Artist: Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers
Title: Empty Arms Motel
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Blind Pig
Genre: Blues, Modern Electric Blues
Quality: Flac (image, log, .cue)
Total Time: 46:24
Total Size: 298 Mb (covers)
Tracklist:
01. Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
02. Rude Mood
03. Empty Arms Motel
04. Lickin' Gravy
05. I Can Tell
06. Getting Tired Of Waiting
07. Honey Hush
08. Love To Ride
09. Red House
10. Last Night
Not a prolific composer, Thackery's strength lies in strong arrangements that make other people's material his own. He covers Stevie Ray Vaghan's "Rude Mood," and one suspects there will be comparisons made in this direction. His solos burn the motel down on Luther Johnson's "Lickin' Gravy," and he manages a more than credible job on Hendrix's "Red House."
Of the two self-penned numbers, the title track is a convincing boogie driven by an ultra-cool, echoed, chicken-scratch guitar riff, while "Getting Tired of Waiting" offers a more traditional blues shuffle.
