Robert Cray definitely helped keep the flame of the blues burning in the '80s. Also, Chicago's own Alligator Records, the best blues label around (and still going strong with new artists in 2023), put out a *huge amount* of amazing blues albums in the '80s. Check out the band, The Kinsey Report, and their first album from '87, "Edge of the City."
Saw George Nov 1982, he covered a bunch of Blues artists songs(Elmore James, John Lee Hooker etc). I was fortunate to see many blues artists in the 80s and 90s. I saw Son Seals in 1986, Robert Cray and Little Charlie & the Nightcats in 1988, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy in 1989, Albert Collins in 1991 for example.
He’s got a song called Get a Haircut and Getba Good Job. Was one of his later songs. Tells of how his father compared him to his brother and now he’s the rich one.
Saw George and the Delaware Destroyers in a tiny bar in South Jersey around 1976 or 1977. The Alloway Village Inns walls are still shaking from that Saturday night.
Great song. The interesting thing is, the line at the end of the song which was "the only one who'll hang out with me is my dear old grand dad." Many thought George was talking about his actual grand dad. Unaware that 'My Dear Old Grand Dad' is the name of a liquor. Great stuff.
“One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer” is one of his most entertaining songs. I think you two have such a large following because 1) you obviously enjoy music, 2) you pause as necessary, not constantly, and 3) you give entertaining, often enlightened insights. Too many reactors are not only in love with the pause button but repeat and explain each set of lyrics back to us like we’re idiots: “He said he drinks alone. In other words, he doesn’t need other people around to drink. Some people like to be alone when they drink.” It’s okay to state the obvious some of the time in a spontaneous reaction, but some folks can do nothing else. I love how you hit the perfect balance with enjoyable but intelligent comments, never talking down to your audience. You talk to us as if we’re old friends. Hope you do this for a long time.
George Thourogood, Steve ReVauhn, Leynord Skynard, Molly Hatchet, the early ZZ top, and Tom Petty all had that crunchy spicy, classic, Southern Rock/Bluesy sound.
Another vote for Who Do You Love and Move It On Over. And if you check out his One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer then also check out the version by bluesman John Lee Hooker.
Great reaction! There are so many good Thorogood songs, Move it on over, Who do You Love, Get a Haircut, No Particular Place to Go , Madison Blues or It wasn't Me just to name a few for you.
I lived in Delaware all my life and when I was 18 in 1982,my friend and I met George Thorogood when he pulled up in his modified Taxi at a red light. We followed him back to his recording studio and hung out. He is a really nice guy.
Jay & Amber, you'll love his, "Who Do You Love" and "Move It On Over" !!!!. Great guitar player!! Saw him in concert 11/20/82. Great show! Amber, their song "Kids From Philly" is mostly a sax solo. edit- Hank "Hurricane" Carter on saxophone. Old Grand-Dad bourbon stopped using that name after 2015, became "The Olds". So that's the grand dad he was talking about!
George is still going strong. We’ve seen him 4 or 5 times in the last 10 years and have tickets for his next show here in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, which was postponed until next year. He puts on a great concert.
The "sax player" whom you shouted out to is none other than the incomparable Hank "Hurricane" Carter. He sadly passed away on September 14, 2021. All of his solos in every GT song is as dirty as it gets... "Nobody But Me" in particular - he _really_ went berserk on that! 🎷🔥
I just discovered this song maybe 6 or 7 years ago. If I drank, this would be my song. Whatever I do nowadays, I prefer to be alone. George Thorogood never had a hit single in the USA, but these songs are very popular on classic rock stations. I'm sure they were on the rock charts.
Willie and the hand jive was his only billboard hot 100 hit, but his albums would go gold almost all the time. He just didn’t have radio friendly music at the time coming out during the disco era! Greatest story of George and the destroyers: During the late 1970s, Thorogood and his band were based in Boston. He was friends with Jimmy Thackery of the Washington, D.C.-based blues band, The Nighthawks. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks were playing shows in Georgetown at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at the Cellar Door and the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, while both bands played Elmore James's "Madison Blues" in the same key, Thorogood and Thackery left their clubs, met in the middle of M Street, exchanged guitar cords and went on to play with the opposite band in the other club.
I also remember when he did the 50/50 Tour. He played a show in all 50 states in 50 days travelling in a Checker Cab(except when he played in Hawaii). He opened for the Stones around that time and the Stones secretly rehearsed with him because they briefly considered replacing Ron Wood whom they were having trouble with.@@truckrboat
Good tune. Love Thorogood. Another great 80’s song that you have missed. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - On The Dark Side Another George Thorogood song- Who do ya love.
Live shows he did in the 1980s, he was a dancer too. Jitterbug all around, up & down while singing, and playing his guitar. I have seen G and Ds more than a dozen times.
A friend of mine is a huge George Thorogood and The Destroyers fan and he follows them around doing several concerts in a row. He told me he has hung out with the band at bars after shows and George really does drink alone. He said the band and him and his wife will be hanging out and George will sit by himself having drinks. I also saw ZZ Top with George Thorogood opening a couple of times. Great pairing for sure!
Bangin' song! Good pick. You should listen to his "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." (Another classic George "Thoroughgood-ized".) He has several other great ones too. That thing I think you guys were talking about is called "twelve-bar blues." It's a 12-measure chord progression used in most classic blues songs. Very distinctive pattern - once you've heard it, you can identify it a mile away!
George is an incredible showman. He feeds off of the crowd. I saw him in concert and lost the hearing in my left ear for about a week (too close to the speaker) due to his high high pitch notes. Yeah, it was a good time.
My goodness! Saw him in at Parkers in Seattle. 80s I needed him. Dude came out and walked table to table doing a lead. Sure glad I saw him. Sure glad I made it home.
In 1985 I saw George & The Destroyers opening for ZZ Top....one of my best concert memories ever. Hope next George song you check out is One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer...👍👍😁 Peace and love to all 🙏❤️😎🇨🇦
I was in university in the 80's & bartending.🍻 When this song came on everyone grabbed their drink, (or ordered one)put it in the air & stomped & danced till the song was over. Needless to say their drinks went empty & rushed the bar! Cheers, ya all!!! 🍻
I grew up north of Philadelphia and George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers obviously started out in Delaware and often sang in Philly bars. I saw him live when I was 21 y.o. in a small bar in Philly that held 75 people at the most. Good stuff.
When I was in high school there was one friend we would always hang out and drink in his basement. After one very hydrated evening, there were 4 or 5 of us that stayed over sleeping in chairs, on the couch, or on the floor. In the morning, his mother came downstairs and woke us up after noticing a large number of empties that we had not yet cleaned up. Now, none of us were hung over because we were all still drunk. We all acted like we were still asleep except for Murph. He couldn't because his mom was grilling him. It took everything I had to not bust out laughing when she was wanting names of everyone that was there the previous night and he just rolled his head toward her and said with a straight face, half closed eyes and slurred words, "I drink alone". And he even sung it like in the song. 😂
My early 20s George exposed me to the blues. Wore My 1978 *"Move It On Over"* Cassette Tape Thin. *FYI* In 1993 Canada, a 12 Pack of Beer included a free DVD of his song *"Get a Haircut"* (I Still Have It!)
Saw him in 1981 on the second night of his 50/50 tour (50 states in 50 nights) in a small room in Anchorage, Alaska. He and his band had the place rocking.
6:38 When George id singing this line about his family given up on him and saying the only one who'll hang out withm is his dear Old Granddad He wasn't referring to his Grandfather(which was what I'd thought for years) he's referring to a premium whiskey named "Old Granddad"
On the topic of George playing with a band with a blues tilt (you mentioned ZZ Top) a Great Double bill I once saw was George opening for The J.Geils Band around '81 or so . Now THAT was one great rocking night !
A George thorogood concert is always high intensity & " the destroyers" are a fantastic backing band, I would advise anybody who enjoys good old fashioned rock music to go and see them perform, you will leave with a smile on your face & a determination to see them again
I recall seeing George and the Delaware Destroyers way back during his bar touring days before they hit it big, and enjoyed that as well. Can't count the number of times I've seen him...one place was an amusement park 😂😂😂
Hi. I enjoy your channel. I keep coming back to it. I am a Mississippi Delta Blues researcher and a huge fan of the blues. I've had a few things published and I soak in music...Big Zep fan. I recommend you reviewing some Robert Johnson, of course, and maybe Charley Patton... but First, and immediately, you should review SON HOUSE. DEATH LETTER BLUES, then maybe Preachin Blues, or Empire State Express LIVE! You'll thank me later!
One of George’s songs that I absolutely love is called “Get a Haircut”. This is a FUN, put a smile on your face,and Laugh song. Hope you guys will considering listening to it. I LOVE your channel, Jay & Amber …. Please continue to make each one of us smile everyday. I appreciate all of your hard work. Love from Mississippi ❤❤
So George uses what they call open tuning. which means when the strings are tuned to ceratin notes and strummed, the sound should be a chord (as opposed to standard tuning). in this case George typically uses open G tuning.
Yeah I saw George Thorogood and the Destroyers in 2001 here in Rochester, the crowd went wild when he did gear Jammer you two should check out that song.
Yeah man! Now you're talking my language. I love the blues. This is a classic 12 bar blues. I think that's what Amber was asking about in terms of song structure. Gotta pay my respects to Jay Guns. You look strong enough to twist the head off a Gundar!
Georgie has a lot of great music up his sleeve and the Destroyers are the best. My fav is "Who Do You Love." Next one pretty please and not such a long time between.
You forgot you did One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer. It's hard to keep track of what you've done in a short time. Keep up the good reactions.
@@terrycornelius3279it's 1 bourbon, 1 coke, 1 beer 🍷🥤🍺
They've done it I believe
@@terrycornelius3279 You're correct. Scotch.
@@jeffjones6221 They have.
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What dope are you on?
This man did his best to keep blues alive in the 80's. Him and SRV were just about it.
Robert Cray definitely helped keep the flame of the blues burning in the '80s. Also, Chicago's own Alligator Records, the best blues label around (and still going strong with new artists in 2023), put out a *huge amount* of amazing blues albums in the '80s. Check out the band, The Kinsey Report, and their first album from '87, "Edge of the City."
@@christianman73 I was just about to reply with Robert Cray and saw your comment. Right on.
Saw George Nov 1982, he covered a bunch of Blues artists songs(Elmore James, John Lee Hooker etc).
I was fortunate to see many blues artists in the 80s and 90s.
I saw Son Seals in 1986, Robert Cray and Little Charlie & the Nightcats in 1988,
John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy in 1989, Albert Collins in 1991 for example.
Saw him in late 80s at a small theatre in Ames Iow (maybe Des Moines, can’t remember 😜). The place was literally shakin. Awesome!
He’s got a song called Get a Haircut and Getba Good Job. Was one of his later songs. Tells of how his father compared him to his brother and now he’s the rich one.
His version of "Who Do You Love?" is absolute fire.
Saw him live in 82. This man was on stage for 4 hrs straight. Best concert in my life hands down
I am VERY envious of you man, that shit will never be repeated.
Saw George and the Delaware Destroyers in a tiny bar in South Jersey around 1976 or 1977.
The Alloway Village Inns walls are still shaking from that Saturday night.
"Get A Haircut" will always be my favorite George song. Definitely a personal kind of song for me.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I have a brother Bob - he is the one that needs a haircut lol
It is a great song lol
Best song
Just saw George and co in concert with my mom...... just after we had dinner with her big bother Bob. 😅😅😅
You're right, girl. The song is based on standard 12-bar blues.
And Rob missed the last whiskey reference, to Old Grandad Bourbon.
Great song.
The interesting thing is, the line at the end of the song which was "the only one who'll hang out with me is my dear old grand dad."
Many thought George was talking about his actual grand dad. Unaware that 'My Dear Old Grand Dad' is the name of a liquor.
Great stuff.
So So glad you mentioned this. You could see they didn't know it was a liquor. I think they would have giggled more to it. Take care😁
“One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer” is one of his most entertaining songs. I think you two have such a large following because 1) you obviously enjoy music, 2) you pause as necessary, not constantly, and 3) you give entertaining, often enlightened insights. Too many reactors are not only in love with the pause button but repeat and explain each set of lyrics back to us like we’re idiots: “He said he drinks alone. In other words, he doesn’t need other people around to drink. Some people like to be alone when they drink.” It’s okay to state the obvious some of the time in a spontaneous reaction, but some folks can do nothing else. I love how you hit the perfect balance with enjoyable but intelligent comments, never talking down to your audience. You talk to us as if we’re old friends. Hope you do this for a long time.
Well said!!
gotta check out the Jphn Lee Hooker version as well.
"You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself",...🤣
Great song! Other cool songs of his are Who Do You Love, Move It On Over, On Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer.
One Burbon One Scotch and One Beer should definitely be the next.
Move It On Over is great
@@carlacook5181They already did it.
None of those are “his” songs. All of them were originally written and recorded by other people in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
@@carlacook5181 pretty sure they did that one already.
GEORGE!! HUGE CRUSH on GEORGE! ''HE IS F OOK ING AWESOME🥰🥰😍😃🤩🤩😘😘💋💋💋💋💫💫💫💫👋👋👋👋🔥🔥🔥🔥 in EVERY WAY!!!
George Thourogood, Steve ReVauhn, Leynord Skynard, Molly Hatchet, the early ZZ top, and Tom Petty all had that crunchy spicy, classic, Southern Rock/Bluesy sound.
Another vote for Who Do You Love and Move It On Over. And if you check out his One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer then also check out the version by bluesman John Lee Hooker.
I was about to say the same for "One Bourbon, One Scotch, And One Beer".
They did one bourbon etc 🙂
"Get a Haircut"
"Move It On Over"
"Who Do You Love"
All good ones worthy of your reactions!
“You talk too much” is so funny, lol!
Lonesome George is a master on guitar! “Move it on over!”Oh and “it wasn’t me!”
I love the sax too!
I lived in Cleveland for awhile. He would pop into a local neighborhood bar called That Place and jam for awhile. Awesome guy and great musician!
No one can touch him!!! Fire!!! All of his songs are bangers!! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
No one can touch him? He learned everything from Bo Diddly & Muddy Waters
Yes, I saw him live many times. This was the drinking song of my university days! As a sax player, that adds to my love for this track! 😂😂
The 80's needed him. Popular music was dominated by British syth pop, Madonna and MJ. He was a breath of fresh air.
@@redpine8665THIS!!!🙌💯
@seanswinton6242
-i played the clarinet !- 😹
Great 80's song.
Great reaction! There are so many good Thorogood songs, Move it on over, Who do You Love, Get a Haircut, No Particular Place to Go , Madison Blues or It wasn't Me just to name a few for you.
Only peripherally aware of this artist. NOW I feel as if I KNOW him! Thanks.
Move it on Over by George Thorogood and the Destroyers next please!
Love this band!! Saw them @ an old movie theater in Norman in ‘80!! Awesome! “Move it on Over” is my favorite!🤘🔥
I lived in Delaware all my life and when I was 18 in 1982,my friend and I met George Thorogood when he pulled up in his modified Taxi at a red light. We followed him back to his recording studio and hung out. He is a really nice guy.
George and his Destroyers kicked some serious butt in the '70's and '80's.This is a great one.
So George performed "1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch and 1 Beer' Live in NJ with Elvin Bishop rowdy crowd great performance,
My generation rocked
Eric Clapton pretending, my father's eyes, tears in heaven, it's in the way that you use it
"Who do you love, Bo" Didley cover by George Thorogood.
Jay & Amber, you'll love his, "Who Do You Love" and "Move It On Over" !!!!. Great guitar player!!
Saw him in concert 11/20/82. Great show! Amber, their song "Kids From Philly" is mostly a sax solo.
edit- Hank "Hurricane" Carter on saxophone.
Old Grand-Dad bourbon stopped using that name after 2015, became "The Olds". So that's the grand dad he was talking about!
George is still going strong. We’ve seen him 4 or 5 times in the last 10 years and have tickets for his next show here in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, which was postponed until next year. He puts on a great concert.
He was in Seattle, I found out too late.
I've heard this a lot but still. Blows me away at his playing guitar 🎸
The "sax player" whom you shouted out to is none other than the incomparable Hank "Hurricane" Carter. He sadly passed away on September 14, 2021. All of his solos in every GT song is as dirty as it gets... "Nobody But Me" in particular - he _really_ went berserk on that! 🎷🔥
I saw ZZ Top back in the day. The opening band was none other than our good buddy George and the Destroyers. What a killer concert!
Love me some lonesome George! Thank you so much for playing him! Keep smiling young ones🙂✌️
Check out Thorogood's "Get a Haircut." It's like a little autobiography of George's life told in four mins.
I just discovered this song maybe 6 or 7 years ago. If I drank, this would be my song. Whatever I do nowadays, I prefer to be alone. George Thorogood never had a hit single in the USA, but these songs are very popular on classic rock stations. I'm sure they were on the rock charts.
He also toured a lot and always did well drawing fans.
Wow, really? I never knew that. He’s super popular in Canada, but not sure how he charted here.
Willie and the hand jive was his only billboard hot 100 hit, but his albums would go gold almost all the time. He just didn’t have radio friendly music at the time coming out during the disco era! Greatest story of George and the destroyers: During the late 1970s, Thorogood and his band were based in Boston. He was friends with Jimmy Thackery of the Washington, D.C.-based blues band, The Nighthawks. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks were playing shows in Georgetown at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at the Cellar Door and the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, while both bands played Elmore James's "Madison Blues" in the same key, Thorogood and Thackery left their clubs, met in the middle of M Street, exchanged guitar cords and went on to play with the opposite band in the other club.
I also remember when he did the 50/50 Tour. He played a show in all 50 states in 50 days travelling in a Checker Cab(except when he played in Hawaii). He opened for the Stones around that time and the Stones secretly rehearsed with him because they briefly considered replacing Ron Wood whom they were having trouble with.@@truckrboat
Aaaah, now this brings back memories from my extremely misspent youth! You can't go wrong with lonesome George and his Delaware Destroyers!😉
One of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I was living in southern Louisiana and saw him in 81 or 82(?) It was like the blues meets southern rock. 👍🏼
This is from my younger days. Great party song. His music was quite popular. Unique sound
"...and his brothers. Blackie and Red" 😊 love the juke joint feel.
Here in Perth Australia, he sold more records per capita than anywhere else in the world.
Try Bruce Cockburn "Lovers In A Dangerous Time" great Canadian Singer Song writer :)
Yes! A great hidden gem from the 80s.
Good tune. Love Thorogood.
Another great 80’s song that you have missed.
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - On The Dark Side
Another George Thorogood song- Who do ya love.
Yes! John Cafferty did the soundtrack for the movie Eddie and the Cruisers. A must watch for the movie channel.
Live shows he did in the 1980s, he was a dancer too. Jitterbug all around, up & down while singing, and playing his guitar. I have seen G and Ds more than a dozen times.
I forgot about him doing this song...wow....brings back memories. 😳 wow.
We are all Buddyweieserzzz😝🤭🫢😛
Back when I was younger and a social drinker... This band is a band we often drank to. Love these guys, great guitar riffs!
Thanks George. Without you I would never know this music existed.
A friend of mine is a huge George Thorogood and The Destroyers fan and he follows them around doing several concerts in a row. He told me he has hung out with the band at bars after shows and George really does drink alone. He said the band and him and his wife will be hanging out and George will sit by himself having drinks. I also saw ZZ Top with George Thorogood opening a couple of times. Great pairing for sure!
Yeah that’s classic 12 Bar Blues, every garage band, ever, could play 12 Bar Blues back in the day. ✌️
George is a lot of fun live. I hope you guys can see him sometime
My uncle.used to say about Johnny Walker.... red is for company, black is for my friend's but the blue is for me....
Bangin' song! Good pick. You should listen to his "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer." (Another classic George "Thoroughgood-ized".) He has several other great ones too.
That thing I think you guys were talking about is called "twelve-bar blues." It's a 12-measure chord progression used in most classic blues songs. Very distinctive pattern - once you've heard it, you can identify it a mile away!
Great reaction :) I feel so fortunate to have seen George Thorogood & The Destroyers in concert 3 different times back in the 80's. Great memories :)
When I drink alone I prefer to be by myself. That my friends is the definition of a tautology.
Like I'm so smart I'm brilliant.
George is an incredible showman. He feeds off of the crowd. I saw him in concert and lost the hearing in my left ear for about a week (too close to the speaker) due to his high high pitch notes. Yeah, it was a good time.
You also reacted to 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" and enjoyed it as well 🙂
Check out "Who Do You Love" next from him!
My goodness! Saw him in at Parkers in Seattle. 80s I needed him. Dude came out and walked table to table doing a lead. Sure glad I saw him. Sure glad I made it home.
Sober for 3 years and 9 months but back when I drank this was my drinking anthem lol
I saw George Thorogood and ZZ Top in concert together and George put on a hell of a show.
I have seen him a few times and all I can say is that if you get the chance go and see him live. Worth every penny.
In 1985 I saw George & The Destroyers opening for ZZ Top....one of my best concert memories ever.
Hope next George song you check out is One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer...👍👍😁
Peace and love to all
🙏❤️😎🇨🇦
I caught this tour also. A hell of a night.
They did it already... though they seem to have forgotten.
I was in university in the 80's & bartending.🍻
When this song came on everyone grabbed their drink, (or ordered one)put it in the air & stomped & danced till the song was over. Needless to say their drinks went empty & rushed the bar!
Cheers, ya all!!! 🍻
'Move It On Over' is an awesome song from George Thorogood!
Written by Hank Williams Sr. 1949
I grew up north of Philadelphia and George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers obviously started out in Delaware and often sang in Philly bars. I saw him live when I was 21 y.o. in a small bar in Philly that held 75 people at the most. Good stuff.
When I was in high school there was one friend we would always hang out and drink in his basement. After one very hydrated evening, there were 4 or 5 of us that stayed over sleeping in chairs, on the couch, or on the floor. In the morning, his mother came downstairs and woke us up after noticing a large number of empties that we had not yet cleaned up. Now, none of us were hung over because we were all still drunk. We all acted like we were still asleep except for Murph. He couldn't because his mom was grilling him. It took everything I had to not bust out laughing when she was wanting names of everyone that was there the previous night and he just rolled his head toward her and said with a straight face, half closed eyes and slurred words, "I drink alone". And he even sung it like in the song. 😂
Murphy is a true friend. Hat's off to him.
Another vote for Move It On Over. Tht was my intro to these guys, back in high school. BIG party song back then, where I grew up.
Soon as I saw the thumbnail I couldn't wait to see you guys bang your heads to this one. Good selection. Rock on!
My first time seeing George was at the Stone Balloon in Newark, Delaware, 1973.
That was absolutely brilliant!! Thanks for another great reaction, this man is so underrated and i will definitely explore his music more ❤
He is from my home town! I pass his childhood home everyday. Used to be called George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers.
Seen George and the Destroyers twice, he is among the hardest working musicians out there, always a good show. 😎🍺
My early 20s George exposed me to the blues. Wore My 1978 *"Move It On Over"* Cassette Tape Thin.
*FYI* In 1993 Canada, a 12 Pack of Beer included a free DVD of his song *"Get a Haircut"* (I Still Have It!)
One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen was George Thorogood and Steve Miller co headlining, 4th row seats.🔥
Saw him in 1981 on the second night of his 50/50 tour (50 states in 50 nights) in a small room in Anchorage, Alaska. He and his band had the place rocking.
6:38
When George id singing this line about his family given up on him and saying the only one who'll hang out withm is his dear Old Granddad
He wasn't referring to his Grandfather(which was what I'd thought for years) he's referring to a premium whiskey named "Old Granddad"
On the topic of George playing with a band with a blues tilt (you mentioned ZZ Top) a Great Double bill I once saw was George opening for The J.Geils Band around '81 or so . Now THAT was one great rocking night !
A George thorogood concert is always high intensity & " the destroyers" are a fantastic backing band, I would advise anybody who enjoys good old fashioned rock music to go and see them perform, you will leave with a smile on your face & a determination to see them again
The humor! Especially the line, "When I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself."
That's tragic.
I recall seeing George and the Delaware Destroyers way back during his bar touring days before they hit it big, and enjoyed that as well. Can't count the number of times I've seen him...one place was an amusement park 😂😂😂
Hi. I enjoy your channel. I keep coming back to it. I am a Mississippi Delta Blues researcher and a huge fan of the blues. I've had a few things published and I soak in music...Big Zep fan.
I recommend you reviewing some Robert Johnson, of course, and maybe Charley Patton...
but First, and immediately, you should review SON HOUSE. DEATH LETTER BLUES, then maybe Preachin Blues, or Empire State Express LIVE!
You'll thank me later!
One of George’s songs that I absolutely love is called “Get a Haircut”. This is a FUN, put a smile on your face,and Laugh song. Hope you guys will considering listening to it. I LOVE your channel, Jay & Amber …. Please continue to make each one of us smile everyday. I appreciate all of your hard work. Love from Mississippi ❤❤
Add another vote for "Get a Haircut"
That AC/DC shirt is craving a new reaction to them
So George uses what they call open tuning. which means when the strings are tuned to ceratin notes and strummed, the sound should be a chord (as opposed to standard tuning). in this case George typically uses open G tuning.
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" - Tiny Tim
Great reaction folks, you must hear GET A HAIRCUT from George, a real fun banger, you'll love it.
Saw him way back in the 80s. He opened up for The Rolling Stones. When an awesome show he put on,
Yeah I saw George Thorogood and the Destroyers in 2001 here in Rochester, the crowd went wild when he did gear Jammer you two should check out that song.
Yeah man! Now you're talking my language. I love the blues. This is a classic 12 bar blues. I think that's what Amber was asking about in terms of song structure. Gotta pay my respects to Jay Guns. You look strong enough to twist the head off a Gundar!
Georgie has a lot of great music up his sleeve and the Destroyers are the best. My fav is "Who Do You Love." Next one pretty please and not such a long time between.
Great reaction. I needed this. It's been awhile since I have heard this. Once again great reaction ad always. Have a blessed day.
Ride On Josephine by Thorogood is a must listen as is his version of Memphis Tennessee.
Proud to say George attended my high school in Wilmington Delaware. Hence the Delaware Destroyers.
I saw George and ZZ Top at concert back in the 90s. Great show.
This song is ‘dirty’ n ‘gritty’ as are most of George’s songs. Love the channel…
Lonesome Gearge and the boys playing "Move it on Over" or "Who Do You Love" (with that Bo Diddley beat) are to not be missed!🤘
When I was a kid. (long time ago) the neighbor down the street drank Old Grandad. "Move it on over" is another good tune
Two of my favorites are Who Do You Love and If You Dont Start Drinking🤘🤘🤘
The sax in this song is crazy amazing!!!!!
"Who do you love" and "Gear Jammer" are my favourites from them. Such an underrated band in my opinion.