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Biography
BLP sources|date=July 2010 Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States )Allmusic|class=artist|id=p34667/biography|pure_url=yes Allmusic biography is an United States|American blues singer and guitarist .
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 joined The Nighthawks 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 States|Mid-Atlantic , South, and Texas 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 Compact disc|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|San Francisco , California based Blind Pig Records . In 2002 Thackery released, We Got It , his first album on Telarc International Corporation|Telarc and in 2006, In the Natural State with Cate Brothers|Earl and Ernie Cate on Rykodisc . In 2007, he released Solid Ice again with The Drivers.cite news | first=Doug | last=Levine | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Jimmy Thackery Showcases Songwriting, Guitar Playing Skills on 'Solid Ice' | date=1 August 2007 | publisher=Voice of America | url = http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-01-voa9.cfm | work =VOA News | pages = | accessdate = 1 January 2009 | language = Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot His latest album 'Feel the Heat' was released in April 2011.
Discography
1992 Empty Arms Motel
1993 Sideways in Paradise (with John Mooney (musician)|John Mooney )
2006 In the Natural State (with the Cate Brothers )
2007 Solid Ice
2008 Live& #33; 2008
2008 Inside Tracks
2010 Live in Detroit
2011 Feel the Heat
See also
The Nighthawks
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.jimmythackery.com/ Official Jimmy Thackery Website
Persondata | NAME = Thackery, Jimmy | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = United States|American blues singer and guitarist | DATE OF BIRTH = May 19, 1953 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Thackery, Jimmy Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:American blues guitarists Category:American blues singers Category:American blues musicians Category:Musicians from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Category:People from Washington, D.C.
