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Weekend Warriors by Ted Nugent
Weekend Warriors is an album by Ted Nugent, released in 1978. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine”, on 1 list with a best position of #602.
Weekend Warriors, Ted Nugent's fourth studio album, hit the racks on Epic in 1978, and the Motor City Madman's gang had been shuffled. Singer Derek St. Holmes was gone, so for the first of three albums without him, Charlie Huhn took over vocals and guitar, and founding bassist Rob Grange had quit for good, sore about getting no co-writing credit. Tom Werman produced at Criteria Studios.
None of it slowed the Nuge down. This is hard rock with the throttle jammed open, his guitar spitting bluesy, frenzied leads over riffs stacked like firewood. Even the cover had a backstory: British artist Jeff Cummins first painted it for Oui magazine to run alongside a Nugent interview, Ted liked what he saw, and CBS had it recommissioned and expanded for the sleeve. The title track and "Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine" are the ones the countdowns kept coming back to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Weekend Warriors on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine | 1 | #602 | – | 1990 | |
| 2 | Weekend Warriors | 2 | #500 | – | 1990–2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.