Jimmy Thackery


Jimmy Thackery is an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.

Career

Thackery spent fourteen years as part of The Nighthawks, 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 Texas regions. The Assassins released a variety of recordings on the Seymour record label, two on vinyl 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, California based Blind Pig Records. In 2002 Thackery released, We Got It, his first album on Telarc and in 2006, In the Natural State with Earl and Ernie Cate on Rykodisc. In 2007, he released Solid Ice again with The Drivers. His latest album, Spare Keys, was released in 2016.

Discography

  • 1992: Empty Arms Motel
  • 1993: Sideways in Paradise reissue
  • 1994: Trouble Man
  • 1995: Wild Night Out!
  • 1996: Drive To Survive
  • 1996: Partners in Crime
  • 1998: Switching Gears
  • 2000: Sinner Street
  • 2000: That's It!
  • 2002: We Got It
  • 2002: Whiskey Store
  • 2003: True Stories
  • 2003: Guitar compilation; all instrumental
  • 2004: Whiskey Store Live!
  • 2005: Healin' Ground
  • 2006: In the Natural State
  • 2006: The Essential Jimmy Thackery compilation
  • 2007: Solid Ice
  • 2008: Live! 2008
  • 2008: Inside Tracks
  • 2010: Live in Detroit – Big Long Buick
  • 2011: Feel the Heat
  • 2012: As Live As It Gets
  • 2014: Wide Open
  • 2014: Extra Jimmies compilation
  • 2016: ''Spare Keys''

    Seymour releases

  • 1985: Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney, Sideways in Paradise note: recorded while still with The Nighthawks
  • 1986: The Assassins, No Previous Record
  • 1987: The Assassins, Partners in Crime
  • 1989: The Assassins, ''Cut Me Loose''