Kjdnesday • November 5, 1997
Lifestyles
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lackopierce founding members Jack o’Neill and Cary Pierce have been playing across the country for the past
!en years. The acoustic rock band from Dallas will play their final show in College Station tonight at Shadow Canyon.
After 10 years of performing
together, the founding
members of Jackopierce are
going their separate ways. In a
farewell performance tonight,
Cary Pierce and Jack O’Neill
will give a new meaning to
‘The Aggie Final.’
By Rhonda Reinhart
Staff writer
[ n 1987, Cary Pierce and Jack O’Neill
gave birth to a child.The child’s
name was Jackopierce, and college
ampus music scenes would never be
he same again.
Pierce and O’Neill met at Southern
Methodist University when they were
lioth freshmen in the theater depart
ment.
They were both avid music fans, and
they formed a bond immediately.
The acoustic-based rock duo start
ed out playing acoustic sets around
SMU. After creating a fan base in
Dallas, they went on the road and
soon gained loyal fans in other parts
ofthe country as well.
Later, they became a full band,
acquiring Clay Pendergrass on bass and
Earl Darling on drums.
But after 10 years and six records,
^Tckopierce is calling it quits.
Pierce said pursuing different avenues
seemed like the right thing to do.
“It’s kind of exciting to be on the
brink of new possibilities,” he said.
Pierce said he is working on the
songs for a record he plans to make
next year, and he said people who like
his music now will like what he has
planned for the future.
After five years of headlining the
Aggie Final, Jackopierce will perform
their Aggie finale Wednesday night at
Shadow Canyon.
It will be their last show in Aggieland
and one of the last stops on their
farewell tour. There are sure to be some
fans who will find it hard to say good
bye to Jackopierce, especially fans in
College Station. The band has almost
become an Aggie icon and their perfor
mance at the Aggie Final will be a “tra
dition” many will hate to see fade.
Mark Schaberg, who promotes
Jackopierce’s Texas shows, said the
band has had a big impact on College
Station audiences.
“The interesting thing about College
Station and Jackopierce is that almost
every cover band out of College Station
that I’ve worked with has done
Jackopierce covers,” he said. “Every col
lege in the nation has a big following of
Jackopierce fans. A&M just happens to
CL
w ^ It starts hitting
home. But both of us know
we’ll probably be back in
College Station sometime.”
Jack O'Neill
Member of Jackopierce
be one of the biggest.”
O’Neill said it seems eerie to be play
ing in College Station for the last time.
“It starts hitting home,” he said. “But
both of us know we’ll probably be back
in College Station some time. It’s not
that anything is really ending. Some
new options have opened up.”
O’Neill said he has a project in the
works and will have a band next year.
“I don’t think of it as going solo,” he
said. “I’m interested in working with
other people.”
Jackopierce first played in College
Station at an environmental confer
ence in 1989.
Pierce said of the 1,000 people that
attended the conference, only 100
came to the show. But he said it was an
amazing night.
The duo sold every copy of their first
cassette, “Someday You’ll Understand,”
which is no longer in production.
“It was magical somehow,” Pierce
said. “Ever since then, we’ve had a bond
with College Station audiences. College
Station has always been amazing to us.”
He said College Station is one of the
cities Jackopierce has been playing in
the longest. The group played frequent
ly at Carney’s Pub and the former
Stafford Opera House.
Schaberg said Jackopierce is being
billed as its own opening act for
Wednesday’s performance.
The first 60-minute set will be all
acoustic with Pierce and O’Neill alone
on stage. After a break, the full band
will return for a 90-minute set of
recent material.
Schaberg said the final show in
College Station will be special because
of the nostalgia involved.
“They will unbury all the old stuff
from the first three albums everybody
always screams for,” he said.
Pierce said it has been great getting
back to playing acoustic shows, and
audiences have been really receptive
to it.
Though the band is parting ways,
O’Neill is thankful for the success
Jackopierce has experienced.
“I’m thrilled to have come this far,”
he said. “I never would have imagined
when we started that it would be like
this. It’s been great.”
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