GEORGE THOROGOOD RELEASES THE HARD STUFF

(VIDEO) Legendary rocker George Thorogood, with his recent hits record “30 Years of Rock” enjoying 90 weeks on the Billboard Blues Chart and 50 weeks at #1, has released his follow up studio album, ‘The Hard Stuff.’ Thorogood talks about his conscious decision to write a diverse album ranging in musical styles, right here.

Legendary rocker George Thorogood, with his recent hits record “30 Years of Rock” enjoying 90 weeks on the Billboard Blues Chart and 50 weeks at #1, the band has released their follow up studio album, ‘The Hard Stuff.’ We recently caught up with one of rock n rolls quintessential blues guitarist to discuss his conscious decision to write not just a blues album, but a diverse album ranging in musical styles.

Thorogood delivers his soulful blues guitar style and he even reworks the usual assortment of unexpected covers, this time from the likes of Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, and Fats Domino. A surprisingly subtle acoustic cover of Bob Dylan’s “Drifter’s Escape” shows Thorogoods natural ability to incorporate his style around blues, rock and even country songs.

“We’re not just a blues band. We do a lot of things, we do a lot of rock, we boogie, there’s a Dylan cut on the album, there’s a Fats Domino thing, you know there’s diversity there. I can’t play blues well enough to make a whole album of it. I can’t play anything well enough to make a whole album of it. I can’t play a whole album of rock. It would get repetitive and redundant.”

In a career that spans more than three decades, George Thorogood has led his band The Destroyers to an amazing career, spawning such classic tracks as “Bad To The Bone”, “I Drink Alone”, “Get A Haircut” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer” among others. George Thorogood and the Destroyers have already begun their tour in support of ‘The Hard Stuff.’ The first leg of the tour has the band in Europe before returning to America for a summer tour that extends until October 6th in Tacoma, Washington.

“I only have like two or three sytles of rock and roll. I play like Chuck Berry or I play like Bo Diddley or I play like a fast shuffle with a slide, then I’m kind of done. It’s hard to make a whole album of that. So that’s why the county songs came in and a couple of rock songs and a couple of blues songs.”