Friday, October 3.1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
(Dis) band to wish fans farewell
Jackopierce to make one last stop in Lawrence before breaking up
By Tom Winter
Kansan staff writer
It will be its last performance as a band in Lawrence.
Dallas-based Jackpierce will do a final farewell show at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Granada Theater. Tickets cost $13.50 in advance and $15 at the door.
Dallas-based Jackapience will play in Lawrence at 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Granada Theater. The band is performing its final tour. contributed photo
The band is doing its final tour together, which will end in December with a three-day stint at Tree's bar in Dallas.
"There were hundreds of people there," Pierce said. "It was a great first show in Lawrence."
Cary Pierce, guitarist and member of the original duet, said that he was looking forward to the show.
The band first played in Lawrence six years ago at a Friday night show at Benchwarmers, a former sports bar on West 24th Street now occupied by Bleachers.
"Lawrence has always been a pretty special place to us," he said.
The break-up comes after a decade of Pierce and Jack O'Neill's collaborative musical efforts.
"It been a good time, but it's time to check out other things," O'Neill said.
Pierce said that the break-up was not bitter.
"I'm psyched to move on to different things, but it's an amicable split," he said.
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Jacki Becker, co-owner of Pipeline Productions, which owns the Granada, said the show should be a good one.
"They'll play as long as the crowd stays there," she said. "Lawrence has always been one of their favorite towns."
Pierce said he planned to work on a solo album after the band ended its tour. O'Neill said he planned to go on vacation somewhere tropical.
O'Neill and Pierce have played several different venues in Lawrence,
O'Neill and Pierce will play a 30-minute acoustic set of their old duets to start off the evening. Then the entire band, a four-piece ensemble including former David Garza bassist Clay Pendergrass, will have a long electric jam.
including the Bottleneck and Granada. They typically played two to three shows a year in Lawrence.
"It's strange to think you won't play there anymore," O'Neill said. The band will release a final record-
The end may be approaching, but the show won't be over until early Wednesday morning.
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The band's improvisational funk gets out of control sometimes, and the latest album "bust it..bust it..bust it." is no exception, said band member Brian Quarles. After the band starts up, nothing can stop it, he said, not even a pair of broken suspenders.
Boogie Shoes will dish out a chaotic blend of sloppy funk at the Bottleneck Tuesday, even if the band's trombone player can't keep his pants up.
"Depending on the vibe, the show can get pretty chaotic," said drummer Matthew Montalto. "And we're pretty good at winning over a good part of the crowd. It's funky stuff."
When trombone player Mr. D's pants dropped to his ankles earlier this year at a show in Chicago, he just kept on playing, Quarles said.
Quarles said that the often incomprehensible
The band's music is spattered with a hodgepodge of original samples—everything from answering-machine messages to snatches of recorded conversations overheard in bars.
sound was what defined the band and that confusing a crowd was what he liked best.
"When I hear people say we're not hip-hop and not acid jazz and we're not this and not that, it's a compliment for us," Quarles said. "Whatever comes out, comes out. That's our style."
"The natural flow of adrenaline from a crowd that's all about us is amazing," Montalto said. "We're still adrenalized when breaking down the equipment. Then the night's out of control. Winding down doesn't stop until 7 or 8 a.m."
Blasting out a lengthy, improvisational show packed full of surprises can be draining. Quarles said. So when he prepares for a show, he focuses on activities not related to music. To clear his mind, he regularly shoots off fireworks, plays video games or does calisthenics before a performance.
But after a show, band members say they can't take their minds off of the music.
As the band travels from its home base of Chicago to Lawrence for the performance, the members discuss their music at truck stops along the way, while confusing their digestive tracks with cheap chicken fried steaks, Quar!s said.
The band's late-night travels are dotted with stops at small-town truck stops, Quares said. It's at these dives that the band discusses its music and picks up the greasy hats and shirts that they sometimes wear on stage.
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