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Track Listing
1. Don't Trust Nobody
2. Double Shot
3. 99 Days in Jail
4. Half a Boy, Half a Man
5. As Long as I Have You
6. B.I.G.T.I.M.E.
7. Be Bop Grandma
8. Nothing New
9. Just Passin' Thru
10. Hellbound Train (Downbound Train)
11. Not Tonight (I Have a Headache)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Waddy Wachtel | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Full performer name: George Thorogood & The Destroyers.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers: George Thorogood (vocals, guitar); Hank Carter (vocals, guitar, saxophone, keyboards); Bill Blaugh (bass); Jeff Simon (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Waddy Wachtel (guitar).
Producers: Terry Manning, The Delaware Destroyers.
Despite their renown, Thorogood and his Destroyers are the ultimate bar band. Instead of straining to replicate their beloved blues and rock & roll influences, they incorporate them into a sound that's rootsy but not reverential. As ever, the tunes on HALF A BOY/HALF A MAN are highly functional as party music, designed to be blasted out of jukeboxes and car radios. The straightforward rhythms of the Destroyers are the perfect backing for Thorogood's thick, bold slide guitar work and raspy, auto mechanic vocal style.
This man knows where to go for material, dipping into the Willie Dixon songbook for his blues, tapping Solomon Burke for soul, and digging deep for Chuck Berry's little-known minor-key killer "Hellbound Train." While he stretches a touch by covering Nick Lowe for the title tune, Thorogood is squarely in his comfort zone on the frat-rock chestnut "Double Shot of My Baby's Love."
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