The Dirty Dozen (album)

The Dirty Dozen

Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Released

July 28, 2009

Studio

Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA

Genre

Blues rock
Boogie rock

Length

49:04

Label

Capitol

Producer

Jim Gaines
Delaware Destroyers

George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology

The Hard Stuff
(2006)

The Dirty Dozen
(2009)

2120 South Michigan Ave.
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Dirty Dozen is the fourteenth studio album from blues rock artist George Thorogood and the Destroyers. The album was released on July 28, 2009.^[2] The Dirty Dozen reached #1 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums and was on the chart for 11 weeks.^[3]

The album includes six new songs (1-6) and six classic favorites (7-12), including three tracks that were previously out-of-print in the U.S.

Track listing

"Tail Dragger" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41
"Drop Down Mama" (John Adam Estes) – 4:20
"Run Myself Out of Town" (Wendell Holmes) – 3:03
"Born Lover" (McKinley Morganfield) – 4:12
"Twenty Dollar Gig" (Mickey Bones) – 3:16
"Let Me Pass" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:40
"Howlin' for My Baby" (Dixon, Howlin' Wolf) – 5:13
"Highway 49" (Big Joe Williams) – 5:46
"Six Days on The Road" (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery) – 4:27
"Treat Her Right [Edit] (Roy Head, Gene Kurtz) – 3:32
"Hello Little Girl" (Chuck Berry) – 3:46
"Blue Highway" (Nick Gravenites, David Getz) – 4:44

track 7 - from Haircut, 1993
tracks 8 & 10 - from Born To Be Bad, 1988
tracks 9 & 11 - from Boogie People, 1991
track 12 - from Bad To The Bone, 1982

Personnel

Musicians

George Thorogood – guitar, vocals
Jim Suhler – guitar (tracks 1-6)
Bill Blough – bass
Jeff Simon – drums
Buddy Leach – saxophone (tracks 1-6)
Hank Carter – saxophone (tracks 7-12)
Steve Chrismar – guitar (tracks 8-11)
Ian Stewart – piano (track 12)
Jake Vest – backing vocals (track 3)

Technical

Tracks 1-6 only, see album articles for other technical personnel.

Mike Donahue – executive producer
Delaware Destroyers – producer
Jim Gaines – producer
Shawn Berman – engineer

References

↑ Sendra, Tim. "Review: The Dirty Dozen". Allmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
↑ GeorgeThorogood.com - The Dirty Dozen
↑ Billboard.com, Top Blues Albums, October 24, 2009

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. 2015: George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers
Live albums	1995: Live: Let's Work Together 2004: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live
Compilation albums	2004: Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock
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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