BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1896@mariettaohio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250216T210000 DTSTAMP:20241111T175158Z URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/george-thorogood-the-destroyers-the-ba ddest-show-on-earth/ SUMMARY:George Thorogood &\; The Destroyers “The Baddest Show on Earth ” DESCRIPTION:On the evening of December 1st\, 1973 at The University of Dela ware’s Lane Hall\, a guitarist\, a drummer\, and their rhythm guitarist set up on the small bandstand. Though the three-piece band had barely rehe arsed\, guitarist George Thorogood and drummer Jeff Simon had been bashing out covers of songs they loved – including ‘No Particular Place To Go ’\, ‘Madison Blues’ and ‘One Bourbon\, One Scotch\, One Beer’ – in suburban Wilmington basements since they were teens.\n\nThe Lane Ha ll audience was wary at first. “Then it was like somebody flipped a swit ch\,” Simon recalls. “Everybody hit the dance floor all at once.” “We had the place rockin’\,” Thorogood says. “From that very first show\, Jeff and I knew we were onto something.” Five decades\, 15 milli on albums and more than 8\,000 performances later\, few bands can still ro ck the house like George Thorogood &\; Destroyers. And for Thorogood\, Simon\, and long-time Destroyers Bill Blough\, Jim Suhler and Buddy Leach\ , their Bad All Over The World – 50 Years of Rock Tour will be a celebra tion like no other. But when asked to pick a career highlight\, maybe one night over the past half century that changed everything for George Thorog ood &\; The Destroyers\, he shakes his head\, flashes a huge grin and h eads off to soundcheck. “My highlight is when I step on that bandstand\, ” Thorogood says. “The promoters invited us\, the fans came to hear us \, and we’re ready to rock. Every night I play for people can be the big gest night of my life.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mariettaohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2024 /11/g-thorogood.jpg CATEGORIES:Arts & Entertainment,Events,Music LOCATION:Peopes Bank Theatre\, 222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, Un ited States GEO:39.415852;-81.453433 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=222 Putnam St\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 45750\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Peopes Bank Theatr e:geo:39.415852,-81.453433 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR