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| George Thorogood & the Destroyers Hit the Road on Biggest, Baddest Tour of the Year After 35 years as "The World's Greatest Bar Band, " George Thorogood & The Destroyers are back on the road and still bad to the bone. With their 2009 critically acclaimed album, "The Dirty Dozen, " drawing raves from fans and critics alike, Thorogood and the band launch an extensive 2010 tour that takes them across the United States and Canada. Kicking off Feb. 26 in Bakersfield, California, it winds up June 5 in Montreal. George is proud to have a stellar line-up join him on the road, including original Destroyer drummer Jeff Simon, who has been in the band since 1974. Also sharing the stage is longtime Destroyer bassist Bill Blough, lead guitarist Jim Suhler and sax player Buddy Leach. "I do the tour for all my fans, " Thorogood says, "so we will be doing both the fan favorites and 'George's favorites' - and we will all have a great time." Formed in Delaware in the early 1970s, George Thorogood & The Destroyers slew audiences across the country with their raucous take on classic urban rock and blues. The band broke big with the immortal rocker "Bad to the Bone, " the title track from their gold-certified 1982 album. That song has been a perennial favorite, featured in everything from James Cameron's "The Terminator" to the recent Wrangler's commercial starring Brett Favre. The wind has been at Thorogood's back ever since. The Destroyers were the first, and perhaps the only, band to perform in 50 states in 50 days (accomplished in the early 1980s), and gained wide exposure at MTV's inception. The 2004 gold-certified compilation, "Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock, " went gold and #1 on Billboard's blues chart for two years, while winning the magazine's award for Blues Record of the Year. In 2009 the band released "The Dirty Dozen, " which paired six new studio recordings with six classic fan favorites, including three popular tracks out-of-print in the U.S. Even with all his success, Thorogood is nothing if not thoroughly modest. Saying, "I'm just trying to hold my gig. I just want to make sure that at the end of the night the promoter comes up and says, 'I want to hire you again.'" write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |