Talk:George Thorogood

Pic
1) where's he from? (I took care of it)

2) Needs a picture. I would do it but I can't open a new window to retrieve the pic right now :-/. (nevermind I did it) Redwolf24 9 July 2005 02:35 (UTC)

Link
The "Delaware Destroyers" link redirects back to this page. It seems the Delaware Destroyers page should either not redirect here (and be left blank for contribution) or it should not be a link from this page at all.

...Right? --67.118.122.180 01:20, 16 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Right. I've changed the first mentions to be boldened, not a link, which is the right way to handle subjects of redirects.  Wasted Time R 17:41, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Discography
The discography doesn't match the biography. When was Better than the Rest released? Also, was the second album called TG or TG&tD?

I was going to put take the discography from his official website and put it on this page, with seperate pages for each album, track listings and artwork; also I will re-organize the discography to place his first albums first and his newest album at the end of the article. KoRnOnThEeKoB 21:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Bad to the Bone
Bad to the Bone should get its own page. 210.50.117.199 11:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Notes: George and the band played on the Philadelphia stage for Live Aid in 1985. Guesting was Albert 'Iceman' Collins.

'Bad to the Bone' is probably best known as the theme song for the Stephen King movie 'Christine'.

was this song derived from mannish boy by Muddy Waters? This article would be greatly improved if it covered thorogood's musical heritage71.149.244.74

How about the most overrated song ever to the point it's now ruined? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.15.38 (talk) 18:34, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

CORRECTION TO WHOEVER POSTED THE JOHN LEE HOOKER INFO: I'm pretty sure the name of the song is "House Rent Boogie", NOT "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" - especially since those words don't even appear in John Lee Hooker's original song.

Thanks!

It should mention his cover of John Lee Hooker's "One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer". Jigen III 13:01, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Objective?
This article isn't very objective, such as the line about the quality of the bar scene in T2. This does little to really tell the life of George Thorogood, and sounds more like a fans critique than an actual biographical article. Mellesime 0041, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't his Indian, oh exscuse, political correctness, Native(just remember Native means to be born in, not aboriginal) heritage be mentioned?

"guitar cable"
What's a guitar cable? Do you mean capo?


 * A guitar cable is that thing that plugs into a guitar that a retard simply can't figure out. Yeah, they switched capos.  Do you hear yourself?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.77 (talk) 03:56, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

-I believe they mean the sound cable plugged into the guitar, as in they walked outside, switched which sound equipment they were plugged into by means of plugging their guitar into the cord previously in each others guitar, and went back and kept playing.

I built the boxes used for this event. Each guitar was plugged into a battery powered direct box that included a transformer to drive a balanced microphone cable. The other end of the microphone cable used another transformer to convert from balanced XLR back to unbalanced 1/4" for the guitar amp. The key is not the conversion from unbalanced guitar cable to balanced microphone cable (and back), but using an active circuit to present a high impedance to the guitar and a low impedance to the cable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.245.78.69 (talk) 23:41, 9 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I read somewhere about the Skip Casto guitarist Bo doing the same thing pretty much same time same place..Georgetown I believe..the event(s) may have coincided or just been the thing to do at the time...the bar scene in Baltimore/Washington was quite the place to be in the day...why couldn`t they just run standard cables out into the street or wherever and switch?173.20.9.234 (talk) 04:44, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Name
Thorogood's his real name? If so, cool name! Maikel (talk) 16:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Back in 2013 I came across both a Thorogood's Road and a Thorogood Concrete Co. both in the Delaware part of the Delmarva Peninsula. Mr Larrington (talk) 23:05, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Baseball Position
So did George play second base, or catcher, or both? Rainbow-five (talk) 23:33, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I was curious where he played. All of his bios mention his minor league career, but the only sources are interviews with GT himself. It's odd that there are no on-line stats, no minor league team bragging up a famous former player, no photos of GT in uniform (other than throwing out a first pitch at a Cubs game), etc. 68.43.206.79 (talk) 01:16, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

George only played semi-pro baseball. He sponsored and played 2nd base for The Destroyers in the Newark (Delaware) Semi-Pro BaseballLeague in the 1970's and 1980's.Wkharrisjr (talk) 23:13, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Birthday?
I was under the impression he was born Dec. 31st, which was on the Dec. 31st page, but this page says Feb. something. Help?96.242.5.155 (talk) 18:17, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Hope this clears it up. HokieRNB 21:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * says December 31, 1952, in Wilmington, Delaware.
 * says December 24, 1950 in Wilmington, Delaware.
 * says he was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
 * also says he was born in Baton Rouge.

A few things
I know they need sources, but it should note him as a slide guitarist in the info box, as he plays slide on nearly every song he is famous for, Bad to the Bone, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, Move it on Over etc. Second, it needs to note that his cover of One Bourbon, One Shot, One Beer is a medly of John L's House Rent Blues, and One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer by John Lee Hooker, not just a straight cover of the song. i'll look for sources later, but i was just pointing this out. 69.136.158.111 (talk) 14:03, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Medley of songs - done.114.161.229.100 (talk) 06:13, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

For the Record (pardon the pun)
George Lawrence Thorogood was born on February 24, 1950 in Wilmington, Delaware and grew up in an unaffiliated community called Naamans Manor. I should know, I'm his sister. As long as I can remember, our family has been celebrating his birthday on that date and through the years sending him birthday cards on February 24th and we'll continue to do so until he has no more birthdays! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.100.37.94 (talk) 03:11, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Post-1982
The history section essentially ends with Thorogood being signed to EMI Records and releasing Bad to the Bone in 1982. It stops dead; what did he do after 1982? Probably not much, but surely there's more to say about him. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

"Early Life and Family" section
Much of this section is downright nasty, and possibly libelous, but lacks citations. This seems to me to be a big problem, but I am not qualified, neither in Wikipedia technology nor in subject knowledge, to do anything about it. -User:ACWilson (talk) 19 October 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acwilson9 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Replaced recent addition of unreferenced text/OR with cited material. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:40, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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The name of the band has generally been stylized as "The Destroyers"
The name of the band was originally stylized as the "Delaware Destroyers" then "The Destroyers", hence "George Thorogood & The Destroyers". See, , ,.

Since all the above are user generated sites, I will see about coming up with some reliable sources.

I do not think that I need to post a connected contributor notice about this, but I did once (c. 1970–1971) hire Thorogood to play at the Side Door Coffeehouse in Wilmington, DE before he went electric with The Destroyers. I also videotaped him & the band for a cable show (1976) at the University of Delaware, & his former sax player, Hank Carter, used to play with my college roommate. I do not expect anyone to trust that because that would be original research, but I am motivated to find the sources to verify the stylization. Peaceray (talk) 16:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)