George Thorogood
George Thorogood
George Thorogoodis 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 popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over," "Who Do You Love?" and "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", which became staples of classic rock radio...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth24 February 1950
CityWilmington, DE
CountryUnited States of America
I take it that some of you people have heard this song before.
I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers.
Led Zeppelin, they still rule the airwaves. I hear Zeppelin every day, and they've been around since '69. So the people who grew up with that still listen to that, and now their children listen to it.
When people come to the show they think we are a legendary band because they hear us on Classic Rock radio all the time. It is psychological. That's okay - I'm down with that.
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
This music has been around since before the beard on Moses. I happed to do it very well and I happen to have a lot of groovy songs that I know people are going to dig. I know more about it than you do.
The only reason I did it is because I needed a signature piece.
We'd never be in this position if it weren't for our fans. They're the real reason we keep going and as long as they want us, we'll be there.
I went after that sort of music. It's the best music I could play. I pretty much chose this music, not only out of passion but by a process of elimination.
I'm talking like 10, 12 years old. Either junior brings Mom and Pop or Mom and Pop bring the kids. I'm talking young here, not a college drinking crowd.
I was not a big Allman Brothers fan but I could relate to that because that is what the flavor of the day was at that time - at least it was like that for me.
We've plotted through the years of how to get to here, where we are now, or we would have never made it.
Did I think it would last 30 years? No, I didn't think it would have those kind of legs.
The reason it has lasted for 30 years is for one reason and one reason only: Classic Rock radio.