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GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS TO PERFORM AT THE 2015 STAGECOACH: COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL ON APRIL 26, 2015
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS are slated to perform on the all-star lineup of next year’s 2015 Stagecoach Festival, on 
Sunday, April 26. Performing on the same bill as Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Sara Evans, and more, the three day-festival (April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA), will also featureTim McGraw, Miranda Lambert and Merle Haggard.
Four decades strong, GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS have marked their 40th Anniversary with 2014 national U.S. and Canadian tours that began in February – performing live for audiences at more than 100 concerts this year. Touring in relation to their Universal Music Enterprises George Thorogood & The Destroyers ICON album and Eagle Rock Entertainment’s live DVD titled Live At Montreux, Thorogood and his band continue to give audiences the opportunity to hear the band’s greatest hits such as “Bad To The Bone,” “I Drink Alone,” “Who Do You Love,” “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” and many more.
George Thorogood and his longtime band The Destroyers – whose lineup includes: Jeff Simon (drums, percussion), Bill Blough (bass guitar), Jim Suhler (rhythm guitar) andBuddy Leach (saxophone), have released 16 studio albums, with two Platinum albums and six Gold albums. Taking the stage for the first time on December 1, 1973, the band has established themselves as a mega successful powerhouse rock group with bar roots, unchained attitude, and a love of its country and blues history.
Tickets for STAGECOACH: CALIFORNIA’S COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL will go on sale Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM PDT at Stagecoachfestival.com (see below lineup).
George Thorogood still Bad to the Bone with life
By Herb Meeker
News Report Staff
Courtesy - Effingham & Teautopolis News Report
Interviewing legendary rocker George Thorogood means you better be ready to shift gears.
But once you get used to his humor – when asked about the weather during his West Coast leg of his 40th anniversary concert tour, he deadpanned he could not divulge his location due to government security measures -- you get some insight into the guy who wrote the iconic blues-heavy rock hit “Bad to the Bone” and redefined blues hits like “Who Do You Love?” and “One Bourdon, One Scotch, One Beer” with a driving rock beat.
Thorogood and his band, The Destroyers, roll into Effingham next week at the Effingham Performance Center. During a phone interview, Thorogood explained how he came up with the phrase of the hit that cut to the bone for rock fans more than 30 years ago.
“Was the saying, ‘Bad to the Bone,’ ever out of our culture? It was a common phrase like ‘Born to Be Wild’ or ‘Born to Run.’ It’s too obvious to ignore. Someone has to do it so why not me,” Thorogood said when asked what inspired him to write that song.
When asked if it is a thrill to hear ‘Bad to the Bone’ playing a few minutes into one of best sci-fi movies ever, “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” Thorogood jokes, “Well, my agent, my bankers and my manager love it!”
Artists who inspired him are two English guys named Mick and Keith of the Rolling Stones and John Lennon for not letting Rock and Roll die.
George Thorogood still Bad To The Bone
By Quentin Young
Courtesy - Boulder Daily Camera
The ’80s were a good time for mainstream blues guitar. For star power, you had Eric Clapton. For firepower, Stevie Ray Vaughan. For showmanship, you had ZZ Top. For style, Robert Cray.
But if straight-up, snarling blues rock was more your thing, you had George Thorogood.
His most famous song is about how bad to the bone he is, and his other greatest hits are drinking anthems. His voice sounds like someone revving a Harley, and his approach to slide guitar is akin to what a lumberjack does with a chainsaw.
George Thorogood and his band, The Destroyers, are celebrating 40 years of making music with a 2014 tour, including an Oct. 2 stop at the Boulder Theater. (Rogers & Cowan / Courtesy photo)
This kind of cool doesn’t grow old, and you don’t grow out of it. Thorogood, a road warrior from his early days, is traveling with his band, The Destroyers, in their “40 Years Strong” tour, with a stop planned for Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Boulder Theater. The Destroyers played their first show on Dec. 1, 1973, and they’re celebrating 40 years of performing by performing at venues throughout the country.