FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 25, 2011
RIVER ROCK CASINO RESORT, BOULEVARD CASINO & CLASSIC ROCK 101 PRESENT GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS
FRIDAY, MAY 18 – RIVER ROCK SHOW THEATRE SATURDAY, MAY 19 – RED ROBINSON SHOW THEATRE
As a blues-rock guitarist, George Thorogood never earned much respect from blues purists but he became a popular favourite through repeated exposure on FM radio and the arena rock circuit. It was in 1976 when Thorogood assembled the Destroyers who came out of Delaware with bassist Billy Blough and drummer Jeff Simon releasing their debut self-titled album shortly thereafter. After moving to Boston, they released their second album, Move It On Over in 1978. The album struck big with the title track … an amped-up cover of a Hank Williams tune. They later added saxophonist Hank Carter and further fame came in the 80’s through a signing with EMI Records which released a series of Gold records by the band. These included 1982’s Bad to the Bone with the title track being his best-known composition and 1988’s Born to be Bad with the swaggering hit, “You Talk Too Much.”
The 90’s saw more hit-making with the single, “Get a Haircut” from the 1993 album, Haircut. In 2003, they released Ride ‘Til I Die followed by a 2004 compilation disc, Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock which went Gold and topped Billboard’s Blues charts for sixty weeks and won the magazine’s award for “Blues Record of the Year.” Their most recent album, 2120 South Michigan Avenue was released this past July and features covers of songs recorded on Chess Records by such artists as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters. The album ended up peaking at #2 on Billboard’s Top Blues Album chart. The Destroyers’ line-up today consists of Blough and Simon along with guitarist Jim Suhler and saxophonist Buddy Leach. George Thorogood and the Destroyers continue to tour always drawing in large audiences and will be performing at both the River Rock Casino Resort and Boulevard Casino’s Red Robinson Show Theatre in May, 2012.
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 @ 10:00 AM
DOORS 7:00 PM SHOW 8:00 PM
Tickets: Floor Standing General Admission $49.50
(+ Service Charges)
Tickets available at all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge-by-phone 1-855-985-5000 or order on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca
Both shows: 19 years & over unless noted
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