FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 15, 2009
BOULEVARD CASINO PRESENTS GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS
LIVE AT THE RED ROBINSON SHOW THEATRE
FRIDAY, MAY 14
Coquitlam, BC – It was in 1976 when blues-rock guitarist George 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 which 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 to EMI Records which released a series of Gold records by the band. These included 1982’s Bad to the Bone (the title track is his best-known composition and 1988’s Born to Be Bad with the swaggering hit, “You Talk Too Much.” The 90’s saw more hitmaking with 1993’s “Get a Haircut” from the 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, The Dirty Dozen was released this past summer reaching #1 on the Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart. The band has expanded through the years and now includes Simon and Blough along with new members, 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 Boulevard Casino’s Red Robinson Show Theatre in May, 2010.
TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 @ 10:00 AM
DOORS 7:00 PM SHOW 8:00 PM
Tickets: Floor Standing General Admission $49.50 & Reserved Balcony $59.50 (+ Service Charges)
Tickets available at all Ticketmaster Outlets or charge-by-phone (604) 280-4444 or order on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca
All shows: 19 years and over unless noted
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