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THOROGOOD George AND THE DESTROYERS
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
* 1973

Line-Up:

George Thorogood - voc,g
Jim Suhler - g
Bill Blough - bg
Jeff Simon - ds
Hank 'Hurricane' Carter - sax

Former Members:

Ron Smith (g, 1973-80); Steve Chrismar (g, cca 1986-cca 1995)
Mike Levine (bg, 1973-75)
Uncle Meat Pennington (perc, 1978-cca 1979)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	George Thorogood And The Destroyers	5/1978	Rounder		67
2.	Move It On Over	03.11.1978	Rounder		67	33
3.	Better Than The Rest	8/1979	MCA			78
4.	More George Thorogood And The Destroyers	10/1980	Rounder			68
5.	Bad To The Bone	8/1982	EMI America			43
6.	Maverick	2/1985	EMI America			32
7.	Live: George Thorogood	8/1986	EMI America			33
8.	Born To Be Bad produced by: Terry Manning/Delaware Destroyers	2/1988	EMI America			32
9.	Ride On Josephine	29.11.1990
10.	Boogie People	1/1991	EMI			77
11.	The Baddest Of George Thorogood And The Destroyers	28.07.1992	EMI			100
12.	Haircut	27.07.1993	ERG			120
13.	Let's Work Together	6/1995	EMI
14.	The George Thorogood Collection	1996	Capitol
15.	Rockin' My Life Away	21.04.1997	EMI
16.	Half a Boy Half a Man	03.05.1999	CMC International/SPV
17.	Live In '99	23.11.1999	Sanctuary
18.	Extended Versions	01.02.2000
19.	Anthology (2CD)	15.08.2000	EMD
20.	Who Do You Love	04.03.2003	Rounder
21.	Ride 'til I Die	24.03.2003	Eagle
22.	Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock	18.05.2004	Capitol			55
23.	30th Anniversary Tour: Live in Europe	19.10.2004	Eagle
24.	Then and Now	22.02.2005	Sanctuary
25.	The Best Of George Thorogood & the Destroyers: 10 Best Series	30.08.2005	Capitol
26.	The Hard Stuff	30.05.2006	Eagle Rock
27.	Best of George Thorogood	06.06.2006	Direct Source
28.	Taking Care of Business	15.05.2007	Recall
29.	Bad to the Bone	14.08.2007	Capitol
30.	Platinum	25.03.2008	EMI
31.	The Dirty Dozen	28.07.2009	Capitol			169
32.	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Essential Recordings	22.09.2009	Rounder
33.	10 Great Songs	12.01.2010	Capitol			171
34.	Live in Boston, 1982	27.07.2010	Rounder
35.	2120 South Michigan Ave.	12.07.2011	Capitol
36.	Icon	14.05.2013	Capitol
37.	Best of George Thorogood & the Destroyers	24.05.2013	Capitol
38.	Live at Montreux 2013	19.11.2013	Eagle Rock
39.	20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection - 10 Great Songs	01.04.2014	Capitol
40.	George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers	16.06.2015	Rounder
41.	Live From the Aladdin Theater, Las Vegas, 14th August, 1995	06.11.2015	Echoes
42.	Boogie Chillin'	12.02.2016	Zip City
43.	Live at the Boarding House: KSAN Broadcast, San Francisco, May 23, 1978	15.07.2016	Cannonball
44.	Live at Rockpalast, Dortmund 1980	24.02.2017	MIG

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Can't Stop Lovin' / Homesick Boy	5/1978	Rounder
2.	Madison Blues	28.07.1978	Sonet
3.	Cocaine Blues / Move It On Over	12/1978	Rounder
4.	It Wasn't Me / Who Do You Love	2/1979	Rounder
5.	So Much Trouble / Can't Stop / I'm Ready / New Hawaiian Boogie (part 2)	6/1979	Rounder
6.	My Way / You're Gonna Miss Me	10/1979	MCA
7.	In The Night / Nadine	12/1979	MCA
8.	Night Time / Kids From Philly	9/1980	Rounder
9.	House Of Blue Lights / That Philly Thing	3/1981	Rounder
10.	Nobody But Me / That Philly Thing	7/1982	EMI America		106
11.	Bad To The Bone / No Particular Place To Go	1/1983	EMI America
12.	Rock And Roll Christmas / New Year's Eve Party	12/1983	EMI America
13.	I Drink Alone / Gear Jammer 12" + Bad To The Bone	5/1985	EMI America
14.	Willie And The Hand Jive / Woman With The Blues	6/1985	EMI America		63
15.	Rock & Roll Christmas	12/1985
16.	You Can't Catch Me / Treat Her Right	2/1988	Manhattan
17.	You Talk Too Much	5/1988
18.	Why Do You Love?	1990
19.	Get A Haircut	8/1993

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Bad To The Bone" on compilation "Mullet Rock" (4.3.03, Epic/Legacy)

George Thorogood:

16.10.92 Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert (Madison Square Garden, NY)

Compilation Appearances:

"Let's Work Together" on Red Cross benefit compilation "United We Stand" (6.11.01, Capitol)

appeared on the LP:

Peter Gammons: Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old (4.7.06, Rounder)
Elvin Bishop: The Blues Roll On (23.9.08, Delta Groove)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1978	20	20.05.1978	26	Albums	album review
1978	30	29.07.1978	17	Singles	single review
1979	14	14.04.1979	43	Any Questions?	discography
1980	36	11.10.1980	25	Singles	single review
1982	40	02.10.1982	22	Albums	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2009	9		71	Record	album review