''George Thorogood and the Destroyers'' is the self-titled debut album by American

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band

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 ...

, released in 1977. Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of

John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often ...

's "House Rent Boogie" and "

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", the latter a song written by

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for

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, and later covered by Hooker. In 2015 Rounder released ''George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers'', a new remix of the album featuring the three-piece band as originally recorded and mixed. It omits the bass overdubs by Billy Blough, which were added after the original recording sessions. It also adds the previously unreleased

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track "Goodbye Baby".

Track listing

The track listing of the original release is as follows: #"You Got to Lose" (

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) – 3:15 #"

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" (

) – 4:24 #"

" (

)The song is titled "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" but is a medley of that tune preceded by "House Rent Boogie", also called "John L's House Rent Boogie". The songwriter is credited as John Lee Hooker, who was indeed the author of "House Rent Boogie". John Lee Hooker's version of the "One Bourbon" half of the medley was used by Thorogood and

, the writer of the original "One Bourbon" was not credited on the album. – 8:20 #" Kind Hearted Woman" (

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) – 4:21 #"Can't Stop Lovin'" (E. James) – 3:04 #"

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) – 4:17 #"Homesick Boy" (

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 ...

) – 3:02 #" John Hardy" (Traditional) – 3:18 #"I'll Change My Style" (William Parker, Manuel Villa) – 3:57 #"Delaware Slide" (Thorogood) – 7:45 Additional track on the 2015 remix only: #'Goodbye Baby' (E. James) - 3:27

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals, guitar, harmonica *Ron Smith – guitar *Billy Blough – bass guitar *Jeff Simon – drums

Technical

*Ken Irwin – producer *John Nagy –

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*Susan Marsh – design *

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– photography (front cover) *Sam Clover – photography (back cover)

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

1977 debut albums George Thorogood and the Destroyers albums Rounder Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub