George Thurogood was from Wilmington Delaware, the town where I grew up. He went to Brandywine highschool. There's a girl I know whose father, according to legend, beat ole Georgie up back in the tenth grade because Georgie, for all his guitar skills, was a wuss and a loudmouth.
Basically, Slo, guitar skills or not, you're just second fiddle to a guy who does siding now.