2120 South Michigan Ave.

For The Rolling Stones instrumental, see 2120 South Michigan Avenue.

2120 South Michigan Ave. is the fifteenth studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers. It was released on June 14, 2011 on the Capitol Records label. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records in Chicago.^[2] The album contains ten covers of songs recorded on Chess Records by artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, and Muddy Waters; plus a cover of The Rolling Stones' instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue" and two original songs about Chess Records artists. Capitol Records approached Thorogood with the idea for the album and selected most of the songs.^[3] Buddy Guy and Charlie Musselwhite perform on the album, although their work was added after primary recording was complete.^[3]

2120 South Michigan Ave.
Studio album by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Released	June 14, 2011
Recorded	2011
Studio	House of Blues Studio, Encino, CA Rax Trax Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre	Blues rock, boogie rock
Length	46:05
Label	Capitol
Producer	Tom Hambridge
George Thorogood and the Destroyers chronology
The Dirty Dozen (2009) 2120 South Michigan Ave. (2011) George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers (2015)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Going Back"	Tom Hambridge, George Thorogood	3:24
2.	"Hi-Heel Sneakers" (featuring Buddy Guy)	Robert Higginbotham	3:29
3.	"Seventh Son"	Willie Dixon	3:07
4.	"Spoonful"	Dixon	4:13
5.	"Let It Rock"	Chuck Berry	2:55
6.	"Two Trains Running (Still a Fool)"	McKinley Morganfield	5:13
7.	"Bo Diddley"	Ellas McDaniel	3:08
8.	"Mama Talk to Your Daughter"	J. B. Lenoir, Alex Atkins	2:30
9.	"Help Me"	Dixon, Aleck "Rice" Miller, Ralph Bass	4:02
10.	"My Babe" (featuring Charlie Musselwhite)	Dixon	3:20
11.	"Willie Dixon's Gone"	Hambridge, Thorogood	3:12
12.	"Chicago Bound"	James A. Lane	2:59
13.	"2120 South Michigan Ave." (featuring Charlie Musselwhite)	Nanker Phelge	4:38

Personnel

Delaware Destroyers

• George Thorogood – lead guitar, rhythm guitar and slide guitar, vocals
• Bill Blough – bass
• Buddy Leach – saxophones
• Jeff Simon – drums
• Jim Suhler – rhythm and lead guitar

Additional musicians

• Buddy Guy – lead guitar (track 2)
• Tom Hambridge – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Tommy MacDonald – bass
• Kevin McKendree – piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Charlie Musselwhite – harmonica (tracks 10, 13)
• Marla Thorogood – background vocals
• Rio Thorogood – background vocals

Technical

• Tom Hambridge – producer
• Mike Donahue – executive producer
• Harry Gale – engineer
• Mike Tholen – engineer
• Shawn Berman – engineer
• Susan Lavoie – art direction
• Mark Holley – design
• Brian To – photography

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 2120 South Michigan Ave. at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
2. . Explore Chicago. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
3. "Interview: George Thorogood Discusses His New Album, '2120 South Michigan Ave.'". Guitar World. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-10-02.