George Thorogood, the blues based guitarist with perfect teeth and dark sunglasses, played his 50th state in 50 days on this day in 1981 when he and The Destroyers rocked Pasadena, California.
The 50/50 Tour started, wisely, in Hawaii and after a plane trip to Alaska, the rest of the dates would be relatively easy since they’d all be in the continental U.S.
But best laid plans…
“We’re playing some places that maybe have never seen a live band,” the singer told the Ottawa Citizen during the unprecedented excursion that included no days off for George and the boys.
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