The Hard Stuff
Encyclopedia
The Hard Stuff is a studio album by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
. It was released on May 30, 2006 on the Eagle Records
label. The album peaked at #27 on the Billboard charts
.
George Thorogood
George Thorogood is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One...
. It was released on May 30, 2006 on the Eagle Records
Eagle Records
Eagle Records is a leading independent record label, a division of Edel Records. Also exists as Eagle Rock Entertainment.In the United Kingdom the label's managing director is Lindsay Brown, former manager of Van Halen, while in the United States the head is Mike Carden, formerly of CMC...
label. The album peaked at #27 on the Billboard charts
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
.
Track listing
- "The Hard Stuff" (George ThorogoodGeorge ThorogoodGeorge Thorogood is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One...
, Jim Suhler, Tom Hambridge) – 3:51 - "Hello Josepine" (Dave BartholomewDave BartholomewDave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century...
, Fats DominoFats DominoAntoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....
) – 3:05 - "Moving" (Chester Arthur Burnett) – 4:13
- "I Got My Eyes On You" (Mike MorganMike MorganMichael Thomas Morgan is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He competed for twelve different teams over 25 years, and is one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to have played Major League baseball over four decades...
) – 3:32 - "I Didn't Know" (Thorogood, Tom HambridgeTom HambridgeThomas Jay Hambridge is a critically acclaimed American rock, country, and blues, producer, songwriter, musician and vocalist. Hambridge has received a Grammy Award, an ASCAP award, four Grammy nominations, seven Boston Music Awards, and has been inducted into the Buffalo Hall of Fame...
) – 2:56 - "Any Town U.S.A." (Thorogood, Suhler, Tom HambridgeTom HambridgeThomas Jay Hambridge is a critically acclaimed American rock, country, and blues, producer, songwriter, musician and vocalist. Hambridge has received a Grammy Award, an ASCAP award, four Grammy nominations, seven Boston Music Awards, and has been inducted into the Buffalo Hall of Fame...
) – 4:16 - "Little Rain" (Ewart AbnerEwart AbnerEwart Abner was an American record company executive.-Career:...
, Jimmy ReedJimmy ReedMathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries...
) – 4:09 - "Cool It!" (Suhler) – 3:01
- "Love Doctor" (Richard Fleming, Tom HambridgeTom HambridgeThomas Jay Hambridge is a critically acclaimed American rock, country, and blues, producer, songwriter, musician and vocalist. Hambridge has received a Grammy Award, an ASCAP award, four Grammy nominations, seven Boston Music Awards, and has been inducted into the Buffalo Hall of Fame...
) – 3:39 - "Dynaflow Blues" (John Ned Shines) – 3:45
- "Rock Party" (Holland K. Smith) – 4:22
- "Drifter's Escape" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 3:15 - "Give Me Back My Wig" (Theodore Roosevelt Taylor) – 4:25
- "Takin' Care Of Business" (R. Toombs) – 4:12
- "Huckle Up Baby" (Bernard Besman, John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
) – 3:59
Personnel
- George Thorogood - guitar, vocals
- Jim Suhler - guitar
- Bill Blough - bass
- Jeff Simon - drums
- Buddy Leach - saxophone