The last time I interviewed blues-rocker George Thorogood over the phone, back in 1993, he acted like a real dick.
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That time I pissed George Thorogood right off. “Is that funny?”
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON AUG. 19, 1993 By Steve Newton George Thorogood’s latest single, “Get a Haircut”, doesn’t sound like a song you would travel 10,000 miles to discover in an Australian pub. It’s a typical 12-bar blues, with unsophisticated, anti-establishment lyrics most songwriters could come up with in their sleep. Thorogood couldn’t think of them … Continue reading That time I pissed George Thorogood right off. “Is that funny?”
Muddy Waters didn’t want George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone”, but Bo Diddley did
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON APRIL 30, 2014 By Steve Newton When you interview rockers on the road you always try to find out where they’re located, so you can write “When so-and-so calls from wherever” and establish a setting for the conversation. But when I contact blues-rocker George Thorogood--who plays the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver this … Continue reading Muddy Waters didn’t want George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone”, but Bo Diddley did