George Thorogood And the Destroyers - 1977 [1992] "George Thorogood And the Destroyers"

George Thorogood and the Destroyers is the self-titled debut album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released in 1977. Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, 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 Elmore James track "Goodbye Baby".

Thorogood gained his first mainstream exposure as a support act for the Rolling Stones during their 1981 U.S. tour. He also was the featured musical guest on Saturday Night Live (Season 8, Episode 2) on the October 2, 1982 broadcast. During this time, Thorogood and the Destroyers also became known for their rigorous touring schedule, including the "50/50" tour of 1981, on which the band toured all 50 US states in the space of 50 days. After two shows in Boulder, Colorado, Thorogood and his band flew to Hawaii for one show and then performed a show in Alaska on the following night. The next day the band flew to Washington State, met their roadies who had their Checker car and a truck, and continued a one show per state tour for all fifty states in exactly fifty nights. In addition, they played Washington, D.C. on the same day that they performed a show in Maryland, thereby playing 51 shows in 50 days. This increased visibility occurred as Thorogood's contract with Rounder Records expired. He signed with EMI America Records and in 1982 released the song, "Bad to the Bone", and an album of the same name. The song became the band's first Top 40 single.

In 2012, Thorogood was named one of the "50 Most Influential Delawareans of the Past 50 Years"

Track listing:

01 "You Got to Lose" (Earl Hooker) – 3:15
02 "Madison Blues" (Elmore James) – 4:24
03 "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (John Lee Hooker) – 8:20
04 "Kind Hearted Woman" (Robert Johnson) – 3:48
05 "Can't Stop Lovin'" (E. James) – 3:04
06 "Ride On Josephine" (Ellas McDaniel) – 4:17
07 "Homesick Boy" (George Thorogood) – 3:02
08 "John Hardy" (Traditional) – 3:18
09 "I'll Change My Style" (William Parker, Manuel Villa) – 3:57
10 "Delaware Slide" (Thorogood) – 7:45

Personnel:

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