Destroyers to play this year's Sturgis Rally

- Rapid City Journal article -

George Thorogood to celebrate 30 years of rock at the Chip

STURGIS — George Thorogood & The Destroyers and Montgomery Gentry will perform at Buffalo Chip Campground during this year's Sturgis Rally.

Michael Sanborn, Buffalo Chip publicist, said Thorogood & The Destroyers will perform for the first time at the Buffalo Chip on Saturday, Aug. 14.

Montgomery Gentry first took the stage at the Buffalo Chip opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1998. They returned the following year in a supporting role for Skynyrd. Now, with the release of their third album, "My Town," the duo will headline at the Buffalo Chip on Saturday, Aug. 7.

The groups join an all-star cast of headliners for the Buffalo Chip, including ZZ-Top, Heart and The Beach Boys.

Thorogood & The Destoryers have been rocking audiences for 30 years.

"Nothing compares to a live performance by George Thorogood. It's just gritty, blues-based hard rock, and it's perfect for the Buffalo Chip. It's going to be on ‘Bad to the Bone' night at the Sturgis Rally," Sanborn said.

With trademark hits such as "Bad to the Bone," "I Drink Alone," "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer," "Reelin' and Rockin'," "Who Do You Love," "Madison Blues," and "Move It On Over" featuring his wailing slide guitar work and profoundly gritty vocals, Thorogood has demonstrated he knows how to have a good time, Sanborn said.

"It's just impossible to go to a George Thorogood show and not be engaged by his amazing spirit of party," he said. "It's going to be loud, and it's going to be fun."

Troy Gentry and Eddie Montgomery have turned up the heat at the Buffalo Chip twice before, and organizers say they know they'll serve up a menu of hard-core blues-rock-country foot-stompin' fun.

Their current hit "Hell Yeah!" hit No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Country Chart and remains in the Top 20. The album from which it came reached No. 3 on the Country Album Chart and remains in the Top 20.

For more information, visit the Buffalo Chip Campground web site.