My big brother turned me on to the Nighthawks in 1976 or 77 when I was still in high school with the Open All Night album. Saw them for the first time in 77 at The Bayou in DC. Between 77 and 86, probably saw them 40 or so times. Saw Jimmy and the Assassins, and the Drivers a couple of times. One badass dude on that guitar. He's been one of my all time favorites since I first heard him. Loved the Flying V he used way back too.
yea hes got the original Joe Barden pickups designed according to JTs specs. His amp is a category 5 based on a dumble circuit, His strat’s floyd rose sets in a piece of bowling ball material filler
+moseseseseses Discovered ??? That's a shame, as Jimmy Thackery has been playing blues rock guitar since 1973 with the NightHawks. Look him up sometime. A true legend in the blues.
While visiting my parents in Fort Myers, Florida, I heard there was a band playing out in Buckingham at the Buckingham blues bar, so I went. It was Jimmy Thacker, and the drivers. I’m telling you true. My jaw dropped about two hours later I picked it off the floor, it was immediately a lifelong fan after that. This guy is from another dimension.!! What talent!!
He changed that Strat, I was a roadie / drove the van, for the Assassins in 1991. It used to have a humbucker in the bridge position. He had a Flying V also. He is one of my all time favorite guitarists. that guitar is the effing bomb
This was on Thackery's "Drive to Survive" album and Lonnie Brooks sang it and traded guitar licks with Jimmy. Nobody can play it like Jimmy, Awesome stuff!
It's amazing on these youtube clips that no matter how excellent or incomparable something like this is, there are always oddballs that will give it a thumbs down. You could put a clip of hitler and one or two knuckleheads would say he was a nice guy.
Good one! lol Saw Jimmy twice in one night. He played an early concert 2 hours then went downtown later and played with Studebaker John at a local bar. Nice guy also had one with him at the bar.
