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George Thorogood & The Destroyers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Robert Johnson, Elmore James, John P. Hammond, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Those roots explain a lot about how George Thorogood & The Destroyers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as ZZ Top, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, John Mellencamp, The J. Geils Band and The Georgia Satellites, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonnie Raitt, Hank Williams Jr., Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy and Dweezil Zappa, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around George Thorogood & The Destroyers, reaching back through Robert Johnson and forward to Bonnie Raitt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Alone". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as "Move It on Over", "Who Do You Love?", and "House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer".
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George Thorogood & The Destroyers connections
George Thorogood & The Destroyers grew out of Robert Johnson, Elmore James, John P. Hammond and Sonny Terry, shares an orbit with ZZ Top, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, John Mellencamp and The J. Geils Band, went on to shape Bonnie Raitt, Hank Williams Jr., Elvin Bishop and Buddy Guy. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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