I saw Ted in 1971 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was audaciously good and relatively unknown at the time. People talked about the concert for weeks after.
It was only when Funkadelic came to town that we forgot about Ted. Even without the drugs, that was a show. Bernard Worrell was an excellent guitarist.
Ted was fantastic when he played with the Amboy Dukes. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" is Ted at his best. He had a great start to his solo career but seemed to lose it after Derek St. Holmes left. His album "State of Shock" was the last one I bought, something had changed. I think this was right around the time he switched from his Gibson Birdland guitar and took up a solid body one.