{"id":6160,"date":"2019-04-09T22:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T22:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/?p=6160"},"modified":"2019-04-17T22:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T22:34:40","slug":"george-thorogood-and-the-destroyers-house-of-blues-houston-tx-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/09\/george-thorogood-and-the-destroyers-house-of-blues-houston-tx-review\/","title":{"rendered":"George Thorogood and the Destroyers – House of Blues – Houston, TX – Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Forty-five years is a long time to do anything in life.\u00a0 Especially something that you like.\u00a0 A seasoned musician by the name of George Thorogood has accomplished that and then some playing his brand of boogie woogie rock your ass stuff to adoring crowds.\u00a0 You get what you come to see and it is all under the direction of this master showman who looks lean and mean.\u00a0 Growley voice still killin’ it out on the road with his vaunted Destroyers under the “Good to Be Bad” tour moniker!\u00a0\u00a0 Eye noe dats rite!<\/div>\n
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First time I saw GT in Texas after multiple times in Ohio was at Cardi’s on Westheimer and Fountain back in the 80’s sometime. Hard to believe that this was my fifth time covering GT in H-Town and his tight band sounds better than ever.\u00a0 Jeff Simon on battering skins, Bill Blough on bass, bad ass Jim Suhler on rhythm guitar, and smokin’ Buddy Leach on sax fill in all the holes backing up Thorogood’s mean elongated slide solos.\u00a0 George always knows when to give them room to shine which they do.\u00a0 Full throttle arsenal of blasting chestnuts come at you like hand grenades lobbed from the sweaty stage.\u00a0 Goose bumps came early on with “Who Do You Love”, “I Drink Alone”, and full on story included version of “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” brought the house to their collective feet.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a> Amazing how GT’s “ham n’ egg” banter routine with the audience gets better with age especially on his advice to avoid a DWI: ” Have your buddy drive you home.\u00a0 Or have your girlfriend drive you home.\u00a0 BETTER yet have your buddy’s girlfriend drive your ass home!”\u00a0 That grin is still electrifying for damn sure.<\/div>\n
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Baby boomer rockers loved “Get A Haircut”, stunning “Move It On Over”, and a tremendously delicious version of “Bad To The Bone”!\u00a0 GT & the Destroyers have been called a lot of things, but the one they wear proudly is “The World’s Greatest Bar Band”.\u00a0 Since 1975 they have sold over 15 million albums, built a Hall of Fame catalog of hits, and always show up to deliver a powerful gig. To quote George himself sums it up well: “It was never about the amount of people we drew, but rather the impression we made. I asked myself, Are we reaching them? Do they want more?’ And we knew from the very first set that we had something special.”\u00a0\u00a0 This was definitely a “Rock Party” and hope to see yet more down the road………Support live music!<\/div>\n
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Eddie “Edge” Ferranti<\/p>\n

Senior Editor<\/p>\n

Houston Music Review<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Forty-five years is a long time to do anything in life.\u00a0 Especially something that you like.\u00a0 A seasoned musician by the name of George Thorogood has accomplished that and then some playing his brand of boogie woogie rock your ass stuff to adoring crowds.\u00a0 You get what you come to see… <\/p>\n

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