Maverick (George Thorogood and the Destroyers album)

For the album by Hank Williams, Jr., see Maverick (Hank Williams, Jr. album).

Maverick
Studio album by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Released	January 25, 1985
Recorded	July 1984, Dimension Sound, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Genre	Blues rock, Boogie rock
Length	41:34
Label	EMI America
Producer	Terry Manning
George Thorogood & The Destroyers chronology
Bad to the Bone (1982)Bad to the Bone1982 Maverick (1985) Nadine (1986)Nadine1986

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Maverick is the fifth album by the band George Thorogood & The Destroyers. It was released in 1985, and was produced by Terry Manning.

The album included what have now become some of his best-known songs, including "I Drink Alone" and "Willie and the Hand Jive," the latter of which became Thorogood's only single to date to crack the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Track listing

1. "Gear Jammer" (George Thorogood) – 4:39
2. "I Drink Alone" (Thorogood) – 4:35
3. "Willie and the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis) – 4:09
4. "What a Price" (Fats Domino, Murphy Maddux^, Jack Jessup) – 2:48
5. "Long Gone" (Thorogood) – 4:30
6. "Dixie Fried" (Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin) – 3:46
7. "Crawlin' King Snake" (John Lee Hooker) – 4:02
8. "Memphis/Little Marie" (Chuck Berry) – 5:54
9. "Woman with the Blues" (Thorogood) – 3:34
10. "Go, Go, Go" (Chuck Berry) – 3:32
11. "The Ballad of Maverick" (David Buttolph, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:05

^ Murphy Maddux is listed in the album credits as "M. Muddux"

Personnel

• George Thorogood - guitar, vocals
• Hank Carter - saxophones, vocals
• Billy Blough - bass
• Jeff Simon - drums, percussion

External links

• Official George Thorogood & The Destroyers Page