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George Thorogood Talks JazzFest, Longevity and Why Rock Rules the World
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By Denise DePaolo, Managing Editor
It’s the Sioux Falls music festival that transcends generations and musical tastes. JazzFest kicks off Thursday, July 17 at Yankton Trail Park. For the twenty-third summer, Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues is 
bringing big names to South Dakota’s largest city for three days of free music. While JazzFest features a vast array of musical genres each year, the festival lineup (particularly at the top of the bill) has skewed toward the rock end of the spectrum as it’s evolved, with headliners like Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh and this year, George Thorogood and the Destroyers.
Thorogood kicked off his 40th Anniversary Tour in February. In a recent phone conversation with the legendary rocker (famous for hits like Bad to the Bone and I Drink Alone), he began by explaining that The Destroyers have played countless jazz, blues and country festivals, which shows it’s rock ‘n’ roll that speaks to the masses.
GT: “We did a blues festival in Canada, and the headliners were Steve Miller, then the next night it was Pat Benatar and then George Thorogood and the Destroyers – none of which are known for playing blues. They’re all on rock classic radio. So that’s my point, Denise. When they brought Sheryl Crow in, they knew what they were doing. They were going to bring in the rock audience. That’s what works. That’s what runs the world. How did Bill Clinton get in the White House? Rock the Vote.”
DD: “I guess one could argue that all those genres have similar roots, so a lot of people are going to enjoy all of it.”
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Celebrating 40 Years with George Thorogood
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George Thorogood & The Destroyers is on their 40th Anniversary Tour! Scotch & Lucy talk with Thorogood about what it's like being back on the road and the inspiration behind his pursuit of music.
Click here to listen to the Rock 102 interview with Scotch, Tank & Lucy!
George Thorogood & The Destroyers will be performing at Moondance Jam at 9:00pm on Saturday, July 19th.
For more Moondance line-up & tickets details, click HERE .
‘Bad to the Bone’ after 40 years of blues
By JEFF HARRELL South Bend Tribune
The first time he met The Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts asked for his autograph.And after 40 years, he remains the one constant carrying the blues torch to the mainstream rock audience.
But if you really want to engage George Thorogood in a good conversation, if you really want one of the most successful musicians of the past 40 years to kick back like you’re at a bar and shoot the breeze over a couple of beers, one subject gets his undivided attention.
Baseball.
The man who wrote “Bad To The Bone” is also a former semi-pro second baseman and still a die-hard New York Mets fan. Not that he’s too excited about the prospects of his Mets this year.
“If they could get a catcher, three outfielders, and a first basemen, and four more pitchers,” Thorogood says with a sarcastic sigh, “they’d be OK.”