Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)[1] is an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Thackery spent fourteen years as part of The Nighthawks, the Washington, D.C.–based blues and roots rock ensemble.
Born in Pittsburgh and raised in Washington, Thackery co-founded The Nighthawks with Mark Wenner 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, South, and Texas regions.