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Friday, March 21, 2003
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The ‘Jack’ is bact
By Kendra Kingsley
THE BATTALION
Although it has shared stages with vari
ous big names, including the Dave
Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow and No
Doubt, acoustic guitar duo Jackopierce has
not forgotten its humble beginnings.
“One of our first road trips was to A&M,”
said Jack O’Neill, guitarist and vocalist for
Jackopierce. “(Cary Pierce and I) used to
love performing at the Wolfpen Ampitheater
and then eating supper off butcher paper at
Tom’s Barbeque. (College Station) was
always a great place to perfonn, and we’re
ready to return.”
Tonight, O’Neill will get his chance
when he performs at Shadow Canyon.
Between an acting career, a nine-to-five
job and music performances, he stays a
busy man.
O’Neill began his music career with fel
low musician Cary Pierce in 1988 and has
been on the go ever since.
“I’m not good at hanging around,” he
said. “I love doing a million things at once.”
Lucky for O'Neill, his schedule has
rarely allowed time for boredom. When
O’Neill and Pierce met as freshmen theater
majors at Southern Methodist University,
they found a connection through music and
soon fonned Jackopierce.
While O’Neill and Pierce split in 1998 to
follow other pursuits, they decided to reunite
last fall and will continue to play shows
throughout 2003. O’Neill said the reunion is
a welcome return to his passion for music.
“1 always wanted to be an actor, and I
knew I had to do it before I got too old,” he
said. “I didn’t really miss music when I first
came to New York, but Cary came to visit
me, and I realized how much fun it really is.”
Pierce pursued a solo career in the music
industry after the duo’s split, but said he is
ready to resume singing and playing his gui-
tar with O’Neill.
“A lot more happens when I have a guitar
in my hand,” he said. “Playing the guitar is
one of my biggest contributions to music.”
Pierce, who writes many of the lyrics for
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the duo’s music, said he finds inspiration
from everyday life.
"1 can find a song in everything, every
where,” he said. “I’m just a student of life."
Pierce said he also listens to other artists’
work when developing his own musical style.
“I love getting blown away by other peo
ple’s stuff,” he said. “Fleetwood Mac’s
‘Rumors’ is my favorite record of all time,
hut right now I’m listening to a lot of Missy
Elliot. It’s good for me to listen to different
types of music so I can decide whether I
need to add more here or there to my own.”
In addition to evolving his musical style.
Pierce helps new artists produce their music.
“I’m constantly developing other peo
ple's music,” he said. “I love being able to
share the wealth with musicians who are
just starting out.”
Because of Pierce's multifaceted interests,
he often finds himself away from home.
“After ‘x’ number days on the road. I’m
really jonesing for my family,” he said. “I try
to stay with friends to make the trips easier.
I’d much rather take a cruddy couch in one
of my friend’s homes than stay at a mediocre
hotel with flourescent lights and a shady guy
behind the check-in tlesk.”
Pierce said that while living out of a suit
case can prove tiring, he is ready for this
weekend’s music festival.
“College Station was our biggest folk
ing back in the day,” he said. “FestivalsIt
(the Northgate Music Festival) give us the
chance to see other bands and hook up Ml
people we haven’t seen in a while."
Wendy Ridings, a senior accounting
major, is ready for Pierce and O’Neill's
return. She became a loyal follower when:
friend introduced her to one of the duo's
CDs. Ridings said she became even inort:!
a fan when she went to a Jackopierce coie
in Austin last semester.
“I knew their (lyrics) by heart, but they
actually sound better live than they do out
CD," she said. “I’m a big fan of the acoustic
guitar sound, and I will like someone lOtint
more if they can both sing and play.”
Merrill Gates, a senior marketing major,
attended one of Jackopierce’s concerts in
Shreveport, La., more than four years ago
and has been a fan ever since. Gates saidsk
finds herself listening to the duo’s music
because it provides an element that main
stream music does not.
“They’re not really a band you would»
mally hear on the radio,” she said. “Theydo
their own thing and have their own sound,
which is the reason I like them so much."
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