"Where'd My Good Friend Go?" genre: General Blues
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	Power and passion have been the hallmark of Jimmy Thackery's career. On his new release, We Got It, Thackery digs into his own roots to deliver a recording that will surely please his longtime fans and will no doubt inspire new ones.
	CD: We Got It   Label: Telarc International Corp. Credits: Jimmy Thackery
	Story Behind the Song Inspiration has always been a key component in Jimmy Thackery’s music. Among his formative experiences, he considers two of lasting import: seeing Buddy Guy at a small church in Washington, DC, at age 17 and happening onto an early Jimi Hendrix concert which he said was "the moment that forever changed my life." For more than a quarter century since, Thackery has played the blues with a power and a feeling that can truly be called inspired. On his Telarc debut, We Got It, Thackery and his band The Drivers look to Muscle Shoals legend Eddie Hinton and find in him a musical treasure that incites them to produce one of this year’s most exciting contemporary blues/R&B records. From the opening track, a rousing version of Hinton’s "The Searching is Over," Thackery’s trademark vocal growl serves notice that he and his band mean business. Recalling Hinton’s R&B style, one that can be heard on recordings by Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and The Staple Singers, just to name a few, We Got It brims with a classic full-bodied sound, aided by Jimmy Carpenter’s work on tenor and baritone saxophones. While the majority of the tracks were written by Hinton, Thackery contributes a few originals to the recording and his twangy, fluid style is nowhere more in evidence than on "Blues Dog Prowl," a surf-inflected instrumental that showcases Jimmy’s guitar wizardry. His version of the Hinton classic, "Big Fat Woman" is just the kind of tune that has made Thackery a favorite among club-goers. It’s fun and danceable, with the kind of blistering electric guitar solos that have earned him Blues Revue magazine’s moniker as a "Guitar God."

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