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The [2012 covers album] 2120 [South Michigan Ave.] was different. We covered a lot of classics there. But most of the time when we did it I always prided myself on digging up obscure songs that no one knew of.
George Thorogood
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George Thorogood
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 24
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Wilmington
Delaware
George Lawrence Thorogood
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