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Now THAT was a rock concert.
George Thorogood is not just good, he’s one of the best in the business.
Time – 40 years of albums and concerts, and counting – has done nothing but make this “Born to be Bad” blues rocker even better. He looks good, he sounds good, he plays guitar like he was born with one in his hands.
And if he wasn’t born to be bad, he learned to act bad…just for show.
Dressed in black, he’s lean and full of energy. He jokes around with the crowd, flashes lots of smiles and tells them what they want to hear – besides great music – managing to slip “Prince George” into song lyrics and dedicating Get A Haircut to “sophisticated” rock fans. That kind of natural ease and showmanship only comes at this level of a solid music career that spans decades and includes hundreds and hundreds of live performances.
To be honest, rockers have a reputation.
They like to party and play around. But I’ve never yet seen one who can flirt with an entire audience. Thorogood does. He turns his back, wiggles his bum, combs his hair with his back to the audience, turns around and, like a black panther, he paces across the stage with the mike in one hand and the audience in the other.
Opening with Born To Be Bad, he had 2,600 fans in delirious frenzy in less than five minutes.
He told the audience it had been “nine long years” since he and the band last played Prince George – too long, he said. Later on, he promised us to keep coming back here until the day he died.
This one will be hard to top.
Bad to the Bone .. .George Thorogood and the Destroyers rocked the house at CN Centre Wednesday night. The rock and roll band on their 40 Years and Still Strong tour played for 2,600 appreciative fans. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press
George Thorogood and the Destroyers gave 2,600 fans at CN Centre the real deal, rock n’ roll concert Wednesday night. Their 40-year-strong tour took Prince George by storm and Thorogood – who last visited with his band nine years ago – promised to come back. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press - George Thorogood and The Destroyers left us all in a tizzy Wednesday night at CN Centre with their 40 Years Strong concert. What a rock party.
