Artist: George Thorogood And The Delaware Destroyers
Album: George Thorogood And The Delaware Destroyers
Bitrate: 255kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Rounder
Genre: Rock
Size: 99.99 megs
PlayTime: 0h 51min 31sec total
Rip Date: 2015-06-12
Store Date: 2015-06-12
Track List:
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01. You Got To Lose 3:26
02. Madison Blues 4:30
03. One Bourbon, One Scotch And One 8:32
Beer
04. Kind Hearted Woman 4:23
05. Ride On Josephine 4:25
06. Can't Stop Lovin' 3:37
07. Homesick Boy 3:18
08. John Hardy 3:35
09. I'll Change My Style 4:11
10. Delaware Slide 8:07
11. Goodbye Baby 3:27
Release Notes:
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The debut album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers exploded onto the FM
airwaves in 1977, bringing a dose of hard-driving roots reality back to rock
radio; his versions of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" and John Lee Hooker's "One
Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," resonating throughout the years. Beginning his
career as a solo act, Thorogood soon added drummer Jeff Simon and guitarist Ron
Smith, and it was with this ensemble that George initially cut his first
record-- a sound that was even more raw than the final version of the album--
George's propulsive performance, backed only by Jeff's ferocious drumming and
Ron's steady low-strings-on-the-guitar underpinning. Eventually, new band member
Billy Blough overdubbed his bass, which gave the album the sound it needed for
radio airplay, and that's the version of the record we've all heard until now.
Now, thirty eight years later, here is the first album by George Thorogood and
the Delaware Destroyers (the "Delaware" was later dropped), as it was initially
recorded, newly mixed by legendary producer Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies,
Warren Zevon). In this stripped-down setting, the focus and drive of George's
performance, which are what have always set him apart in the blues-rock world,
are even more apparent. LP includes a previously unreleased version of the
Elmore James song, "Goodbye Baby."