Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

Maverick
Studio album by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Released	January 25, [1]1985
Recorded	July 1984, Dimension Sound, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Genre	Blues rock, Boogie rock
Length	41:34
Label	EMI America
Producer	Terry Manning
George Thorogood & The Destroyers chronology
Bad to the Bone (1982) Maverick (1985) Nadine (1986)

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

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.^[2]

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

External links

• Official George Thorogood & The Destroyers Page

References

1. EMI America. "George Thorogood "Maverick" (retailer Sales Stats Advertisement)." Billboard 1 June 1985: 1. Web.
2. '80s Top 100 - T Retrieved 12-8-2013.