Hang Up And Drive - Musique

Jimmy Thackery Born May 19 1953 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1 Is A Blues Singer And Guitarist. Known For His Gritty Blue-Collar Approach And Marathon Live Shows Citation Needed Thackery Was For Many Years Part Of The Nighthawks. The Nighthawks Were Known As One Of The Hardest-Working Blues Bar Bands In North America. Citation Needed Since The Late 1980s Thackery Has Been Touring Under His Own Name And Has Found A Wide Audience. His Hard-Edged Tough-As-Nails Approach To Guitar Playing And His Trio's Driving Rhythm Section Holds Appeal For Fans Of Both Traditional Blues And Roots Rock. Citation Needed Born In Pittsburgh Thackery Was Raised In Washington D.C. After Joining Washington D.C.-Based The Nighthawks In 1974 And Recording Over 20 Albums With Them He Went Solo In 1987. Since 1991 He 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 The Album 'Solid Ice' With This Group The Drivers 2 . Discography * 1992 Empty Arms Motel * 1993 Sideways In Paradise With John Mooney * 1994 Trouble Man * 1995 Wild Night Out * 1996 Drive To Survive * 1998 Switching Gears * 2000 Sinner Street * 2002 We Got It * 2003 Guitar * 2003 True Stories * 2004 Jimmy Thackery Live * 2005 Healin' Ground * 2006 In The Natural State With The Cate Brothers * 2007 Solid Ice read less