Essential Jimmy Thackery

Jimmy Thackery | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blind Pig
• ASIN: B000E0OFJ8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,156 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superlative Guitar Work!, February 13, 2006

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K. Keyes "git player" (Longmont, CO) - See all my reviews
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I've been a big Jimmy Thackery fan for years. I've seen him live. He is truly a master of his instrument. Please don't shun this for a 4 star rating. That's only because his vocal abilities are rather limited. It's bearable but his guitar work more than makes up for utilitarian vocals. If you are a blues/rock fan and/or play guitar and do not own any of his other works, you MUST have this CD in your collection. His tone, tremelo, delay, octave effect, wah, all used with mastery. I would go so far as to say he's THE Jimi Hendrix incarnate. Which is the highest compliment anyone could bestow.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good songs and guitar, April 10, 2006

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mojostrapper (arizona) - See all my reviews

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this is a nice collection of jimmys better stuff, it's has everything from a country blues edge to a hard rock edge, my favorites are detroit iron and its my own fault with the wonderful lonnie brooks doing the vocals and doing them well.

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2.0 out of 5 stars too many bars, March 30, 2011

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Hillary Chapman "hillary c" (ny) - See all my reviews
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I used to see JT in DC growing up. He was a licktionary and the nighthawks played great. But the yeas in bars have taken their toll--the sound is very second rate barroom blues (the rythm section is loose in a not good way), with not very good guitar tone (always was a problem when he played his V), and very poor material (there's lots of good songs to choose from that have never been recorded). He really knows a lot about blues so I would encourage him to go towards more traditional material and alternatives to 3 piece blooze rock--like jug bands, twelve strung finger picking etc.... b/c he really is a skilled guitarist