Along with his band, rock/pop musician Sam Thacker moved and grooved a packed house at Eighth & Rail in Opelika Friday night. The band played a selection of songs from Thacker’s new album “Lines” along with other favorites.

“The show was a great time,” said Michael Acuff, an art student at Auburn. “He played an unsuspecting amount of covers.”

Thacker’s set list included some of his own hit singles and some great covers ranging from Jack Johnson to The Rolling Stones.

Thacker and his band came straight into town from playing in Charlotte, N.C., the night before. Over the past three years Thacker has been touring constantly and he attributes the travel as being one of his heaviest influences on the new album. Its title, “Lines,” alludes to the broken white and yellow lines that lead up and down the roads from gig to gig.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Thacker moved to Atlanta, Ga., for college with dreams of kick starting his music career. He funded the recording of his first album solely on money earned from playing. “Above the Underneath,” Thacker’s debut album was released in 2005 with the hit single “Serenade.”

For more on Sam Thacker, visit myspace.com/samthacker.