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George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Live Audio CD

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George Thorogood & the Destroyers Band: George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Title: Live
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Release Date: 2007-05-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Who Do You Love? [Live] 2: Bottom of the Sea [Live] 3: Night Time [Live] 4: I Drink Alone [Live] 5: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer [Live] 6: Alley Oop [Live] 7: Madison Blues [Live] 8: Bad to the Bone [Live] 9: Sky Is Crying [Live] 10: Reelin' and Rockin' [Live]

Thorogood live
Rock on Mr. Rock out with this awesome live show, great quality, awesome set list, great performance and just an over all pleasure. Thorogood.


rock on!
at that time in interviews george said that he didn't know why they were so popular, all they do is bang the hell out of 3 chords. i saw george and the destroyers years back when move it on over came out. and bang the hell out of them they do! tight band, powerful vocals, great songs.


Fun CD
At this time, a number of groups released similar live albums as double LP's and a single CD. MASTER OF THE STRATOCASTER

This album was released in 1986 just as CD technology was taking off. They would be just under 74 minutes, because at the time that was the maximum lenghth of a CD (I'll explain why below).

The sound quality is pretty good, especially for a CD released in the mid eighties. Some of the mix is off, especially on the sax, but the dynamic range is very good. Many early CD's had poor sound quality, which is why there were vinyl snobs back then and why you see many "remastered" CD's today.

This is just a fun, hard rocking, blues tinged concert. Each track is played with energy and fire.

The only disappointment I have is that this is mostly a "greatest hits live" type CD. It is mostly his hits with very few surprises. And if you get any of Thorogood's live albums, we always plays the same six songs, with some other ones mixed in. I have never seen Thorogood live, so I don't know if his actual concerts are longer and more adventuresome.

Besides his own monster hits, Thorogood plays a number of blues classics and near classics.

Who Do You Love was written by Ellis McDaniels, also known as Bo Diddely. He was featured on those Nike commercials with Bo Jackson. Probably hundreds of groups have recorded this song. My favorites are a very manic one done by The Doors, and 25 minute jam done by Quicksilver.

Thorogood does two songs by slide guitar innovator Elmore James, who died in 1963. Madison Blues was also played by Fleetwood Mac. The Sky is Crying has been by a number of musicians, but probably the most popular is from Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Alley Oop was a hit in 1960 by the Hollywood Argyles.

Besides being a mean slide guitarist, Thorogood was also a minor league baseball player.

Why were early CD's only 74 minutes long maximum but now CD's can go to 80 minutes? The actual spec for the CD is 74 minutes. But, there was an allowed tolerance in the bump size and sample rate, to allow for manufacturing inaccuracies. But, it turns out that the manufacturing process was highly accurate. To get 80 minutes, they just used the lower end of the spec of the bit size and the maximum sample rate.


George & The Destroyers at their BEST!
I saw him for the first time in the mid-1980's and he sounds pretty much the same. George & The Delaware Destroyers are simply awesome LIVE! I recently attended their show at Hampton Beach, NH and enjoyed it very much. . . . still AWESOME and with a lot of energy! The "LIVE" cd is a must for any Thorogood fan. Better yet, attend one of his shows!.


Awesome!
d. This is a very good c. A cool blend of blues and rock with great mix of instruments in the background. You have to love George's lyric's, they are smart and fun and some of these songs are worth listening to again and again.

The only negatives I have are that the recording, being done live, lacks a certain quality that can only be achieved in a studio and second there are a couple of songs that aren't as good as some that are missing from this album. I don't know if the recording is the entire set that was performed, but it could have been longer.

I really like music that has both a great musical quality to it and a great story behind each of the songs, while I don't know every story, I know that they are there. I give this one a high recommendation.


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