Quote:I saw (and met) him in Germany last summer. At 65 he was still rocking' strong - as were his band's original members.

 

Little known fact: George was a pro-scouted baseball player that played in a New England area semi-pro league.  

 

For years, George Thorogood would suspend touring during the summer so he could play semi-pro baseball. He would do one concert on July 4th in a theater in Newark, Delaware. I caught one of those shows in 1980, and he and his band rocked the joint.

 

As for the thread topic, the closest thing to a religious experience I've had at a concert was Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers at the Florida Theater in the mid-90s. Ziggy, along with 2 brothers and a sister, channeled father Bob in a way that was more than just covering his songs. It was like his, and his family's, music is what Bob's would have evolved into had he lived longer.

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