Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953,
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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, United States)
is an American
blues
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singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Career
Thackery spent fourteen years as part of
The Nighthawks
The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, The Nighthawks are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Dan Hovey (lead guitar), Paul Pisciotta (bass guitar), and Mark Stutso (drums).
History
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based blues and roots rock ensemble. After leaving the Nighthawks in 1986, Thackery toured under his own name.
Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Washington, Thackery co-founded The Nighthawks with Mark Wenner in 1972 and went on to record over twenty albums with them. In 1986 he began touring with The Assassins, a six-piece original blues, rock and R&B ensemble which he had previously helped start as a vacation band when The Nighthawks took one of their rare breaks. Originally billed as Jimmy Thackery and The Assassins, the band toured the U.S. Northeast,
Mid-Atlantic, South, and
Texas
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regions. The Assassins released a variety of recordings on the Seymour record label, two on vinyl (''No Previous Record'' and ''Partners in Crime'') and the 1989 CD ''Cut Me Loose.''
In the wake of the Assassins 1991 break-up, Thackery has been leading a trio, Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, whose early recordings were for the
San Francisco
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, California based
Blind Pig Records
Blind Pig Records is an American blues independent record label.
Blind Pig was formed in 1977 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jerry Del Giudice, owner of the Blind Pig Cafe, and his friend Edward Chmelewski. The label is now based in San Francisco. I ...
. In 2002 Thackery released, ''We Got It'', his first album on
Telarc
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and in 2006, ''In the Natural State'' with
Earl and Ernie Cate on
Rykodisc
Rykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.
History
Claiming to be the first Compact Disc, CD-only independ ...
. In 2007, he released ''Solid Ice'' again with The Drivers. His latest album, ''Spare Keys'', was released in 2016.
Discography
* 1985: ''Sideways in Paradise'' (first pressing, Seymour no catalog #) (while still with The Nighthawks, this album with
John Mooney)
* 1992: ''Empty Arms Motel''
* 1993: ''Sideways in Paradise'' (with
John Mooney)
* 1994: ''Trouble Man''
* 1995: ''Wild Night Out''
* 1996: ''Drive To Survive''
* 1996: ''Partners in Crime'' (with
Tom Principato
Tom Principato (born 1952) is an American electric blues and blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
Principato has recorded more than twenty albums over the years. One of his most recent releases, ''Robert Johnson Told Me So'' (2013) ...
)
* 1998: ''Switching Gears''
* 2000: ''Sinner Street''
* 2000: ''That's It!'' (with
David Raitt)
* 2002: ''We Got It''
* 2002: ''Whiskey Store" with
Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967) is an American blues guitarist, musician, and singer. His playing combines a number of blues styles, primarily Delta blues.
He plays a stock 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline electric guitar and writes his own ...
)
* 2003: ''Guitar'' (Instrumental/Compilation)
* 2003: ''True Stories''
* 2004: ''Whiskey Store Live'' (with
Tab Benoit
Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967) is an American blues guitarist, musician, and singer. His playing combines a number of blues styles, primarily Delta blues.
He plays a stock 1972 Fender Telecaster Thinline electric guitar and writes his own ...
)
* 2005: ''Healin' Ground''
* 2006: ''In the Natural State'' (with the
Cate Brothers
The Cate Brothers are an American singer-songwriter-musician duo of twin brothers from Fayetteville, Arkansas, Earl and Ernest "Ernie" Cate (born December 26, 1942). In the mid-1960s, they became performers of country soul music at clubs and da ...
)
* 2007: ''Solid Ice''
* 2008: ''Live! 2008''
* 2008: ''Inside Tracks''
* 2010: ''Live in Detroit''
* 2011: ''Feel the Heat''
* 2014: ''Wide Open''
* 2016: ''Spare Keys''
See also
*
The Nighthawks
The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. As of 2018, The Nighthawks are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Dan Hovey (lead guitar), Paul Pisciotta (bass guitar), and Mark Stutso (drums).
History
F ...
References
External links
Official website
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1953 births
Living people
American blues guitarists
American male guitarists
American blues singers
Musicians from Pittsburgh
Singers from Washington, D.C.
Singers from Pennsylvania
Guitarists from Washington, D.C.
Guitarists from Pennsylvania
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians