OB1
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My wife, being a Philly lass, not far from Delaware, loves him, and I do too. The guy is a legend. Read his wikipedia entry -- playing in all 50 states over 50 days, and then there's this gem (important to us because she and I went to school at Georgetown and know M street and its legendary old clubs well) . . .
[Thorogood] was friends with Jimmy Thackery of the Washington, D.C.-based blues band, The Nighthawks. While touring in the 1970s, the Destroyers and the Nighthawks were playing shows in Georgetown at venues across the street from each other. The Destroyers were engaged at the Cellar Door and the Nighthawks at Desperados. At midnight, while both bands played Elmore James' "Madison Blues" in the same key, Thorogood and Thackery left their clubs, met in the middle of M Street, exchanged guitar patch cords and went on to play with the opposite band in the other club.
That is so cool. This is what real artists/musicians, who play for the fun of playing, do.
I once saw George and J.Geils Band on the same bill, supporting The Rolling Stones.