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The membership of the band remained stable until 1986. At that time, tired of the band's extensive touring schedule, Thackery departed to join 'The Assassins' (a part-time "vacation band" he helped found), eventually fronting 'The Drivers' and other groups and to record for Blind Pig Records, and Telarc Records. [1]
Nighthawks Orchestra is a New York–based musical group, led by music historian Vince Giordano, that concentrates on recreations of the hot jazz and dance music styles of the period between 1919 and the mid-1930s. [1] Recordings by the Nighthawks Orchestra have been featured in many television shows, radio broadcasts, and movies.
Vince Giordano (born March 11, 1952) is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra.He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone. [1]
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.
In 1946, Stackhouse moved to Helena, Arkansas, to live near Nighthawk and for a time was a member of Nighthawk’s band, playing on KFFA radio. [ 2 ] He split from Nighthawk in 1947 and performed on the KFFA radio program King Biscuit Time , [ 5 ] with the drummer James "Peck" Curtis, the guitarist Joe Willie Wilkins and the pianists Pinetop ...
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William Wirths was born in Aiken, South Carolina, United States. [3] His father worked for the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and his mother was a writer and sociologist who worked to reform the police department. [4]
Tim McGraw fans are in for a real treat. The country crooner will be performing a concert on Aug. 30 in Dyersville, Iowa, at the site where the iconic “Field of Dreams” movie was filmed.