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George Thorogood

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George Thorogood

George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over", "Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". With his band, the Destroyers, Thorogood has released over 20 albums, of which two have been certified Platinum and six have been certified Gold. He has sold 15 million albums worldwide.

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Peel was a fan of the artist and on Sounds, published on 24th June 1978 (and later republished in Olivetti Chronicles) introduced the group at Dingwalls in London, where he described his band's performance as:

"Uncle John coming as close to dancing as he ever gets, and the perspiration was fair cascading down my body by the end of the set. Good, rowdy, vulgar stuff."

Peel played George Thorogood's songs frequently in the late 70's, but in the 80's, rarely played much material. In the 90's, Peel didn't seem to play any tracks from the musician, but when Thorogood's, Move It On Over, album was reissued in 2003, JP listed it as one of his albums of the month for March 2003 (Peel's Record Box) and played songs from the singer's back catalogue. He may well have been inspired to take a second look at Thorogood's music by Andy Kershaw, who was keen enough on the singer's records to have him in session on his show and interview him in the studio,

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George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Move It On Over (1978) - Full Album

1978
1979
1980
  • 21 February 1980: Madison Blues (LP - George Thorogood and the Destroyers) Sonet
1988
2003
2004

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