George Thorogood made the jump to a major in the early '80s after half a decade on the prestigious American label Rounder. The move helped him rise to fame but Thorogood says he nearly lost many fans ...

On March 13, 1982, William Atkinson and William Grady were walking down Savin Hill Avenue when a brown car with five men inside pulled up alongside them. “Hey nigger, we’re going to kill you,” one ...

The broadcast begins with a clever quip about our beloved city, delivered in rhyme. “The home of the cod and the bean,” a CBS Evening News anchor says, launching a segment that focused the nation’s ...

George Thorogood says that when he tells a concert audience that “we are gonna play absolutely no new material tonight,” the fans “start applauding.” They should be going wild over his latest release ...

Dick Beardsley still gets goose bumps when he watches old footage of the startling finish of his 1982 Boston Marathon duel with fellow American runner Alberto Salazar. The hairs on the back of his ...

George Thorogood today: Still Bad to the Bone. Credit: Photo by David Dobson/Courtesy of Chummy PR The year 1982 was turning out pretty good for George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Nearly a decade ...

Your ears may still be ringing if you were at the Bradford Ballroom (now Royale) on Nov. 23, 1982. George Thorogood & the Destroyers held court that night with an epic-length scorcher of a show.

The 114th NAACP National Convention is now underway in Boston. In 1982, the last time the NAACP gathered here, the city was grappling with the aftermath of the busing crisis and an ongoing a series of ...