Move It on Over

by George Thorogood, George Thorogood & the Destroyers

Overview

George Thorogood & the Destroyers don't change their tune on Move It On Over, their second album from 1978, but they do polish their attack just a bit. Where their 1977 album was a nasty, brutish affair, this is sharpened slightly, possibly due to Ken Irwin's muscular production. Irwin gives the Destroyers some color and lets some air in between the instruments, and the difference is immediately apparent. Other than that clarity and a lack of originals, not much has changed on Move It On Over: Thorogood still leads the Destroyers through barreling blues boogie, emphasizing feel and sound over groove. Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers remain the crucial touch point around which the Destroyers incorporate Elmore James' careening slide and Bo Diddley's hypnotic big beat. Everything else, including covers of Hank Williams and Chuck Berry, are shoved into this blueprint, a sound that the Destroyers do so well, they never veered away from it (perhaps they learned their lesson from the album's lone stumble, the slow and feeble version of James Moore's "I'm Just Your Good Thing"). Gold records and radio hits came later, but this is the album where everything fell into place for George Thorogood; it's the record that defined what came afterward, and it remains one of his best. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/2013
Label:	Rounder
UPC:	0011661917712
Rank:	80141

Tracks

1. Move It On Over
2. Who Do You Love
3. The Sky Is Crying
4. Cocaine Blues
5. It Wasn't Me
6. That Same Thing
7. So Much Trouble
8. I'm Just Your Good Thing
9. Baby Please Set a Date
10. New Hawaiian Boogie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

George Thorogood & the Destroyers   Primary Artist
George Thorogood   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jeff Simon   Drums
Billy Blough   Bass
Uncle Meat Pennington   Maracas,Marimba,Tambourine

Technical Credits

Terry Manning   Remastering
Bo Diddley   Composer
Clarence Lewis   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Elmore James   Composer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
John Nagy   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Hank Williams   Composer
Morgan Robinson   Composer
Brownie McGhee   Composer
George Thorogood   Producer
George Thorogood & the Destroyers   Performer
T.J. "Red" Arnall   Composer
Ken Irwin   Producer
James Moore   Composer
Homesick James Williamson   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Paul Slattery   Photography
Susan Marsh   Design
Mel Green   Adaptation
Chris Gabrin   Photography
David Gahr   Photography