His backing band is not really just the Destroyers.
They are the Delaware Destroyers.
And indeed, born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1950, Thorogood is still touring as of this writing - which is pretty impressive. His original songs and gravelly voice blend nicely with the American music landscape.
This 1985 rock radio hit - his biggest to that date, although he'd have bigger later - was originally written by Thorogood as a country song for George Jones, but EMI insisted that the Delaware Destroyers record it as a rock song.... and it paid off huge. It remains a live staple to this day, forty years later.
I mentioned that it remained a live staple to this day.
That's because it is. This recording is from last month, in Albany, NY. And he still sounds truly great.
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