- Category: Music » Blues » General/Blues
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: July 28, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Capitol/EMI Records
- UPC: 5099968408220
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113566337
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #2789 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #47 in Blues (See Top 100 Blues Bestsellers)
- #15 in General/Blues (See Top 100 General/Blues Bestsellers)
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Product Description
More Albums by George Thorogood & The Destroy...Run a Quick Search on "The Dirty Dozen" by George Thorogood & The Destroyers to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Dirty Dozen"Browse more products related to "George Thorogood & The Destroyers"ReviewLiving Blues (p.57) - "Simply put, this is a road album, perfect for taking along a journey down your own blue highway." Product notePersonnel: George Thorogood (vocals, guitar); Jim Suhler (guitar); Buddy Leach (saxophone); Bill Blough (bass instrument); Jeff Simon (drums). Title NotePersonnel: George Thorogood (vocals, guitar); Jim Suhler (guitar); Buddy Leach (saxophone); Bill Blough (bass instrument); Jeff Simon (drums). Album DescriptionAfter more than a decade of recording for other labels, George Thorogood & the Destroyers moved back to EMI/Capitol for the release of 2009's THE DIRTY DOZEN. Split into two sides and consisting of covers of classic blues songs, some bar band favorites, and a couple of lesser-known tracks, the album digs back into the archives to uncover some buried tracks from the '80s and '90s. What's uncanny is that apart from the tinny sound of the recordings from the late '80s/early '90s, the band and Thorogood sound exactly the same almost two decades later. George still has the same ferocious slide technique, his growling vocals have barely aged, and the band still has the feel of skilled musicians who know how to play it simple. In other words, GT & the Destroyers still rock, and if you were ever a fan, you still should be. The only real problem with this record is that as cool as it is to hear the band's 1991 take on "Six Days on the Road" or their tumble through Howlin' Wolf's "Howlin' for My Baby," it'd be better to hear more of the new tracks. They have a more immediate feel and the group sounds like they're playing for fun rather than chasing commercial success. There's a fire in "Born Lover" and a bounce in "Run Myself Out of Town" that the old, muffled production can't reproduce. Not that the old tracks are bad by any means, and longtime fans of GT will be glad to have them. If You Enjoy "The Dirty Dozen (CD)", May We Also Recommend:
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