Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953,

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, United States) is an American

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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 F ...

, the Washington, D.C. 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

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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

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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

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and in 2006, ''In the Natural State'' with Earl and Ernie Cate on

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. 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) * 2003: ''Guitar'' (Instrumental/Compilation) * 2003: ''True Stories'' * 2004: ''Whiskey Store Live'' (with Tab Benoit) * 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 dan ...

) * 2007: ''Solid Ice'' * 2008: ''Live! 2008'' * 2008: ''Inside Tracks'' * 2010: ''Live in Detroit'' * 2011: ''Feel the Heat'' * 2014: ''Wide Open'' * 2016: ''Spare Keys''

References

External links

Official website
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