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Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

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Released
  
January 25, 1985

Maverick (1985)
  
Nadine (1986)

Producer
  
Terry Manning

Genres
  
Blues rock, Boogie rock

Length
  
41:34

Release date
  
1985

Label
  
EMI America Records

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Recorded
  
July 1984, Dimension Sound, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Artist
  
George Thorogood & The Destroyers

George Thorogood & The Destroyers albums
  
Ride 'Til I Die, More George Thorogoo, Rockin' My Life Away, Boogie People, Born to Be Bad

Maverick is the fifth album by the band George Thorogood & The Destroyers. It was released in 1985, and was produced by Terry Manning.

Contents

The album included what have now become some of his best-known songs, including "I Drink Alone" and "Willie and the Hand Jive," the latter of which became Thorogood's only single to date to crack the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

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Track listing

  1. "Gear Jammer" (George Thorogood) – 4:39
  2. "I Drink Alone" (Thorogood) – 4:35
  3. "Willie and the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis) – 4:09
  4. "What a Price" (Fats Domino, Murphy Maddux^, Jack Jessup) – 2:48
  5. "Long Gone" (Thorogood) – 4:30
  6. "Dixie Fried" (Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin) – 3:46
  7. "Crawlin' King Snake" (John Lee Hooker) – 4:02
  8. "Memphis/Little Marie" (Chuck Berry) – 5:54
  9. "Woman with the Blues" (Thorogood) – 3:34
  10. "Go, Go, Go" (Chuck Berry) – 3:32
  11. "The Ballad of Maverick" (David Buttolph, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:05

^ Murphy Maddux is listed in the album credits as "M. Muddux"

Personnel

  • George Thorogood - guitar, vocals
  • Hank Carter - saxophones, vocals
  • Billy Blough - bass
  • Jeff Simon - drums, percussion
  • Songs

    1Gear Jammer4:35
    2I Drink Alone4:33
    3Willie and the Hand Jive4:03

    References

    Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album) Wikipedia