The Dirty Dozen (album)

The Dirty Dozen is the fourteenth studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released on July 28, 2009,^[1] by the label EMI America Records. The album contains all cover material. The Dirty Dozen reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums and was on the chart for 11 weeks.^[2]

The Dirty Dozen
Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	July 28, 2009
Studio	Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA
Genre	Blues rock Boogie rock
Length	49:04
Label	EMI America
Producer	Jim Gaines Delaware Destroyers
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
The Hard Stuff (2006) The Dirty Dozen (2009) 2120 South Michigan Ave. (2011)

Release and content

EMI America released The Dirty Dozen on July 28, 2009.^[1]

The Dirty Dozen is split into 2 'sides'.^[3] The album includes six new songs (1–6; 'side' one) and six classic favorites (7–12; 'side' two), including three tracks that were previously out-of-print in the U.S.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Track listing

"Side one"

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tail Dragger"	Willie Dixon	3:41
2.	"Drop Down Mama"	John Adam Estes	4:20
3.	"Run Myself Out of Town"	Wendell Holmes	3:03
4.	"Born Lover"	Muddy Waters	4:12
5.	"Twenty Dollar Gig"	Mickey Bones	3:16
6.	"Let Me Pass"	Ellas McDaniel	3:40

"Side two"

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Howlin' for My Baby"	Dixon, Howlin' Wolf	5:13
8.	"Highway 49"	Big Joe Williams	5:46
9.	"Six Days on The Road"	Earl Green, Carl Montgomery	4:27
10.	"Treat Her Right"	Roy Head, Gene Kurtz	3:32
11.	"Hello Little Girl"	Chuck Berry	3:46
12.	"Blue Highway"	Nick Gravenites, David Getz	4:44
Total length:			49:04

Track 7 – from Haircut (1993)

Tracks 8 & 10 – from Born To Be Bad (1988)

Tracks 9 & 11 – from Boogie People (1991)

Track 12 – from Bad To The Bone (1982)

Personnel

Musicians

• George Thorogood – guitar, vocals
• Jim Suhler – guitar (tracks 1–6)
• Bill Blough – bass
• Jeff Simon – drums
• Buddy Leach – saxophone (tracks 1–6)
• Hank Carter – saxophone (tracks 7–12)
• Steve Chrismar – guitar (tracks 8–11)
• Ian Stewart – piano (track 12)
• Jake Vest – backing vocals (track 3)

Technical

Tracks 1–6 only, see album articles for other technical personnel.

• Mike Donahue – executive producer
• Delaware Destroyers – producer
• Jim Gaines – producer
• Shawn Berman – engineer

References

1. GeorgeThorogood.com – The Dirty Dozen
2. Billboard.com, Top Blues Albums, October 24, 2009
3. Sendra, Tim. "The Dirty Dozen Review". AllMusic.
4. Sendra, Tim. "Review: The Dirty Dozen". Allmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2009.