Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Reunited Dallas band Jackopierce announce new album and tour
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Breaking up is hard to do. But staying together is nearly impossible. The average marriage lasts about six years, and 95% of new businesses fail within five years. Twenty years of anything, especially Jackopierce, an acoustic duo that got its start playing frat-parties in the late 80's, is hard to believe. Add-in the fact that Jack O'Neill and Cary Pierce did not speak for nearly five years before reuniting in 2002 makes 20 years a downright miracle.
To celebrate their two decades together (and apart), Jackopierce will release a new CD, Promise of Summer, on September 9. The 11-song disc contains 10 brand-new songs and includes a remake of a Jackopierce classic, "March." The album will be available digitally online as well as in CD format via the band's Web site and CDBaby. A series of tour dates have been confirmed, including two homecoming shows at the House of Blues in Dallas. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
Promise of Summer is full of all the things that 100s-of-1000s of fans have loved about this duo: gorgeous harmonies, acoustic guitars, and songs that take you somewhere else. Preferably to an album that is not by Jackopierce.
The songs range from acoustic pop (the title-track, “Promise of Summer”) to John Mellencamp-tinged country-rock ("Everything I'm Not"). Heartache is ever-present on a Jackopierce record. Songs like "Come On July" and "I Gotta Know" find Jack O'Neill drawing from the same muse that gave fans songs like "Late Shift," "My Time," and "Wildflower." But Jack's longing for his once home state of Texas produced one of the standout tracks from the CD. "Texas" is one of those songs that sounds so familiar it's as if you've been listening to it for years.
Older and wiser, both are now fathers. Priorities have changed. "We both admit that we did not realize or appreciate what we had," says Jack. "There is a lot more gratitude - for each other and for the gifts we have to write and play music."
"We have been blessed with the ability to strap guitars on our backs, get on a plane, and go play a show anywhere in the country," says Pierce. "That is the career I always hoped we would have."
Source: Jackopierce
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Liles Anonymous
Thank God! Finally!!!
I totally put my life on "hold" when they dropped off the radar. Things were really rough there for the last few years. After the bank foreclosed on my condo and I blew my 401k on hookers and blow, it was time to go straight underground - to a cardboard teepee east of Mesquite.
Now that JP is back on the scene I'm gonna re-introduce myself to a toothbrush and rinse out my Crocs. It feels like the weight of the world has been lifted from my crotch.
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Clay213 Anonymous
Pretty funny comment from a guy who still talks about his club that closed 20 years ago.
When can I catch your next improv comedy night?
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Liles Anonymous
Dude, I'm opening up for this incredible DJ (and apparent Jackopierce fan!) at Sons Of Hermann Hall.
You wouldn't know who I'm referring to, would you?
His identity is top secret. Shhhh!
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Clay213 Anonymous
20 some years later and you're still the opening act.. good for you. Good for you.
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Liles Anonymous
Yes indeed. Good for me.
For you, not so much...
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Robert Kelly Verified
I forget who is was who referred to them as the Garfunkel and Garfunkel of Dallas, but I always thought that was a pretty apt characterization. Funny too.
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Liles Anonymous
Please don't insult Art (or art) like that.
Btw, it was Wilonsky.
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Scott Miller Verified
On the plus side, at least KERA only programs two hours of music a week now.
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Robert Kelly Verified
Wilonsky, genius. I should have figured.
11 months, 4 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
clay Anonymous
i want to invite everyone over to my cardboard tipi for some peace pipe action...
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