Product Description

Fame--something many people long for, but very few ever achieve. Millions have dreamed of being surrounded by adoring fans, touring the globe, and making the big money. But as we discover in this book, living the high life sometimes is not all it's cracked up to be. MARRIED TO A ROCK STAR chronicles the challenges and successes of Shemane Nugent, the woman married to one of rock 'n' roll's most legendary guitarists, Ted Nugent.

Throughout their relationship, they have had to deal with the hardships that go hand in hand with being famous. Shemane Nugent presents the truth about the unique conflicts that celebrity couples face, and what really threatens to tear apart the bonds that unite them.

MARRIED TO A ROCK STAR will enlighten you about what takes place behind the scenes of a rock star's mythical life, both on and off the stage. Unlike other celebrity marriages, this couple has managed to persevere. Partly because of the challenges they've had to overcome along the way, their affection for each other has been renewed and strengthened. This book details how a rock 'n' roll wife has managed to stay sane, while still blissfully wrapped in the arms of her man.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1015361 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
"Much more than a brutally honest, incredibly gutsy, cleverly written masterpiece of life married to the greatest rocker ever to shoulder a guitar. Shemane bares her most private thoughts down to the inner core of her soul. As candid as we all think Ted is, Shemane takes candor to an entirely new level with a gripping style that will captivate anyone ever involved in a relationship..

Not only a fascinating read but you won't put this book down without it changing the way you think about life and what's really important. I guarantee you will not be disappointed by a book that goes way beyond "a good book" and elevates into the "must read" category."--Michael Skupin, Survivor Australia

"In 1989 my old friend Ted Nugent and I met in New York to see how well we worked together as writers and band mates. Damn Yankees was born as we effortlessly wrote our first song "Come Again," and Ted blew me away with his incredibly sensitive, poetic prose that to this day many people attribute to me. What also struck me as unusual was how the normally T-shirt, jeans and mucking boots, hair in a ponytail Ted was dandily dressed in a couture leather jacket, custom-made shirt and pants and the most expensive pair of handmade boots I'd ever seen with the Nugent mane of hair in full pouf. Ted was smitten and like the proverbial peacock, he was presenting his most impressive feathers to woo this woman he called Shemane. When I met her a few hours later I understood. Ted had met his soul mate, his partner for life and he knew it. "Come Again" was about her.

Shemane and Ted wasted no time building a family and an empire that reflected their larger than life personas. Behind Shemane's stunning beauty and razor-edged business sense is the heart and soul of a simple Midwestern girl who is as comfortable deep in the African jungle as she is in the wings at one of Ted's concerts, in front of or behind the camera or simply spending time at the ranch she and Ted created in the Michigan countryside. Her story is one of adventure, endurance, love and determination to tame the lion called Ted."--Tommy Shaw'
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Review

From the Back Cover
Fame-something many people long for, but very few ever achieve. Millions have dreamed of being surrounded by adoring fans, touring the globe, and making the big money. But as we discover in this book, living the high life sometimes is not all it's cracked up to be. Married To A Rock Star chronicles the challenges and successes of Shemane Nugent, the woman married to one of rock 'n roll's legendary guitarists, Ted Nugent.
Throughout their relationship, they have had to deal with the hardships that go hand in hand with being famous. Shemane Nugent presents the truth about the unique conflicts that celebrity couples face, and what really threatens to tear apart the bonds that unite them.
Married To A Rock Star will enlighten you about what takes place behind the scenes of a rock star's mythical life, both on and off the stage. Unlike other celebrity marriages, this couple has managed to persevere. Partly because of the challenges they've had to overcome along the way, their affection for each other has been renewed and strengthened. This book details how a rock 'n roll wife has managed to stay sane, while blissfully wrapped in the arms of her man.

Customer Reviews

Why I like Shemane
To be honest, I'm not an official fan of Ted Nugent and previously didn't know a thing about the whole Nugent Empire, so this review is about as objective as it gets.

I picked this book up out of curiosity, not sure what I'd find. Scandal? Sermons? Grandstanding? A recipe for Squirrel? Nope. Instead I found a woman who is not that unlike most of us wives who get caught up in the lives of their husbands. She even mentions at one point feeling like she lost herself, and that was something I could identify with.

What's admirable is that she has without question found herself again. Granted, she's still part of the strong ocean current that is Ted Nugent, but she was smart enough to learn along the journey and come out better for it. Now she's a woman simultaneously humbled and strengthened by adversity who has a clear view of her priorities. She's gone from a girl swept away to a force to be reckoned with.

So impressed was I that I'm kicking around the idea of participating in the Nugents' Queen of the Forest program. Keep in mind that I'm pretty far from a God-fearing Christian (Agnostic hippie), nor do I think I can willfully kill an animal without fainting, but reading Shemane's book peaked my interest...gave me a little something to think about. I believe I could learn from her. :o)

Awesome book!
I have read many books from Ted and Shemane, this rates right up there, if you are looking for something you can really sit down and get into, I would suggest this book. When I read this book, I felt like I must have been reading a different book than the one described in other reviews here.

Disapointing Garbage
I bought this book on the recommendation of Sean Hannity of Fox News' Hannity and Colmes- someone that I typically respect very much.I ... read it on my honeymoon. In a nutshell- it is mostly her going on and on about all the celebrities she and Ted hang with, all the travel they do, all the animals they like to hunt and eat, and how the majority of us are headed straight for hell. Content wise, the book is inconsistent, disappointing, and teases you into thinking it is headed towards a climax but falls short. For example, she talks about how her health failed last fall at the beginning of the book and she never comes back to explain why. She barely touches on the affair that Ted had basically saying that she was hurt but they got over it and are now much better- never really explaining, for example, HOW they got over it. As a newleywed a lot of what drew me to this book was seeing how they got over their major problems but that never happened. It does get very obnoxious also her going on and on about "Ted's strong arms" and her saying how she really didn't like going hunting in Texas for their Honeymoon but then backtracking saying "It was ok, because I was with Ted". She also talks about how awful it is that some women dress and act provocitavely and alter themselves to make themselves more appealing to men. She later mentions that she had a boob job. Pretty big hypocrite if you ask me. Long story short, I was expecting a more insightful more raw and empowering account of maintaining one's identity while being married to such a character. Instead, I found a combination trashy romance novel, political soapbox and whinefest.