Rocker Ted Nugent to perform Tuesday and Wednesday at Coach House

Ted Nugent, the guitar-shredding showman who skyrocketed to fame in the 1970s, recently turned 70 and seems to be showing no signs of slowing down.

The rocker, best known for his hits “Stranglehold” and “Cat Scratch Fever,” is currently on tour and will make stops at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at The Coach House, 33157 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano.

Tickets are $89.50 and can be purchased at www.tednugent.com or at www.thecoachouse.com.

Here are a few interesting facts about Nugent’s long-standing and successful career:

• Nugent was born the third of four siblings in Redford, MI.

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• His first professional gig was with in his teens with the Amboy Dukes, who played regularly at The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago. The Amboy Dukes went on to release several successful songs, including "Journey to the Center of the Mind,” “Migration” and “Rusty Day.”

• Nugent went on to sign a solo recording contract with Frank Zappa's DiscReet Records label in 1973. The Amboy Dukes remained his backing band.

• In 1975, Nugent switched labels and signed to Epic Records, where he released three multi-platinum albums: “Ted Nugent” (1975), “Free-for-All” (1976) and “Cat Scratch Fever” (1977). These projects produced the hit radio anthems “Hey Baby,” "Stranglehold,” “Dog Eat Dog,” and “Cat Scratch Fever.”

• After releasing several successful solo albums between 1982 and 1989, Nugent joined the supergroup Damn Yankees in 1989. The band had an all-star lineup consisting of Jack Blades of Night Ranger and Tommy Shaw of Styx. It scored a double-platinum hit with the power ballad “High Enough.”

• Nugent returned to his solo career in the 1990s and has been touring and recording ever since. In addition, he has tried his hand at acting, appearing in episodes of “The Simpsons” and “That ‘70s Show.”

• Over the years, Nugent has sold more than 40 million albums and has performed over 6,400 shows around the globe.

• He was recently named Detroit’s greatest guitar player of all time by readers of MLive!.

• Outside of his creative pursuits, the singer/musician is quite the activist, speaking out for gun and animal rights, as well as for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program.

• He also has written for more than 20 publications and is the author of the New York Times Best Sellers “God, Guns and Rock 'n' Roll,” “Kill It and Grill It” (co-authored with his wife, Shemane), “BloodTrails II: The Truth About Bowhunting” (2004) and “Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto” (2008).

• In 1996, Nugent launched "The Ted Nugent Morning Show" on 102.7 FM in Detroit.

• In the mid-2000s, he was a weekly contributor to the Waco Tribune-Herald in Waco, Texas.