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The Dirty Dozen (album)
''The Dirty Dozen'' is the fourteenth studio album from blues rock artist George Thorogood and the Destroyers. The album was released on July 28, 2009. ''The Dirty Dozen'' reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Blues Albums and was on the chart for 11 weeks.Billboard.comTop Blues Albums October 24, 2009 The album includes six new songs (1-6) and six classic favorites (7-12), including three tracks that were previously out-of-print in the U.S. Track listing # "Tail Dragger" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41 # "Drop Down Mama" ( John Adam Estes) – 4:20 # "Run Myself Out of Town" ( Wendell Holmes) – 3:03 # "Born Lover" (Muddy Waters) – 4:12 # "Twenty Dollar Gig" (Mickey Bones) – 3:16 # "Let Me Pass" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:40 # "Howlin' for My Baby" (Dixon, Howlin' Wolf) – 5:13 # "Highway 49" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:46 # "Six Days on The Road" (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery) – 4:27 # "Treat Her Right (Roy Head, Gene Kurtz) – 3:32 # "Hello Little Girl" (Chuck Berry) – 3:46 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thorogood
George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as " Move It on Over", " Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer". With his band, the Delaware Destroyers, Thorogood has released over 20 albums, two of which have been certified Platinum and six have been certified Gold. He has sold 15 million records worldwide. Thorogood and his band continue to tour extensively and in 2014 the band celebrated their 40th anniversary of performing. Music career Thorogood began his career as a solo acoustic performer in the style of Robert Johnson and Elmore James after being inspired in 1970 by a John P. Hammond concert. In 1973, he formed a band, the Delaware Destroyers, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Bones
Mickey Bones is an American drummer and singer-songwriter. He has played with the Tarbox Ramblers, Bo Diddley, Morphine (band), Morphine, The Breeders, Queen Ida, Michael Hurley (musician), Michael Hurley, Catie Curtis, Bob Franke, Jimmy Ryan (musician), Jimmy Ryan, Rick Danko, Bryan Lee, Van Walls, Van "Piano Man" Walls, Jill Sobule, Jim Kweskin, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and Holy Modal Rounders, Steve Weber. Bones has also played in small side projects with David Lindley (musician), David Lindley, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, and Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist), Wayne Bennett. He has led his own bands, the Boogaloo Swamis, Spitwhistle and the Hot Tamale Brass Band. Bones has been featured with some of these musicians on record labels such as Atlantic Records, Atlantic, Shanachie Records, Shanachie, Flying Fish Records, Flying Fish, Rounder Records, Rounder, Hi-n-Dry, and Green Linnet Records, Green Linnet. Mickey Bones appeared in the movie ''Fever Pitch'' and Oliver Stone's fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music, Japanese music, and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, ghazal, and popular music styles such as pop, rock, and electronic dance music. Singing can be formal or informal, arranged, or improvised. It may be done as a form of religious devotion, as a hobby, as a source of pleasure, comfort, or ritual as part of music education or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A plectrum or individual finger picks may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either acoustically, by means of a resonant chamber on the instrument, or amplified by an electronic pickup and an amplifier. The guitar is classified as a chordophone – meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood with its strings made of catgut. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteenth century in the United States; nylon strings came in the 1940s. The guitar's ancestors include the gittern, the vihuela, the four- course Renaissance guitar, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad To The Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers Album)
''Bad to the Bone'' is the fifth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1982 by the label EMI America Records and contains their best known song, "Bad to the Bone". The album features Rolling Stones side-man Ian Stewart on keyboards. A special edition was released in 2007 to mark the 25th anniversary of its original release. Reception AllMusic's Tim Sendra says the album is "Thorogood's finest work and established him as one of the unsung heroes of the age of AOR". Track listing # "Back to Wentzville" (George Thorogood) – 3:30 # "Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:44 # " Nobody but Me" (The Isley Brothers) – 3:28 # "I Know It's a Sin" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:32 # "New Boogie Chillun" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:03 # "Bad to the Bone" (Thorogood) – 4:52 # "Miss Luann" (Thorogood) – 4:13 # "As the Years Go Passing By" (Deadric Malone) – 5:03 # "No Particular Place to Go" (Chuck Berry) – 4:00 # " Wante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie People
''Boogie People'' is the eighth studio album released by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1991 on the EMI label. Allmusic.com - Boogie People - Overview/ref> The album peaked at #77 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Allmusic.com - Boogie People - Charts & Awards/ref> Track listing # " If You Don't Start Drinkin' (I'm Gonna Leave)" (George Thorogood) – 4:11 # "Long Distance Lover" (Thorogood) – 3:57 # "Mad Man Blues" (John Lee Hooker) – 3:26 # "Boogie People" (Cyril B. Bunter, Thorogood) – 3:33 # "I Can't Be Satisfied" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:38 # "No Place to Go" (Chester Arthur Burnett) – 4:42 # "Six Days on the Road" (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery) – 4:27 # "Born in Chicago" (Nick Gravenites) – 3:24 # "Oklahoma Sweetheart" (Thorogood) – 4:30 # " Hello Little Girl (George Thorogood)" (Chuck Berry) – 3:46 Personnel The following personnel are credited on the album: Musicians * George Thorogood – guitar, vocals * Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Be Bad (album)
''Born to Be Bad'' is the seventh studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s rock radio, with hits like his original songs " Bad to th .... It was released in February 1988 on the EMI label.[ Allmusic.com - Born to Be Bad - Overview] The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, and was on the charts for 24 weeks.[ Allmusic.com - Born to Be Bad - Charts & Awards] Track listing # "Shake Your Money Maker (song), Shake Your Money Maker" (Elmore James) – 3:29 # "You Talk Too Much" (George Thorogood) – 4:35 # "Highway 49" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:46 # "Born to Be Bad" (Thorogood) – 3:34 # "You Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry) – 3:45 # "I'm Ready" (Sylvester Bradford, Fats Domino, Al Lewis (lyricist), Al Lewis) – 3:20 # "Treat Her Right (Roy Head so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haircut (album)
''Haircut'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 27, 1993. The first single from the album was " Get a Haircut". The album peaked at No. 120 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Production The album was produced by Terry Manning and the Delaware Destroyers. "Want Ad Blues" is a cover of the John Lee Hooker song. "Gone Dead Train" was written by Jack Nitzsche. Thorogood wrote "Baby Don't Go". The album cover art is by Peter Bagge. Critical reception The ''Windsor Star'' wrote that "the guitar-slinging motor mouth offers another round of stinging and rocking blues, featuring that consistently fat sound with which his band has made its trademark style." The ''Calgary Herald'' deemed ''Haircut'' "boogie blues and rock 'n' roll ... And, yep, he hasn`t changed a thing." The ''Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph'' opined that "since shtick is exactly what Thorogood's become r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Gravenites
Nicholas George Gravenites (; born October 2, 1938) is an American blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his work with Electric Flag (as their lead singer), Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and individuals of the generation springing from the 1960s and 1970s. He has sometimes performed under the stage names Nick "The Greek" Gravenites and Gravy. Biography Gravenites was born in Chicago, into a Greek-speaking family; his parents were froPalaiochori Arcadia, in Greece. After his father died, he worked in the family candy store before he was enrolled at St. John's Northwestern Military Academy; he was expelled shortly before he was due to graduate. He then attended the University of Chicago, met Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield, became a fan of blues music, and learned guitar. He regularly patronised clubs where Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy and other leading blues musicians played. Gravenites spent time b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as " Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and " Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.Campbell, M. (ed.) (2008). ''Popular Music in America: And the Beat Goes On''. 3rd ed. Cengage Learning. pp. 168–169. Born into a middle-class black family in St. Louis, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Head
Roy Kent Head (January 9, 1941 – September 21, 2020) was an American singer, best known for his hit song "Treat Her Right". Career Roy Kent Head was born in Three Rivers, Texas and achieved fame as a member of musical group The Traits from San Marcos. The group's sponsor landed their first recording contract in 1958 with TNT Music in San Antonio while they were still in high school. The Traits performed and recorded in the rockabilly, rock and roll and rhythm and blues musical styles from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Though landing several regional hits between 1959 and 1963 on both the TNT and Renner Record labels, Head is best known for the 1965 blue-eyed soul international hit, "Treat Her Right", recorded by Roy Head and the Traits. After going solo, Head landed several hits on the country and western charts between 1975 and 1985. During his career of some 50 years, he has performed in several different musical genres and used a somewhat confusing array of record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treat Her Right (Roy Head Song)
"Treat Her Right" is a soul music song, with a standard 12-bar-blues structure. Written by Roy Head and Gene Kurtz, it was recorded by Head and The Traits and released on the Back Beat label in 1965. Background Members of the Traits on this record included Johnny Clark on lead guitar, Frank Miller on rhythm guitar, Gene Kurtz on bass, Dan Buie on keyboards, Danny Gomez and Tommy May on tenor sax, Johnny Gibson on trumpet, and Jerry Gibson on drums. In the ending instrumental choruses, Roy Head's voice is heard repeatedly shouting "HEY", and saying ad-libs including "You're too much, baby". In 1965 the band signed with producer Huey Meaux of Houston, who maintained a stable of record labels. "Treat Her Right" was recorded at Gold Star Studios (later known as SugarHill Recording Studios) in Houston. Issued on Don Robey's (Nov. 1, 1903 - June 16, 1975) Back Beat label, it reached #2 on both the U.S. Pop and R&B charts in 1965, behind The Beatles' " Yesterday." "Treat Her Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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