Capitol Records Sets Aug. 29 Release for ``George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Anthology''.Entertainment Editors HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 25, 2000 Rocker's First Anthology Has 23 Studio, 6 Live Tracks and Unreleased "Christine" on 2 CDs With 30 tracks from 30 years of making music, and songs from releases on three different record labels, Capitol Records' "George Thorogood George Thorogood (born December 31, 1950) is a blues-rock performer from Wilmington, Delaware. He was raised on Clearview Avenue in Naamans Gardens, a suburb of Wilmington. & The Destroyers - Anthology" stands as the ultimate collection for any fan, new or old. Due in stores Aug. 29, the double CD features the hits "Bad To The Bone," "Move It On Over," "Willie And The Hand Jive" and the unreleased "Christine." Six tracks on the anthology capture Thorogood where he is most comfortable and prefers to spend most of his time -- onstage. Live recordings include "Who Do You Love?," "Let's Work Together," "Johnny B. Goode," "Reelin' And Rockin'," "Bottom Of The Sea" and "Night Time." When the recording hits stores, the man who once played all 50 states in two months will be nearing the halfway point of his latest 88-city tour. In February of this year, Thorogood celebrated his 50th birthday with a show and party at the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . In June, he got the thrill of a lifetime Thrill of a Lifetime is a television reality series created by Sidney M. Cohen and Willie Stein ("Orange Colored Sky"). It was telecast from 1981 to 1988 in Canada on the CTV network. when Ringo Starr Noun 1. Ringo Starr - rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) Richard Starkey, Starkey, Starr Beatles - a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and invited him onstage to jam with the All-Starr Band on "With A Little Help From My Friends." "George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Anthology" marks the first anthology for this band, who continue to share their rockin' blues with the world on the road and on the radio, where their music continues to be heard across four different formats. Asked how it feels to be the subject of such an in-depth anthology, Thorogood commented: "It's just great to have one. I'm thrilled my catalog is with Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI, located in Hollywood, California. Its headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. . "I went to an event a couple years ago at CBGB's when Capitol was celebrating an anniversary and I was looking at this picture on the wall. It was all their catalog artists -- Steve Miller The name Steve Miller might refer to:
"I thought, 'Geez George, your picture is in with some heavy people! This is where you've ended up after all these years.' That's pretty cool." George Thorogood & The Destroyers' distinctive brand of barroom boogie connected with fans immediately in 1977, when they released their version of bluesman John Lee Hooker's "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." Since then, they have placed 10 albums on the Billboard charts On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. Since 1958 the Hot 100 has been published, combining single sales and radio airplay. and earned two platinum albums and five gold. Not bad for someone who started out as a minor league baseball
Thorogood put The Destroyers together in 1973 and they were soon opening shows on the West Coast for artists like Bonnie Raitt, Sonny Terry Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911, Greenboro, Georgia - 11 March 1986, Mineola, New York) was a blues musician. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of and Brownie McGhee Walter "Brownie" McGhee (November 30 1915 - February 16 1996) was a folk-blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry. He grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee and suffered from polio as a child, which incapacitated his leg. . The Destroyers' self-titled debut album was released in 1977, but it was the title track from their second album, "Move It On Over," that first introduced them to a mainstream audience. Their raw adaptation of the Hank Williams classic became an FM radio hit and the album reached the Top 40 and went gold. Their third album, "Better Than The Rest," also charted and was followed by "More George Thorogood & The Destroyers" in 1980. That brought an invitation to open some shows on The Rolling Stones' tour the following year. The title track of "Bad To The Bone" rose to No. 27 on the Album Rock charts in 1982, became an MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. favorite and went on to become a benchmark of commercial TV and film. A follow-up hit, "You Talk Too Much" went Top Five on the Album Rock charts. "Bad To The Bone" launched a hot streak that resulted in three more gold albums in the '80s. In 1985, Thorogood found himself onstage alongside some of his heroes, such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Albert Collins, when he appeared at Live Aid. That same year, he released "Maverick." The pop and MTV hit "Willie And The Hand Jive," and the album rock hits "I Drink Alone" and "Gear Jammer" from that album, are all included on "Anthology." After a Greatest Hits package in the early '90s -- which continues to be a top-selling catalog title today -- Thorogood returned to the top of the album rock charts in 1991 with the No. 5 hit, "If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)" and "Hello Little Girl" from Boogie People. The title tracks from 1993's "Haircut" and 1997's "Rockin' My Life Away" are also included on "George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Anthology." The Destroyers: Jeff Simon (drums); Bill Blough (bass); Hank Carter (saxophone); Jim Sewler (guitar). Track Listing:
Disc One Disc Two
1. Madison Blues 1. Who Do You Love? (Live)
2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 2. Born To Be Bad
3. Delaware Slide 3. You Talk Too Much
4. Move It On Over 4. I'm Ready
5. The Sky Is Crying 5. Shake Your Money Maker
6. I'm Wanted 6. If You Don't Start
Drinkin' (I'm Gonna
Leave)
7. Nobody But Me 7. Hello Little Girl
8. Bad To The Bone 8. Long Distance Lover
9. Willie And The Hand Jive 9. Get A Haircut
10. I Drink Alone 10. Howlin' For My Baby
11. Gear Jammer 11. Christine (previously
unreleased)
12. Long Gone 12. Let's Work Together
(Live)
13. Reelin' And Rockin' (Live) 13. Johnny B. Goode (Live)
14. Bottom Of The Sea (Live) 14. Rockin' My Life Away
15. Night Time (Live) 15. I Don't Trust Nobody
"George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Anthology"
Street Date: Aug. 29, 2000 Label: Capitol
Genre: Rock Format: CD
Running Time: 141:00 UPC Code: 72435-27573-2/9
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