Rockin' My Life Away

Studio album by George Thorogood

Released

March 25, 1997

Recorded

November-December 1996

Genre

Blues rock
Boogie rock

Length

44:33

Label

Capitol

Producer

Delaware Destryers
Waddy Wachtel

George Thorogood chronology

Haircut
(1993)

Rockin' My Life Away
(1997)

Half a Boy/Half a Man
(1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Rockin' My Life Away is a studio album released by George Thorogood. It was released in 1997 on Capitol Records.^[2] The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart.^[3]

Track listing

"Get Back into Rockin'" (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:16
"Trouble Every Day" (Frank Zappa) - 4:16
"Night Rider" (Thorogood) - 3:43
"The Usual" (John Hiatt) - 3:51
"Living With the Shades Pulled Down" (Merle Haggard) - 3:26
"Manhattan Slide" (Elmore James) - 3:31
"Rocking My Life Away" (Mack Vickery) - 3:33
"Jail Bait" (Andre Williams) - 3:41
"My Dog Can't Bark" (Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers) - 4:00
"Blues Hangover" (Slim Harpo, West) - 4:18
"Stoop Down Baby" (Chick Willis) - 3:18
"Rock & Roll Man" (Thorogood) - 2:50

Personnel

The following personnel are credited on the album:^[2]

Tony Berg - tambourine, tamboura
Billy Blough - bass
Hank Carter - guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Chris Cuffaro - photography
Delaware Destroyers - producer
Robert Laverdiere - package design
Jim Liberato - guitar technician
Henry Marquez - art direction
Brian Scheuble - engineer
Jeff Simon - drums
George Thorogood - guitar, vocals
Waddy Wachtel - guitar, producer

References

George Thorogood and The Destroyers

Studio albums	1977: George Thorogood and the Destroyers 1978: Move It On Over 1979: Better Than the Rest 1980: More George Thorogood and the Destroyers 1982: Bad to the Bone 1985: Maverick 1986: Nadine 1988: Born to Be Bad 1991: Boogie People 1993: Haircut 1997: Rockin' My Life Away 1999: Half a Boy/Half a Man 2003: Ride 'Til I Die 2006: The Hard Stuff 2009: The Dirty Dozen 2011: 2120 South Michigan Ave.

Live albums	1995: Live: Let's Work Together 2004: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live

Singles	1982: "Bad to the Bone" 1985: "I Drink Alone" "Willie and the Hand Jive" 1988: "Treat Her Right"

Songs	1977: "Madison Blues" "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" "Kind Hearted Woman" "John Hardy" 1978: "Move It On Over" "Who Do You Love?" "The Sky Is Crying" "Cocaine Blues" 1979: "My Way" "I'm Ready" "Nadine" 1980: "Restless" 1982: "Nobody but Me" "New Boogie Chillun" "As the Years Go Passing By" "No Particular Place to Go" 1985: "Dixie Fried" "Crawlin' King Snake" "Memphis" 1988: "Shake Your Money Maker" "Smokestack Lightning" "I'm Moving On" 1991: "Six Days on the Road" 1993: "Down in the Bottom" 1995: "Bad Boy" "Let's Work Together" "St. Louis Blues" "Johnny B. Goode" 1997: "Trouble Every Day" 1999: "Double Shot" 2006: "Drifter's Escape" 2011: "Hi-Heel Sneakers" "Seventh Son" "Spoonful" "Let It Rock" "Two Trains Running (Still a Fool)" "Bo Diddley" "Help Me" "My Babe" "2120 South Michigan Ave."

Other articles	Discography

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