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George Thorogood

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I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.


— George Thorogood


#aretha #aretha franklin #elvis #elvis presley #franklin

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.


— George Thorogood


#good #i #songs #wanted #were

I was a big J. Geils fan, a Steppenwolf fan and a Savoy Brown fan.


— George Thorogood


#brown #fan #i #steppenwolf

I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.


— George Thorogood


#big #brothers #could #day #fan

I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd.


— George Thorogood


#brings #college #crowd #drinking #either

Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.


— George Thorogood


#confidence #day #extent #got #had

Rounder Records decided to call the album Move It On Over, much to my chagrin but they knew what they were doing. It took off and to this day I can't figure out why.


— George Thorogood


#call #chagrin #day #decided #doing

We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it.


— George Thorogood


#here #how #made #never #now

Whatever title you want to lay on me is fine. I am still working; you know what I'm saying?


— George Thorogood


#fine #i #i am #know #lay

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.


— George Thorogood


#career #ended #going #had #i






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George Thorogood (born February 24 1950) is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington Delaware United States known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer" and Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?". While touring in the 1970s the Destroyers and the Nighthawks happened to be playing shows in Georgetown (DC) at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at The Cellar Door and the Nighthawks at Desperados.

The band's early success contributed to the rise of folk label Rounder Records. George Thorogood (born February 24 1950) is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington Delaware United States known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer" and Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?". George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers have released sixteen studio albums including two that were certified Platinum six that have been certified Gold and have sold 15 million albums worldwide.

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