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Rockin' My Life Away
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1997
RecordedNovember–December 1996
GenreBlues rock
Boogie rock
Length44:33
LabelCapitol
ProducerDelaware Destroyers
Waddy Wachtel
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
Haircut
(1993)
Rockin' My Life Away
(1997)
Half a Boy/Half a Man
(1999)
Singles from Rockin' My Life Away
  1. "The Usual"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Rockin' My Life Away is the tenth studio album released by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released in 1997 on Capitol Records.[2] The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Blues Album chart.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Get Back into Rockin'" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:16
  2. "Trouble Every Day" (Frank Zappa) – 4:16
  3. "Night Rider" (Thorogood) – 3:43
  4. "The Usual" (John Hiatt) – 3:51
  5. "Living With the Shades Pulled Down" (Merle Haggard) – 3:26
  6. "Manhattan Slide" (Elmore James) – 3:31
  7. "Rocking My Life Away" (Mack Vickery) – 3:33
  8. "Jail Bait" (Andre Williams) – 3:41
  9. "My Dog Can't Bark" (Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers) – 4:00
  10. "Blues Hangover" (Slim Harpo, West) – 4:18
  11. "Stoop Down Baby" (Chick Willis) – 3:18
  12. "Rock & Roll Man" (Thorogood) – 2:50

Personnel

The following personnel are credited on the album:[2]

Musicians

  • George Thorogood – guitar, vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitar, producer
  • Billy Blough – bass
  • Jeff Simon – drums
  • Hank Carter – guitar, keyboards, saxophone, vocals
  • Tony Berg – tambourine, tamboura

Technical

References