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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="George Thorogood" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="George Thorogood" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="George Thorogood" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6_%CE%98%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Τζορτζ Θόρογκουντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζορτζ Θόρογκουντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="George Thorogood" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="George Thorogood" data-language-autonym="Français" 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href="/wiki/File:GeorgeThorogood.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thorogood performing in 2006"><img alt="Thorogood performing in 2006" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/GeorgeThorogood.jpg/240px-GeorgeThorogood.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/GeorgeThorogood.jpg/360px-GeorgeThorogood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/GeorgeThorogood.jpg/480px-GeorgeThorogood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="621" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thorogood performing in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">George Lawrence Thorogood</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Lonesome George</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-02-24</span>) </span>February 24, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-Music_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boogie_rock" title="Boogie rock">boogie rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals, guitar, harmonica</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1973–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Records" title="Eagle Records">Eagle</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rounder_Records" title="Rounder Records">Rounder</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/CMC_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="CMC Records">CMC</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://georgethorogood.com">georgethorogood<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>George Lawrence Thorogood</b> (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Music_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "<a href="/wiki/Bad_to_the_Bone" title="Bad to the Bone">Bad to the Bone</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/I_Drink_Alone" title="I Drink Alone">I Drink Alone</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-web_bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "<a href="/wiki/Move_It_On_Over_(song)" title="Move It On Over (song)">Move It on Over</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(Bo_Diddley_song)" title="Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)">Who Do You Love?</a>", and "House Rent Blues/<a href="/wiki/One_Bourbon,_One_Scotch,_One_Beer" title="One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer">One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With his band, the Delaware Destroyers (often known simply as "The Destroyers"), Thorogood has released over 20 albums, two of which have been <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">certified Platinum</a> and six have been <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">certified Gold</a>. He has sold 15 million records worldwide. Thorogood and his band continue to tour extensively, and in 2024, the band celebrated their 50th anniversary of performing. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Music career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thorogood began his career as a solo acoustic performer in the style of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnson" title="Robert Johnson">Robert Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elmore_James" title="Elmore James">Elmore James</a><sup id="cite_ref-web_bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after being inspired in 1970 by a <a href="/wiki/John_P._Hammond" title="John P. Hammond">John P. Hammond</a> concert.<sup id="cite_ref-Erlewine_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erlewine-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1973, he formed a band, the Delaware Destroyers, with high school friend and drummer Jeff Simon.<sup id="cite_ref-web_bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-web_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With additional players, the Delaware Destroyers developed its sound, a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Chicago_blues" title="Chicago blues">Chicago blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Erlewine_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Erlewine-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band's first shows were in the <a href="/wiki/Rathskeller" class="mw-redirect" title="Rathskeller">Rathskeller</a> bar at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Deer_Park_Tavern" title="Deer Park Tavern">Deer Park Tavern</a>, both in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, the band's name was shortened to the Destroyers. During this time, Thorogood supplemented his income by working as a <a href="/wiki/Roadie" class="mw-redirect" title="Roadie">roadie</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hound_Dog_Taylor" title="Hound Dog Taylor">Hound Dog Taylor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorogood's demo <i>Better Than the Rest</i> was recorded in 1974, but was not released until 1979. His major recording debut came with the album <i><a href="/wiki/George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_(album)" title="George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album)">George Thorogood and the Destroyers</a>,</i> which was released in 1977. In 1978, Thorogood released his next album with the Destroyers titled <i><a href="/wiki/Move_It_On_Over_(album)" title="Move It On Over (album)">Move It on Over</a></i>, which included a remake of <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Move_It_On_Over_(song)" title="Move It On Over (song)">Move It on Over</a>". He followed those recordings in 1979 with "Please Set a Date" and a reworking of the <a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Who_Do_You_Love%3F_(Bo_Diddley_song)" title="Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song)">Who Do You Love</a>", both released in 1979. The band's early success contributed to the rise of folk label <a href="/wiki/Rounder_Records" title="Rounder Records">Rounder Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg/220px-George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg/330px-George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg/440px-George_Thorogood_WPC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="1352" /></a><figcaption>Thorogood performing at <a href="/wiki/William_Paterson_University" title="William Paterson University">William Paterson College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wayne,_New_Jersey" title="Wayne, New Jersey">Wayne, New Jersey</a>, in April 1986</figcaption></figure> <p>During the late 1970s, Thorogood and his band were based in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. He was friends with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Thackery" title="Jimmy Thackery">Jimmy Thackery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>–based blues band, <a href="/wiki/The_Nighthawks" title="The Nighthawks">The Nighthawks</a>. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks were playing shows in <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)">Georgetown</a> at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at the <a href="/wiki/The_Cellar_Door" title="The Cellar Door">Cellar Door</a> and the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, while both bands played <a href="/wiki/Elmore_James" title="Elmore James">Elmore James</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Madison_Blues" title="Madison Blues">Madison Blues</a>" in the same key, Thorogood and Thackery left their clubs, met in the middle of M Street, exchanged guitar cords and went on to play with the opposite band in the other club.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The connection with the Nighthawks was extended further when Nighthawks bass player Jan Zukowski supported Thorogood's set with <a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Collins" title="Albert Collins">Albert Collins</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Live_Aid" title="Live Aid">Live Aid</a> concert in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, on July 13, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorogood gained his first mainstream exposure as a support act for <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a> during their 1981 U.S. tour.<sup id="cite_ref-Larkin_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larkin-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the featured musical guest on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> (Season 8, Episode 2) on the October 2, 1982, broadcast. During this time, Thorogood and the Destroyers became known for their rigorous touring schedule, including the "50/50" tour in 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on which the band toured all 50 US states in 50 days.<sup id="cite_ref-WGN_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGN-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two shows in <a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder, Colorado</a>, Thorogood and his band flew to Hawaii for one show and then performed a show in <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> the following night. The next day, Thorogood and his band met his roadies in Washington and continued the one-show-per-state tour. In addition, he played Washington, D.C., on the same day that he performed a show in Maryland, thereby playing 51 shows in 50 days.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg/220px-George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg/330px-George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg/440px-George_Thorogood_MMP_Music_Award.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Thorogood (center) receives the MMP Music Award and Hall of Fame Honors with William Lewis IV, Alexis Paige, Joseph W. Clark, and Kevin Edwards</figcaption></figure> <p>With his contract with Rounder Records expiring, Thorogood signed with <a href="/wiki/EMI_America_Records" title="EMI America Records">EMI America Records</a> and, in 1982, released the single "<a href="/wiki/Bad_to_the_Bone" title="Bad to the Bone">Bad to the Bone</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Bad_to_the_Bone_(George_Thorogood_%26_The_Destroyers_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers album)">an album of the same name</a> that went <a href="/wiki/Gold_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold record">gold</a>. The song became the band's most well-known song<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through appearances on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> and use in films, television and commercials. Thorogood and his band went on to have two more gold studio albums in the 1980s, <i><a href="/wiki/Maverick_(George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_album)" title="Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)">Maverick</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Bad_(album)" title="Born to Be Bad (album)">Born to Be Bad</a></i>. The former features Thorogood's only <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Hot_100" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot 100">Hot 100</a> hit, a remake of <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Otis" title="Johnny Otis">Johnny Otis</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Willie_and_the_Hand_Jive" title="Willie and the Hand Jive">Willie and the Hand Jive</a>", and his concert staple "<a href="/wiki/I_Drink_Alone" title="I Drink Alone">I Drink Alone</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorogood's popularity waned in the 1990s, although he had a No. 2 hit on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Album_Rock_Tracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Album Rock Tracks">Album Rock Tracks</a> chart in 1992 with "<a href="/wiki/Get_a_Haircut" title="Get a Haircut">Get a Haircut</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Thorogood was named one of the "50 Most Influential Delawareans of the Past 50 Years".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released his first proper solo album in 2017, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Party_of_One_(George_Thorogood_album)" title="Party of One (George Thorogood album)">Party of One</a></i>. </p><p>On March 14, 2020, Thorogood was inducted into the Mississippi Music Project Hall of Fame in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was awarded the MMP Music Award for his lifelong commitment to the music industry,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Joseph W. Clark.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Hank Carter, who served as the saxophonist for Thorogood's band from 1980 to 2003, died on September 14, 2021, at the age of 71.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 11, 2023, Thorogood's social media pages announced that he was seriously ill, although the nature of his illness was not disclosed. Tour dates from April 27 to May 21 were all cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>George Thorogood married Marla Raderman on July 16, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died from ovarian cancer in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have one daughter, Rio Thorogood. <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorogood has been a baseball fan<sup id="cite_ref-WGN_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGN-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for most of his life, playing semi-pro ball as a second baseman during the 1970s (drummer Jeff Simon played center field on the same team). He took his daughter to Chicago for her first major league game (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Cubs</a> vs. <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Rockies" title="Colorado Rockies">Rockies</a>), during which he sang "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game" title="Take Me Out to the Ball Game">Take Me Out to the Ball Game</a>". In a 2011 <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_World" title="Guitar World">Guitar World</a></i> interview, he stated "I'm a <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">Mets</a> fan. There aren't many of us but you know, that's me."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, Thorogood had to cancel the first leg of his 50th anniversary tour due to a serious medical condition.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band_members">Band members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Band members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg/220px-Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg/330px-Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg/440px-Jim_Suhler_performing_with_George_Thorogood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>Thorogood and Jim Suhler performing in 2010</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Destroyers">The Destroyers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>George Thorogood – lead vocals, lead, slide and rhythm guitar (since 1973)</li> <li>Jeff Simon – drums, percussion (since 1973)</li> <li>Billy Blough – bass guitar (since 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Suhler" title="Jim Suhler">Jim Suhler</a> – rhythm and lead guitar (since 1999)</li> <li>Buddy Leach – saxophone, piano (since 2003)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_members">Former members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Michael Levine – bass (1973–1976)</li> <li>Ron "Roadblock" Smith – rhythm guitar (1973–1980)</li> <li>Hank "Hurricane" Carter – saxophone (1980–2003; died 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-auto_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Stewart_(musician)" title="Ian Stewart (musician)">Ian Stewart</a> – keyboards (1982; died 1985)</li> <li>Steve Chrismar – rhythm guitar (1985–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddy_Wachtel" title="Waddy Wachtel">Waddy Wachtel</a> – guitar (1997)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_mpw5cr6kjhyyzq9cpyq0f9x4t1ucbku"></map><img usemap="#timeline_mpw5cr6kjhyyzq9cpyq0f9x4t1ucbku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/mpw5cr6kjhyyzq9cpyq0f9x4t1ucbku.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_discography" title="George Thorogood and the Destroyers discography">George Thorogood and the Destroyers discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums_with_the_Destroyers">Studio albums with the Destroyers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Studio albums with the Destroyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_(album)" title="George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album)">George Thorogood and the Destroyers</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Move_It_On_Over_(album)" title="Move It On Over (album)">Move It on Over</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Better_Than_the_Rest" title="Better Than the Rest">Better Than the Rest</a></i> (1979, recorded in 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers" title="More George Thorogood and the Destroyers">More George Thorogood and the Destroyers</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_to_the_Bone_(George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_album)" title="Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)">Bad to the Bone</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maverick_(George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_album)" title="Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)">Maverick</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nadine_(album)" title="Nadine (album)">Nadine</a></i> (1986, CD re-release of <i>Better Than the Rest</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Be_Bad_(album)" title="Born to Be Bad (album)">Born to Be Bad</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boogie_People" title="Boogie People">Boogie People</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haircut_(album)" title="Haircut (album)">Haircut</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_My_Life_Away" title="Rockin' My Life Away">Rockin' My Life Away</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Half_a_Boy/Half_a_Man" title="Half a Boy/Half a Man">Half a Boy/Half a Man</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ride_%27Til_I_Die" title="Ride 'Til I Die">Ride 'Til I Die</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hard_Stuff_(George_Thorogood_and_the_Destroyers_album)" title="The Hard Stuff (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)">The Hard Stuff</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dirty_Dozen_(album)" title="The Dirty Dozen (album)">The Dirty Dozen</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2120_South_Michigan_Ave." title="2120 South Michigan Ave.">2120 South Michigan Ave.</a></i> (2011)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo_studio_album">Solo studio album</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Solo studio album"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Party_of_One_(George_Thorogood_album)" title="Party of One (George Thorogood album)">Party of One</a></i> (2017)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Concert_tours">Concert tours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Concert tours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 50/50 Tour (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bad to the Bone Tour (1982-83)<sup id="cite_ref-Certs82_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Certs82-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maverick Tour (1985)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Haircut Tour (1993)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rock Party Tour (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Good to Be Bad Tour (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bad All Over The World Tour (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Thorogood&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 30,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=radio.com&rft.atitle=George+Thorogood+to+Release+First-Ever+Solo+Album+%27Party+of+One%27&rft.date=2017-05-09&rft.au=Hassler%2C+Abby&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fradio.com%2F2017%2F05%2F09%2Fgeorge-thorogood-solo-album-party-of-one%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Thorogood" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Certs82-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Certs82_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-06-19.pdf">"EMI Pact Gives Thorogood "Best of Both Worlds"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box magazine">Cash Box</a></i>. 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