On their 17th studio album, George Thorogood and The Destroyers pay tribute to their Chess Records heroes, including many of Thorogood’s legendary mentors who helped to launch his career in rock & roll. Titled 2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, the 13-track album will be released by Capitol/EMI on July 12 on CD, vinyl LP, and digital download. The album features Thorogood’s raw, rocking turn on classics by a who’s-who of the blues, including Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter and other Chess greats, as well as new original songs written by Thorogood, the album’s producer, Tom Hambridge, and Richard Fleming.
Thorogood is proud to honor Chess Records’ architects of modern blues and rock & roll, saying “Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley are religion to me. I know their ears and eyes are on me, so I have to nail it.”
2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE producer Tom Hambridge says of Thorogood, “What’s makes this album so perfect for George is that he has been doing it authentically all along. He can deliver Howlin’ Wolf better than anybody, because he’s lived it. He’s not going to sing something he doesn’t believe in.”
The Destroyers have expanded through the years; the band now includes original members Simon and Blough, as well as guitarist Jim Suhler (a Texan who was brought aboard in 1999) and saxophonist Buddy Leach, who joined in 2003. Their latest album, 2009′s The Dirty Dozen, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums chart, fueled by the album’s #1 single, “Tail Dragger.” Thorogood is no stranger to ruling Billboard’s Blues chart, as 2004′s Gold-certified Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock was the magazine’s #1 Blues Album for both 2004 and 2005, and the band’s 2006 studio album, The Hard Stuff, hit #2 on the chart. George Thorogood and The Destroyers has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide.
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