George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s USA 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".
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.
Move It On Over is the second studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released by Rounder Records in November 1978. Move It On Over peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the self-titled debut studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in October 1977. Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, and later covered by Hooker.
Maverick is the sixth studio album by the American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was produced by Terry Manning and released in January 1985 by the label EMI America Records. Some of its songs are among Thorogood's best-known, including "I Drink Alone" and "Willie and the Hand Jive".
"Who Do You Love?" is a song written by American rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley. Recorded in 1956, it is one of his most popular and enduring works. The song represents one of Bo Diddley's strongest lyrical efforts and uses a combination of hoodoo-type imagery and boasting. It is an upbeat rocker, but the original did not use the signature Bo Diddley beat rhythm.
Bad to the Bone is the fifth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1982 by the label EMI America Records. The album contains the Destroyers best known song, "Bad to the Bone". The album also features Rolling Stones side-man Ian Stewart on piano.
Ride 'Til I Die is the twelfth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 2003 by the label Eagle Records. Unlike it's predecessor, the album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart. Ride 'Til I Die is the final Destroyer's album to feature Hank "Hurricane" Carter.
More George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the fourth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and The Destroyers, released in 1980. An alternate name for the album is I'm Wanted. The album eventually sold more than 600,000 copies, making it one of the Destroyer`s best selling albums.
Better Than the Rest is the third album (mini-album) of songs by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, recorded in 1974 and released in September 1979.
The Dirty Dozen is the fourteenth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 28, 2009, by the label EMI America Records. The album contains all cover material. The Dirty Dozen reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums and was on the chart for 11 weeks.
Born to Be Bad is the seventh studio album by American blues rock George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in February 1988 on the EMI America label. The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard 200, and was on the charts for 24 weeks.
Boogie People is the eighth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1991 by EMI Records. The album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200.
Haircut is the ninth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 27, 1993. The first single from the album was "Get a Haircut", which charted in multiple countries. The album peaked at No. 120 on the Billboard 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour.
Rockin' My Life Away is the tenth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released March 25, 1997. The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart.
2120 South Michigan Ave. is the fifteenth studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released on June 14, 2011, on the Capitol Records label. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records in Chicago. The album contains ten covers of songs recorded on Chess Records by artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, and Muddy Waters; plus a cover of The Rolling Stones' instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue" and two original songs about Chess Records artists.
Half a Boy/Half a Man is the eleventh studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released on April 13, 1999, on the CMC International label. The album failed to chart in any capacity. Its first single, "I Don't Trust Nobody," peaked at #24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts, making it the band's final single to chart.
Jim Suhler is an American Texas blues guitarist. Suhler has been playing professionally since the 1980s and has performed with a variety of blues musicians that include George Thorogood, Johnny Winter, AC/DC, Buddy Whittington, Billy F. Gibbons, Joe Bonamassa, Elvin Bishop, and Buddy Guy, along with many other notable musicians. He resides in Dallas, Texas, and plays locally in and around Texas' major cities, especially Dallas/Fort Worth with his own band, Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, in addition to the remainder of the United States and also Canada.
Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock is a compilation album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in 2004. The album celebrates 30 years of the band, and includes two tracks which are new versions of previously released hits.
Party of One is the debut solo album by American blues rock artist George Thorogood. It was released August 4, 2017 by the label Rounder Records. Party of One is the first album Thorogood recorded and released without his long-time band "the Destroyers".
