Rockin' My Life Away
Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	March 25, 1997
Recorded	November–December 1996
Genre	Blues rock Boogie rock
Length	44:33
Label	Capitol
Producer	Delaware 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
"The Usual" Released: 1997

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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

• Delaware Destroyers – producer
• Brian Scheuble – engineer
• Jim Liberato – guitar technician
• Henry Marquez – art direction
• Robert Laverdiere – package design
• Chris Cuffaro – photography

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