George Thorogood and the Destroyers - буги длиною в 30 лет!

Thorogood Celebrates Thirty

New compilation due along with never-ending tour

Thirty-five years ago, George Thorogood ignored an ad in the local Wilmington, Delaware, newspaper that his mother clipped looking for a baseball commentator. Thorogood did a short stint playing semi-pro ball ("I was doing good until I found out three things kept me out of the big leagues," he says, "I couldn't hit, run or throw.") before fully pursuing music full-time. The next three decades will be the focus of George Thorogood and the Destroyers Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock, a May 18th anthology that includes fifteen of Thorogood's hits along with a new mix of "Who Do You Love" by producer Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliott Smith).
Though songs like "Move It On Over" and "Bad to the Bone" have established Thorogood as one of the preeminent jukebox heroes, he seems to take a certain pride in being a musical underdog for his thirty years, a badge after playing some lean years. Despite multiple of waves of boogie rock bands from the Allmans to ZZ Top, Thorogood and the Destroyers were regular players for more than several years before they landed their first record deal. "The timing was tough, because by the time we came around white guys playing the blues thing was going out," he says. "Duane Allman passed away, Savoy Brown got dysfunctional and Canned Heat died one by one. By the time we got there, the stuff was outdated. I was pretty discouraged -- I was not the person you'd wanna hang around with in those days. I saw Petty and Springsteen and Mellencamp, and they were all getting their shot and I wasn't. I thought, 'I can boogie as good as those cats.' But it just wasn't happening. I was just stuck in those dives."

By 1977, Thorogood had signed with Rounder and released George Thorogood and the Destroyers. "I just wanted to do something that was my own," he says. "I'm like [Tom] Waits in that I'm not a singer singer -- he kinda growls it out there. But I thought this sound was unique to get noticed. Anbody can be a great guitar player. I gave that up years ago. I was never going to compete with Duane Allman or Ry Cooder or those cats. I just thought, 'What you gotta do is get a tune, kid.' We just kept plugging away and 'that tune' got on the radio."

'That tune' is the collection's centerpiece is Thorogood's iconic rave up of the John Lee Hooker standard, "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," removed from the bluesman's laid-back cool and injected with eight-minutes of guitar petrol. "It was a struggle to get a record company behind that tune," Thorogood says. "But I held onto that song for years knowing it was the song that was going to break us. I knew it was a hit, because the first time I saw John Lee Hooker play it, people were dancing. Usually with the blues guys, nobody danced -- they sat and watched, I guess out of respect, but it felt like church. But people were dancing to that song, and you know what stuck in my mind? They were all women. I thought, 'That song's a hit. And I better grab it before Tom Waits or Dean Martin does.'"

Testament to Thorogood's vision is that the songs that form the core of 30 Years of Rock -- the aforementioned singles along with "If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)," "I Drink Alone," "Gear Jammer," "You Talk too Much" and "Get a Haircut" -- never broke into the pop Top Forty, despite their enduring popularity. And Thorogood's fan base fairly loyally sought out the long-players (four records broke into the Top Forty between 1979 and 1988).

Those songs are the basis of not only the new collection but of Thorogood and the Destroyers' rigorous performance schedule. The group -- bassist Bill Blough (a regular since 1976), guitarist Jim Suhler and drummer Jeff Simon -- is in the middle of a thirtieth anniversary tour, with North American dates stretching into late April, followed by a European jaunt, and then even more U.S. dates.

"It's a long time to do something, isn't it?" Thorogood says. "We've plugged away and here we still are thirty years later. That's longer than Henry Aaron played baseball. Water finds its own level, and the Destroyers have found the right songs and we have a really good solid thing going. I'm looking to sustain that, just like your health. There's the Dick Van Dykes of the world and the Jerry Van Dykes. I'm a Jerry Van Dyke, but I make a living. If Springsteen is the Boss, then I'm the janitor. And a janitor never gets fired. Do you know who lasted longest in the New York Yankees organization? [Legendary clubhouse attendant] Pete Sheehy. That's the job I want."

Track list for The Best 30 Years of Rock:

Move It on Over
Who Do You Love
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Madison Blues
Bad to the Bone
You Talk too Much
Gear Jammer
I Drink Alone
If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)
The Sky Is Crying (live)
Reelin' and Rockin' (live)
Willie and the Hand Jive
Get a Haircut
Rockin' My Life Away
American Made
Who Do You Love (Rothrock mix)

А вот мне он как-то не катит.Бездуховность:-)

Не, ну Bad to the bone - вещь!!! Классная альтернатива Хучи-Кучи Мэну!!!

А я его очень люблю. Собрал все диски. Джордж просто супер-класс!

Последнее фото от 10 марта в Хьюстоне.

Попробую ещё раз проникнуться:-).

2 papan
Так бездуховность или бездушие? С первым я бы еще как-то согласился - песни о бухле, женщинах и юношеском (все еще) максимализме. Но все это от души!

Good to the Bone

George Thorogood and the Destroyers' 30th Anniversary Tour -- Live in Europe DVD is due to drop Oct. 19. The disc documents a May 2004 concert in Nottingham, England, and also features interviews, backstage clips and other extras; an accompanying CD of the performance will be issued the same day. Meanwhile, a deluxe version of Thorogood and the Destroyers' 30 Years of Rock greatest-hits compilation that will include a bonus DVD is scheduled for a Nov. 16 release.
http://www.georgethorogood.com/www/news/index.php?jump=tourdvd

"30th Anniversary Tour: Live In Europe [DVD/CD]" (collector's edition)
Eagle Vision, Oct. 4, 2005

George Thorogood and the Destroyers celebrate 30 years of high octane, hard rocking blues on this DVD recorded during the British leg of their European Tour in 2004.

This DVD features a combination of tracks from his most recent album Ride ‘Til I Die (released on Eagle Records) together with favorites such as Move It On Over, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, You Talk Too Much, I Drink Alone and of course the classic Bad To The Bone. The live tracks are intercut with brief snippets of behind the scenes footage and interview clips with George Thorogood.

BONUS FEATURES
“American Made” Promo Film

2 Acoustic Tracks:
“RIDE ‘TIL I DIE”
“MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY”

1. LONG GONE
2. WHO DO YOU LOVE
3. NIGHT TIME
4. DRINK ALONE
5. ONE BOURBON, ONE SCOTCH, ONE BEER
6. DON’T LET THE BOSSMAN GET YOU DOWN
7. THE SKY IS CRYING
8. SWEET LITTLE LADY
9. GREEDY MAN
10. BAD TO THE BONE
11. GEAR JAMMER
12. MOVE IT ON OVER
13. THE FIXER
14. YOU TALK TOO MUCH
15. THAT’S IT I QUIT
16. ROCKIN MY LIFE AWAY

GEORGE THOROGOOD Live
(2006 issue CD album [originally released in 1986] and features 10 tracks recorded live in Ohio including 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer', 'Out The Door I Went' & 'Tell You A Story' - Medley).
released 03 April 2006

1. Who Do You Love
2. Bottom Of The Sea
3. Night Time
4. I Drink Alone
5. Medley:
* One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
* Out The Door I Went
* Tell You A Story
6. Alley Oop
7. Madison Blues
8. Bad To The Bone
9. Sky Is Crying
10. Reelin' And Rockin'

2Primal Scream
Отчен лублу этого засранца, но покупать не буду. И так уже всего насобирал. Сколько можно ливовать, пора и за студию ему брацца.

2Alex Red:

Вот и "студия" новая

Destroyers will issue a new studio album titled The Hard Stuff on May 30.
George Thorogood is the quintessential American blues-rock guitarist. In a career that spans more than three decades, he has led his band The Destroyers to the very pinnacle of the blues pyramid spawning such classic tracks as “Bad To The Bone”, “I Drink Alone”, “Get A Haircut” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” among others. This new album sees him honing his talent even further on new self-penned tracks such as “The Hard Stuff” and “Any Town USA”, and a selection of classic covers such as John Lee Hooker’s “Huckle Up Baby” and Fats Domino’s “Hello Josephine”, all given the unmistakeable Thorogood treatment.

Tracklisting:
1. Hard Stuff
2. Hello Josephine
3. Moving
4. I Got My Eyes on You
5. I Didn’t Know
6. Any Town USA
7. Little Rain
8. Cool It
9. Love Doctor
10. Dynaflow Blues
11. Rock Party
12. Drifter’s Escape
13. Give Me Back My Wig
14. Taking Care of Business
15. Huckle Up Baby

Thorogood first became acquainted with the two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, producer and performer, Tom Hambridge

during his last studio album "Ride Till I Die", when the Destroyers covered the Hambridge song "The Fixer". The two quickly hit it off and Hambridge found himself opening for the Destroyers and hanging out with the band. During the tour, Tom would climb aboard the Destroyers tour bus and, sitting in the back lounge, he would write with George and Jim Suhler. Several Thorogood, Hambridge, Suhler collaborations are found on this new album. Including the title track "The Hard Stuff", "Any Town USA" and "I didn't Know." Tom wrote "Love Doctor" with George in mind and it shows.

Джордж вместе с Томом.

George and the band fill out the album with several obscure blues tunes that they've been sitting on for many years. You'll hear the Thorogood’ signature slide on the Jimmy Reed cut, "Little Rain" along with Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig." George sings a heart felt cover of Fats Domino’s "Hello Josephine" in tribute the many people who suffered the wrath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He even plays the delta style biscuit cone guitar on Johnny Shines "Dynaflow Blues."


The Destroyers have always rocked the blues with a harder edge and "The Hard Stuff" is no exception. With the hits record "30 Years of Rock" enjoying 90 weeks on the Billboard Blues Chart and 50 weeks at #1, the band wants to follow up with a blues flavored album. "If they want the blues, we'll give it to them" says George during the first day in the studio. "Let's get this sucker done and take it on the road."

There's no sign of slowing down. The band will tour the South in March and head to Europe for the release of the new album. ThEn they return to the USA and finish the year with 80 shows under their belt by the fall.

GEORGE THOROGOOD 30th Anniversary Tour
(2006 2-disc set comprising of a Region 2 PAL DVD and 13-track CD album featuring footage & recordings from his 30th Anniversary Tour in 2004 which combines tracks from the band's then latest album 'Ride 'Til I Die' with classic tracks from across George's glittering career including the hits 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer', 'Bad To The Bone', 'I Drink Alone' and many more plus Bonus Material featuring 'American Made' - music video and 2 acoustic performances).
09-Oct-2006

DVD:
1. Long Gone
2. Who Do You Love
3. Night Time
4. I Drink Alone
5. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
6. Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down
7. The Sky Is Crying
8. Sweet Little Lady
9. Greedy Man
10. Bad To The Bone
11. Move It On Over
12. The Fixer
13. You Talk To Much
14. That's It I Quit
15. Rockin' My Life Away

Bonus Material:
16. American Made - Music Video
17. Ride 'Til I Die - Acoustic Performance
18. Merry Christmas Baby - Acoustic Performance

CD:
1. Long Gone
2. Who Do You Love
3. Night Time
4. I Drink Alone
5. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
6. Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down
7. The Sky Is Crying
8. Sweet Little Lady
9. Greedy Man
10. Bad To The Bone
11. The Fixer
12. That's It I Quit
13. Rockin' My Life Away

A new limited-edition live DVD featuring George Thorogood and the Destroyers has been made available for purchase online. Jook Joint Jam Volume 1 captures the band performing at a club in Clarksdale, Miss., as part of a tribute to bluesman Eddie Shaw. Watch a trailer promoting the disc here http://stores.musictoday.com/store/product.asp...d_id=655&dept_id=2256&pf_id=ODAM05&sfid=2

George Thorogood - Taking Care Of Business (2CD)
19/03/2007

The blues-rock star and his band The Destroyers emerged in the early `70s and quickly accrued a cult following which grew when he was championed by many of the emerging punk bands in the late seventies and exploded in the `80s with the success of the single Bad To The Bone.
Disc 1 features the 2003 album Ride `Til I Die along with 2 bonus tracks while disc 2 was recorded at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham in 2004 as part of the band's 30th anniversary tour featuring `Bad To The Bone' and all other Destroyers favourites.
Track List

Disc 1
Greedy Man
American Made
Sweet Little Lady
Don't Let The Boss Man Get You Down
Devil In Disguise
She's Gone
Fixer
You Don't Love Me You Don't Care
My Way
That's It I Quit
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
Move It
Ride 'Til I Die
Hard Stuff (Bonus Track)
Give Me Back My Wig (Bonus Track)

Disc 2
Long Gone
Who Do You Love
Night Time
I Drink Alone
One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer
Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down
Sky Is Crying
Sweet Little Lady
Greedy Man
Bad To The Bone
Fixer
That's It I Quit
Rockin' My Life Away

GEORGE THOROGOOD Bad To The Bone
(2007 '25th Anniversary Edition' 17-track digitally remastered CD album which augments the original album with the non-LP instrumental 'That Philly Thing', originally released as the B-side to the 'Nobody But Me' single, plus six newly-recorded tracks on which Thorogood & The Destroyers offer updated versions of songs from the original album).

1. Back To Wentzville
2. Blue Highway
3. Nobody But Me
4. It's A Sin
5. New Boogie Chillen
6. Bad To The Bone
7. Miss Luann
8. As The Years Go Passing By
9. No Particular Place To Go
10. Wanted Man
11. That Philly Thing - Rare B-Side - Bonus Track
12. Blue Highway - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track
13. New Boogie Chillun - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track
14. No Particular Place To Go - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track
15. As The Years Go Passing By - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track
16. Bad To The Bone - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track
17. Wanted Man - 2007 Re-Record - Bonus Track

Release date: Monday 17 September 2007

кроме вышеупомянутого "30th Anniversary Tour: Live In Europe", лицезрею "Live in` 99"

Оч. классная команда и крутой гитарист. Знаю его по альбому Bad To The Bone 1982г. Да и 2120 South Michigan Ave 2011г. тоже классным получился. Рекомендую всем любителям блюз рока.