Posted on 02/26/2005 1:13:23 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Ted Nugent - "Fred Bear"
The spirit of the woods is like an old good friend
It makes me feel warm and good inside
I knew his name and it was good to see him again
'Cuz in the wind he's still alive
Oh, Fred Bear, walk with me down the trails again
Take me back, back where I belong
Oh, Fred Bear, I'm glad to have you at my side, my friend
And I'll join you in the big hunt before too long Before too long
It was kinda dark, another misty dusk
And it came from a tangle down below
I tried to remember everything he taught me so well
I had to decide which way to go
Was I alone or in a hunter's dream?
'Cuz the moment of truth was here and now
I felt his touch, I felt his guiding hand
The buck was mine, forevermore
Because of Fred Bear
I'll walk down these trails again
Take me back where I belong
Oh, Fred Bear, I'm glad to have you at my side my friend
And I'll join you in the big hunt before too long
We're not alone when we're in the great outdoors
We got his spirit, we've got his soul
He will guide our steps, he'll guide our arrows home
The restless spirit forever roams
Fred Bear, walk with me down the trails again
Take me back, back where I belong
Oh, Fred Bear, I'm glad to have you at my side, my friend
And I'll join you on the big hunt before too long
Oh, Fred Bear, walk with me down the trails again
Take me back, back where I belong
Oh, Fred Bear, I'm glad to have you at my side, my friend
And I'll join you in the big hunt before too long
In the wind he's still alive
In the wind he's still alive
In the wind he's still alive
In the wind he's still alive
In the wind, I hear, I hear Fred Bear
(I hear ya Fred, Talk to me, yea , its all right lets go hunting baby
Say Fred, you go up on that ridge
And I'll go down in the swamp
We'll get that buck)
(If some of our teenage thrill seeker really want to go out and get a thrill. Let them go up into the north west and let them tangle with a Grizzly bear or Polar bear or brown bear and get that effect that will cleanse the soul.) (I hear ya Fred, Talk to me, yea , its all right lets go hunting baby Say Fred, you go up on that ridge And I'll go down in the swamp We'll get that buck)
Wow... Cool story line, but I don't think I've heard it!
Good one!
Fred Bear died in 1988, and Nugent wrote the song a year later. He played it for Fred Bear's family and the song wasn't intended to be released to the public. Someone snuck the tape to then WLLZ in Detroit where it was played, and the song just took off in Michigan.
It really is a great story. At the end of the song, the artist says it's a true story and he was on that flight. Probably a good line to make the ballad better, but I don't know. Seems like the name of the airfield in the song was "Old Collins Field". We used to have a tape with the song on it but after 20+ years and 3 moves we can only find the case it used to be in. There were a lot of good "Trucker" songs on it.
That is even more interesting! Thanks!
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