George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Bad All Over The World Tour: 50 Years Of Rock, Friday, September 8th, 2023 at 8pm, The Paramount, 370 New York Ave. Huntington, NY 11743

George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Bad All Over The World Tour: 50 Years Of Rock

Friday, Sep 08 2023

SHOW AT 8pm  |   DOORS AT 7pm

Classic Rock

ARTIST BIO

On the evening of December 1st, 1973 at The University of Delaware’s Lane Hall, a guitarist, a drummer, and their rhythm guitarist set up their gear – including a borrowed PA – on the small bandstand. Though the three-piece band had only rehearsed once or twice, guitarist George Thorogood and drummer Jeff Simon had been bashing out covers of songs they loved – including ‘No Particular Place To Go’, ‘Madison Blues’ and ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ – in suburban Wilmington basements since they were teens. “George once said he wanted to start a band, and that was good enough for me,” says Simon. “Besides, the gig paid $150.” A week earlier, Thorogood hadn’t even owned an electric guitar. “I’d been traveling around the country as an acoustic street musician,” George explains. “I was back home for my sister’s wedding, and Jeff booked the gig without telling me. I....

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