I hate to say it, but he sure has behaved like a jackass plenty of times in public in recent years. And the last CD I bought of Terrible Ted's work was...well, terrible. One funny song, and I think the rest were all about hunting. Brother Bear...WTF???
Saw him live at the Paramount in Seattle when he was about 40 yoa. He was in amazing shape, running all around the stage. Still the loudest show I've seen by far, in excess of 50 rock shows by now, but...
Some of the things he's said and done in recent years....*sigh*
Glad to hear he was cool when you met him.