Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

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

Maverick
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1985[1]
RecordedJuly 1984
StudioDimension Sound, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
GenreBlues rock, Boogie rock
Length43:34
LabelEMI America
ProducerTerry Manning
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Bad to the Bone
(1982)
Maverick
(1985)
Nadine
(1986)
Singles from Maverick
  1. "Willie and the Hand Jive"
    Released: June, 1985
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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" (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

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 32
United States (Billboard 200) 31

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.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 309. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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