George Thorogood

George Thorogood and The Destroyers
George Thorogood at Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls, Canada
General information
Genre (s)	Blues rock
founding	1973
Website	George Thorogood and The Destroyers
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar , harmonica	George Thorogood
saxophone	Buddy Leach
bass	Bill Blough
Drums	Jeff Simon
guitar	Jim Suhler
former members
guitar	Ron Smith
guitar	Steve Chrismar
saxophone	Hank Carter

George Thorogood (born February 24, 1950 in Wilmington , Delaware ) is an American blues rock musician.

Life and career

Thorogood's musical idols are Elmore James , Hound Dog Taylor and Chuck Berry . Although it reached a large number of fans from the 1980s onwards, it never received recognition from the blues purists. Originally a baseball player, he chose music after attending a concert with John P. Hammond . In 1973 he founded his backing band The Destroyers in Delaware . Soon they went to Boston, where they performed regularly in blues clubs.

His first album Better Than the Rest was released in 1974. The breakthrough came in 1977 with his second album George Thorogood , which he had recorded with his band The Destroyers . In 1978 the album Move It On Over followed with the hit of the same name.

Thorogood recorded some of his best-known titles during the 1980s and 1990s, including Bad to the Bone (in the films Christine , Terminator 2 , A Twin Seldom Comes Alone (1998) , At War Feet With Major Payne, and the TV series A Terrible Family, and Eureka used), I Drink Alone (from the album Maverick ), You Talk Too Much and If You Don't Start Drinking, I'm Gonna Leave .

At the beginning of the 1990s his record sales fell, but he is still an important part of the club scene and his concerts continue to attract large audiences.

Discography

Singles

• Madison Blues / Ride on Josephine (1978)
• Who Do You Love / I'll Change My Style (1978)
• So Much Trouble / Can't Stop Loving You / I'm Ready (live) / New Hawaiian Boogie (live) (1978)
• Bottom of the Sea / Kids from Philly (1980)
• Nobody But Me / That Philly Thing (1982)
• Bad to the Bone / No Particular Place to Go (live) (1982)
• Rock And Roll Christmas / New Year's Eve Party (1983)
• Willie and the Hand Jive / I Drink Alone (1985)
• Reelin 'and Rockin' (live) / Bottom of the Sea (live) (1986)
• Treat Her Right / You Can't Catch Me (1988)
• Bad to the Bone / No Particular Place to Go (live) (1989)
• Get a Haircut / Gone Dead Train (1993)

Albums

• Better Than the Rest (1974)
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers (1977)
• Move It on Over (1978)
• More George Thorogood & the Destroyers (1980)
• Bad to the Bone (1982)
• Maverick (1985)
• Nadine (1986)
• Live (1986)
• Born to Be Bad (1988)
• Rockin 'My Life Away (1991)
• Boogie People (1991)
• The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers (1992)
• Haircut (1993)
• Live: Let's Work Together (1995) with Elvin Bishop
• I'm Wanted (1995)
• Live in '99 (1999)
• Half a Boy / Half a Man (1999)
• Encore Collection: Extended Versions (2000)
• Anthology (2000)
• Ride 'Til I Die (2003)
• Rounder Heritage Series: Who Do You Love? (2003)
• 30th Anniversary Tour Live in Europe (2004)
• 30 Years of Rock - Greatest Hits (2004)
• The Hard Stuff (2006)
• Taking Care of Business (2007)
• Live (2007)
• The Dirty Dozen (2009)
• Boogie People (2009)
• Live in Boston 1982 (2010)
• 2120 South Michigan Ave (2011)
• George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers (2015)
• Party of One (2017)

Videos DVDs

• Born to Be Bad (1989)
• George Thorogood on Tape (1993) (DVD 2002)
• Live in '99 (1999) (DVD 2008)
• 30th Anniversary Tour: Live (2004) (DVD 2008)
• George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Video Hits (2005)

Charts

• 1979 Better Than The Rest- The Billboard 200 # 78
• 1979 Move It On Over - The Billboard 200 # 33
• 1980 More George Thorogood and the Destroyers The Billboard 200 # 68
• 1982 Bad To The Bone - The Billboard 200 # 43
• 1985 Bad to the Bone - The Billboard 200 # 108
• 1985 Maverick - The Billboard 200 # 32
• 1985 Willie - The Billboard Hot 100 # 63
• 1986 Live - The Billboard 200 # 60
• 1988 Born to Be Bad - The Billboard 200 # 32
• 1991 Boogie People The Billboard 200 # 77
• 1992 The Baddest of George Thorogood and the Destroyers - The Billboard 200 # 100
• 1993 Haircut - The Billboard 200 # 120
• 1997 Rockin 'My Life Away - Top Blues Albums # 5
• 2003 Ride 'Til I Die - Top Blues Albums # 2
• 2003 Ride 'Til I Die - Top Independent Albums # 49
• 2004 Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock - The Billboard 200 # 55
• 2004 Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock - Top Blues Albums # 1
• 2006 Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock - Top Blues Albums # 1
• 2006 The Best Of George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Top Blues Albums # 7
• 2006 The Hard Stuff - Top Blues Albums # 2
• 2009 The Dirty Dozen - Top Blues Albums # 1
• 2010 10 Great Songs - Top Blues Albums # 2

Web links

• The Official Web Site
• Live Pics of George Thorogood in Munich / Germany
• George Thorogood in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brian M. Howle: Who Do You Love? George Thorogood & The Destroyers At HOB March 19 (Bhowle's Random Notes, February 13, 2010, accessed August 11, 2012)