{"id":73608,"date":"2018-04-16T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=73608"},"modified":"2018-04-16T16:08:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:08:27","slug":"holiday-spectacular-trans-siberian-orchestra-diane-fleischman-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=73608","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE RETURN FOR GEORGE THOROGOOD &#038; THE DESTROYERS &#8211; by Diane Fleischman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.df-foto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Story &amp; Photographs by Diane Fleischman<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Sometimes it takes a forty year old catch phrase to remind us that times haven\u2019t changed that much.\u00a0 At The Sands Event Center, it was all about \u201cThe Sunday Night Rock Party\u201d as George Thorogood and The Destroyers performed to a sold out crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<div id=\"su_carousel_69f46abc12c27\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4095r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4095r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4095r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4130r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4130r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4130r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4281r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4281r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4281r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4299r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4299r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4299r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4432r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4432r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4432r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4478r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4478r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4478r\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4482r.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC_4482r-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_4482r\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Back in the 70\u2019s the ticket to the Philadelphia music scene was The Rock Parties, as the appropriate night of the week was inserted, and back in the day George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers covered the tri-state area heavily.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Present day, one member of the original Delaware Destroyers remains, drummer, Jeff Simon.\u00a0 Newer band members have filled the spots that give Thorogood one tight sounding ensemble.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">A little after 8pm, the house lights went off,\u00a0 a taped intro of \u201cEve of Destruction\u201d played as the audience anxiously awaited for Thorogood to take the stage.\u00a0 He got the audience primed with \u201cRock Party\u201d, followed by \u201cWho Do You Love\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">His gruff vocals, remained intact with the roughness of an old bluesman when he belted the lyrics to \u201cI Drink Alone\u201d, and \u201cOne Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer\u201d, while the crowd danced and sang along.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thorogood brought all his talents, which included his sense of humor.\u00a0 He joked with the audience that The Destroyers were out on bail, and if there\u2019s one person who would be arrested for Rock and Roll, it was going to be Lonesome George.\u00a0 With a few changes of Gibson guitars, Thorogood proved his fingers were just as nimble now with his slides and\u00a0 relentless licks,\u00a0 well poised and aimed as a lethal weapon.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">The audience rose to their feet for \u201cBad to The Bone\u201d as Thorogood teased, \u201cYou want it?\u201d\u00a0 Thorogood left the stage and returned in a black Destroyers tee shirt and continued with \u201cTail Dragger\u201d and \u201cMove It On Over\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Thorogood and The Destroyers left the stage and returned without his Gibson for an encore of \u201cBorn to Be Bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">Thorogood\u00a0 was indeed the perfect host for this Sunday night Rock Party.\u00a0 His Rock Party tour continues proving that you\u2019re never to old to rock and roll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Cambria;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; 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