George Thorogood sets 'The Original George Thorogood' compilation

Release contains self-penned classics

George Thorogood has set The Original George Thorogood for release on April 15th via UMe featuring the previously unreleased “Back in the USA.” The set compiles a collection of hard-stompin,’ party songs, all penned by Thorogood and recorded with his longtime band The Destroyers. The Original George Thorogood will be released on CD, digitally, and in two vinyl LP configurations, including black vinyl and, for the ultimate collector, a limited edition Translucent Orange LP.

“It’s easy to write a song, difficult to write a good song, and even harder to write a great song,” Thorogood says. “It strikes home that I have the ability to write some pretty great songs, and there’s a real sense of achievement to that.”

In the late ’70s, Thorogood’s badass vocal delivery and grindhouse slide guitar rocketed the Destroyers onto the charts, with two platinum and six gold albums to their credit. Over the course of his 20 album career, Thorogood has won acclaim as an inspired interpreter of timeless classics by masters like Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and Hank Williams. But all along the way, he kept honing his own songcraft.

The Original George Thorogood is a celebration of Thorogood as a tunesmith. The album features rock radio blockbusters like “I Drink Alone” and “Rock and Roll Christmas,” as well as Thorogood’s mega-hit, “Bad to the Bone,” which celebrates its 40th anniversary this fall. The latter song has been featured in numerous hit movies, from Terminator 2: Judgment Day to The Muppets, and TV shows including Married… With Children, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Miami Vice.

Thorogood is currently on tour with The Destroyers on their acclaimed Good To Be Bad: 45 Years Of Rock Tour.