More house rockin’ blues coming from one of the most representative white musicians of that particular musical style Jimmy Thackery changed his blues conception many years ago, when he left his friend Mark Wenner and The Nighthawks to start a solo musical career You will find pure power blues on this cd, in the path of Tom Principato ad other ‘wild’ rock blues guitar players In fact The Essential is a compilation of songs belonging to his previous eight cds recorded for Blind Pig, produced and compiled by Edward Chmelewsky and Jerry Del Giudice The selection is excellent and shows the true face of this charismatic singer and guitar player on his more real and significant context