording band, the Amboy Dukes, on April 17, when they will receive a ...