Whats the story with JACKOPIERCE breaking up, and what is their legacy that they left behind?
Ten years later after six albums (two for A&M Records), both co-founding members Jack O’Neill & Cary Pierce went their separate ways. JACKOPIERCE sold nearly half a million of the 6 CDs combined! They were fortunate enough to play all over the world and also play the biggest one-day ticketed event of all time: the 1997 Blockbuster Rockfest (in Dallas) with over 500,000 people in attendance! During their 10 year reign, JACKOPIERCE shared stages with tons of bands, including: Matchbox 20, Dave Matthews Band, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic, their personal friends Vertical Horizon . . . as well as many countless others. • Q: Is it true that JACKOPIERCE got back together again? YES! In 2002 Jack and Cary got back together and performed for the first time at the GYPSY TEA ROOM in Deep Ellum, TX on 11/23/2002 … five years after the ‘break-up’ in the winter of 1997. Cary and Jack currently perform several times a year a
