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Maverick is the sixth album by the band George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was produced by Terry Manning and released in January 1985 by the label EMI America Records. Some of its songs are among Thorogood's best-known, including "I Drink Alone" and "Willie and the Hand Jive", the latter being his only single to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gear Jammer"George Thorogood4:39
2."I Drink Alone"George Thorogood4:36
3."Willie and the Hand Jive"Johnny Otis4:09
4."What A Price"Fats Domino, Murphy Maddux^, Jack Jessup2:48
5."Long Gone"George Thorogood4:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dixie Fried"Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin3:47
2."Crawlin' King Snake"John Lee Hooker4:03
3."Memphis/Little Marie"Chuck Berry5:54
4."Woman with the Blues"George Thorogood3:34
5."Go, Go, Go"Chuck Berry3:32
6."The Ballad of Maverick"David Buttolph, Paul Francis Webster2:06
Total length:43:34

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

Personnel

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Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 32
United States (Billboard 200) 31

References

  1. ^ EMI America. "George Thorogood "Maverick" (retailer Sales Stats Advertisement)." Billboard 1 June 1985: 1. Web.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r20115
  3. ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
  4. ^ '80s Top 100 - T Retrieved 12-8-2013.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 309. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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