Nugent once explained that he coined the name because whenever someone asked him how he and Tommy Shaw would sound playing together, he would always reply by saying they would sound like “a bunch of damn Yankees.” With Tommy Shaw from Alabama, Jack Blades from California, Michael Cartellone from Bellevue, Nebraska and Ted Nugent from Michigan, it did seem as if the band represented all four corners of the nation.
Nugent once explained that he coined the name because whenever someone asked him how he and Tommy Shaw would sound playing together, he would always reply by saying they would sound like “a bunch of damn Yankees.” With Tommy Shaw from Alabama, Jack Blades from California, Michael Cartellone from Bellevue, Nebraska and Ted Nugent from Michigan, it did seem as if the band represented all four corners of the nation. « hide
