GT Included in The (Other) Sounds of Summer: Musical Scenes That Make Movies Sizzle
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
July 3, 1991
DIRECTOR James Cameron
MUSICAL MOMENT “Take it,” a battered biker pleads, handing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reprogrammed cyborg the keys to his wheels. Black leather boots hit the pavement, and the gnarly blues riff to George Thorogood and the Destroyers’ “Bad to the Bone” kicks in. He locates the bike, only to be stopped by a shotgun-wielding biker. Down goes the kickstand. The Terminator dismounts, grabs the shotgun, reaches into the befuddled man’s pocket and borrows his shades. He may not actually have bones, but he’s bad to whatever is under that rubber skin.
FUN FACT According to a recent interview with Mr. Schwarzenegger, O. J. Simpson was considered for the part of the cyborg.
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Thank you, Henri Knak for supporting Sweet Relief Charity
Thank you to Henri Knak for supporting Sweet Relief Charity. He was the winning bidder for tickets & meet and greet and chose the show in Copenhagen, Denmark.
George Thorogood with good friend and German Promoter, George Hoffman
George Thorogood in all his original glory
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If you love the Blues then you’ll love George Thorogood. He is one of those guitarists who just oozes the blues, effortlessly and with passion to burn. And now, thirty-eight years after the debut album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers exploded onto the FM airwaves in 1977, there is something very special in the air.
The first album was initially billed as George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers (the “Delaware” was later dropped), and now as it was originally recorded, it has been newly mixed by legendary producer Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies, Warren Zevon).
The album includes his versions of Bo Diddley’s ‘Who Do You Love’ and John Lee Hooker’s ‘One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer’ that have resonated throughout the years. Beginning his career as a solo act, Thorogood soon added drummer Jeff Simon and guitarist Ron Smith, and it was with this ensemble that George initially cut his first record—a sound that was even more raw than the final version of the album, with George’s propulsive performance, backed only by Jeff’s ferocious drumming and Ron’s steady low-strings-on-the-guitar underpinning. Eventually, new band member Billy Blough overdubbed his bass, which gave the album the sound it needed for radio airplay, and that’s the version of the record we’ve all heard; until now…