BOSTON, MA – Down-on-his-luck George Thorogood got some more bad news this morning as he woke up to the realization that his card was declined for last night’s bar tab at Riff’s Gastropub. After being kicked out of his apartment for not being able to pay rent, the “Bad To The Bone” singer visited the hip, upscale bistro to drown his sorrows with his favorite spirits.

“This is nuts, man,” Thorogood said while leaning up against a post. “I knew that bartender was funny. Everybody funny. Stupid Edison bulbs all over the place, chargin’ me the most expensive booze in the joint. I only ordered three rounds of three drinks each! How I’ma spend $2,400 on 9 drinks? Don’t they know I’m outdoors?! ”

Paul Evans, the bartender working at Riff’s last night, saw the exchange go a little differently.

“The guy comes in and immediately yells at me to go down and serve him,” Evans said while cleaning a glass, visibly perturbed. “Not sure if you’ve ever tended bar before, but not the best way to start off the interaction. I finally got to him and he just started shouting ‘BOURBON, SCOTCH, BEER!’ I asked what brands he wanted and he just yelled louder at me and called me Jack, which is not my name, so I gave him the most expensive one of each. He probably didn’t realize we’re the only bar in the area to get Pappy bottles. After three rounds I started to suspect he might not be able to pay his bill, so I cut him off.”

Bill Trugg, friend of Thorogood who lives within walking distance to Riff’s, found Thorogood passed out in his backyard this morning.

“I feel bad for George, I really do,” Trugg said concernedly. “I think his landlord kicked him out after not paying rent for a couple months? He stumbled over here yesterday, I guess before he went to the bar, asking if he could crash here. I mean… I’ve got three kids, and my wife and I both work from home, so really not the best time unfortunately. George isn’t the kind of guy I want around my four year-old all day either. He can sleep in my backyard until the missus finds out, then I gotta give him the boot.”

Thorogood awoke this morning and immediately started conceptualizing how to settle up his bill.

“He a-howlin’ about the bar tab, he’ll be lucky to get a tip. He ain’t gonna get none of it.”