Music fads come and go, but after 30 years on the scene, George Thorogood's brand of blues-rock has stood the test of time. Thorogood and his Destroyers will offer fans a reminder of that staying power with a date at the Greek on July 26, followed two days later by a new album, “The Dirty Dozen."
Thorogood, a Delaware native, knew he'd eventually make L.A. his home after his first visit. “It was like someone from Czechoslovakia coming to America," he said. “You know the song 'California Dreamin' '? That was me."
Now he, his wife, Marla, and daughter Rio are living the dream in the canyons near Brentwood. And he can talk about the Southland as if he'd been here all his life.
We try to go to Zuma Beach as often as we can. I just love it -- it's very mellow, and there's a great old antique sort of hippie record and paraphernalia shop there. I can go in there and still find records from the 1960s, and the people who work there are from that era too. That's still my era.
A day in Malibu
My wife and daughter buy all my clothes for me, because I'm not particular about what I wear. They come back with something and I'll just say, “Is it snakeskin? Is it black?"
But we go to Malibu a lot and they always find something nice for me there, and then we'll cap off the afternoon by getting a bite to eat at a nice little beach cafe called Coogie's. It's very casual. I like the fish, but they have everything. And they have free postcards! How about that?
