2120 South Michigan Avenue is the new album release by George T. and the Destroyers. I discovered it because I heard a cut on a local classic rock station called Going Back. He mentions Little Walter in the song.
He does cuts from Wolf, Muddy, and Wille among others as well as some originals.
Buddy Guy and Charlie Musselwhite are guests on the album.
I discovered George on MTV with the Bad to the Bone video in the early 80s. Didn't really think of it as blues but now I know that it is blues.
Bo Diddley was in the Bad to the Bone video. Bo Diddley was the personification of bad to the bone. Bo never seemed to get his rightful place in American musical history. In my opinion, he was as highly influential as Chuck Berry.
Joe L....I don't how your post relates to this thread.
I was simply stating that it was great to see a fairly popular artist (who I and others are big fans of) paying tribute to those that influenced him by covering their songs, using their names in his songs, and mentioning them in interviews.
I'm sure many others do this as well.
It is always good to see no matter who does it.
Sorry I confused you. I was NOT stating that he was the only one.
Side Note...Lonesome George has over 4 decades of performing the blues and blues rock. He brought Bo Diddley in for a video that was seen by millions on MTV.
Back in the 80s, performers like George, SRV, The T-Birds, Jeff Healey, ZZ Top, etc..etc..were all heavily blues influenced and help bring a lot of recognition to some of the legends in their latter years.
It's not a contest at all. I was merely mentioning that George Thorogood isn't the only band that is pulling out some classic tunes and re-recording them. In fact, the interesting thing about the Chicago Blues: A Living History recordings is that the artists are recording some less often heard tunes.
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There seems to be a lot of rockers and blues-rockers who are getting long in the tooth have reinvented themselves as blues artists. I think the reason for that is the powers that be who decide which rock acts get promoted like youth. Steve Miller's last couple of albums have been blues albums. Foghat and Cyndi Lauper have recently put out blues albums. The Climax Blues Band have gone back to being a blues band after switching to pop back in the !970s. Gregg Allman, who's music has always been heavily blues and R&B based has put out a straight blues album. Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac has a blues album out called Blue Again and now George Thorogood.
I think this is a good thing and I applaud them for it.
