NASHVILLE |FM: TODD BRODGINSKI/LATHUM NELSON
GEORGE THOROGOOD
TO GIVE UP “THE HARD STUFF”
MAY 30 ON EAGLE RECORDS
GEORGE THOROGOOD—Billboard magazine’s top Blues artist of 2005–will release his 12th studio album THE HARD STUFF May 30 on Eagle Records. The brash iconic rocker and his jarringly high-energy band THE DESTROYERS will take their raucous blues-rock on the road with a tour that launches in May.
Recorded in Los Angeles, THE HARD STUFF is a keep-the-faith effort of slide guitar-driven blues-rock with covers of tracks by John Lee Hooker (“Huckle Up,’’ with its “Boogie Chillun’’ flavor), Jimmy Reed (‘’Little Rain Falling’’), Bob Dylan (“Drifter’s Escape”) and Fats Domino (“Hello Josephine,’’ dedicated to “the undying spirit of the people of New Orleans’’).
THOROGOOD–who told Billboard.com (4/27/06) "This is the best we've ever sounded right now, without a doubt”–also contributed songs of his own, hooking up with Nashville roots stalwart Tom Hambridge (who has worked with Susan Tedeschi, NRBQ and Lynyrd Skynyrd) for the whomping title track, plus the gritty travelogue “Anytown USA” with references to the rock meccas of Cleveland, Detroit and Boston. In addition, Jim Suhler, the Destroyers’ rhythm guitarist, also chipped in with some writing credits.
For more information, visit: www.georgethorogood.com.
Track Listing – The Hard Stuff
1. Hard Stuff
2. Hello Josephine
3. Moving
4. I Got My Eyes On You
5. I Didn’t Know
9. Love Doctor
11. Rock Party
12. Drifters Escape
13. Give Me Back My Wig
14. Takin’ Care Of Business
15. Huckle Up Baby
DATE CITY, STATE VENUE
Thu 5/18 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Fri 5/19 Reading, PA Sovereign
Sat 5/20 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
Wed 5/24 Bergen, NOR Ole Bull Theater
Fri 5/26 Oslo, NOR Rockefeller Music Hall
Sun 5/28 Belfast, IRE Ulster Hall
Mon 5/29 Dublin, IRE Olympia Theater
Wed 5/31 Wolverhampton, ENG Civic Hall
Thu 6/1 Glasgow, Scotland Royal Concert Hall
Fri 6/2 Manchester, ENG Carling Apollo
Sat 6/3 Bristol, ENG Colston Hall
Sun 6/4 Cambridge, ENG Corn Exchange
Tue 6/6 London, ENG Shepherd’s Bush
Thu 6/8 Solvesborg, Sweden Sweden Rock Fest
Fri 6/9 Lichtenvoorde, Holland Arrow Rock Festival
Sat 6/10 Amsterdam Holland Melkweg
Sun 6/11 Brussels, Belgium Ancienne Belgigue
Tue 6/13 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
Wed 6/14 Stockholm, SWE Berns Hotel
Fri 6/16 Helsinki, FIN Ice Hall
*Thu 7/20 Hinckley, MN Grand Casino Amphitheatre
Fri 7/21 Cadott, WI Rock Fest
Sat 7/22 Fond du Lac, WI Fond du Lac Fair
Sun 7/23 Waukesha, WI Waukesha County Fair
Wed 7/26 Burgettstown, PA Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse
Thu 7/27 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Fri 7/28 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion
Sat 7/29 Van Wert, OH Wetzelland
Sun 7/30 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Tue 8/1 Wausau, WI Wisconsin Valley Fair
Thu 8/3 Kansas City, MO Harrah’s Casino
Fri 8/4 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah’s Casino
Sat 8/5 Arnolds Park, IA Arnold’s Park
Mon 8/7 Sturgis, SD Legendary Buffalo Chip
Thu 8/10 Niagara Falls, ONT The Avalon Ballroom
Fri 8/11 Niagara Falls, ONT The Avalon Ballroom
Mon 8/14 New York, NY BB King’s Blues Club
Tue 8/15 New York, NY BB King’s Blues Club
Wed 8/16 New York, NY BB King’s Blues Club
Thu 8/17 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
Fri 8/18 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sat 8/19 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sun 8/20 Westbury, NY North Fork Theater
Sun 9/24 San Jacinto, CA Soboba Casino
Tue 9/26 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Fri 9/29 Colusa, CA Colusa Casino
Fri 10/6 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
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