George Thorogood & The Destroyers on DeBaser: boogie, slide, and one heroic review

George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Musical Group

Forfans of blues-rock, boogie rock, slide guitar, and high-energy bar-band roar.
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The Profile

American blues-rock band formed in 1973 in Delaware, fronted by guitarist/singer George Thorogood. They broke out with a high-octane blend of boogie and blues standards plus swaggering originals, becoming widely known for the song Bad to the Bone and a powerhouse live reputation.

Formed in 1973 in Delaware; style: blues rock/boogie rock; frontman George Thorogood (guitar, vocals); signature song Bad to the Bone (1982); debut album George Thorogood and the Destroyers released in 1977 on Rounder Records.

A fervent, 5-star salute to the band’s 1977 debut: loud, hard blues-boogie with searing slide guitar. The review spotlights incendiary covers (Elmore James, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker) and a devastating “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.” Set against the year punk broke, it paints Thorogood as unstoppable barroom thunder. Includes a street-swap guitar anecdote with the Nighthawks.

Notable Quotes

❝ If there's someone who has played the same song for the past forty years, it's George Thorogood, but all of us who love him dearly pretend not to notice and go wild to the frenzied rhythm of his big guitar; that big guitar that spits out an electric, heavy, hard blues like it was rarely heard before the fateful 1977.