HISTORY OF ONE-EYED JACK

     One-Eyed Jack was the brainchild of Ray Wagner and Aaron Kerr. Ray was playing in an acoustic trio called 33 and 1/3 (and still does) and was longing for the opportunity to be the lead singer/front man for a group of his own. He also felt that there was a significant vacancy in the region for a polished, professional group that performed 90s and modern day rock music. From there the search began. Ray placed an ad on an area forum for a lead singer/rhythm guitarist seeking a band to perform with. No positive results were rendered. One evening, while messaging with Rob Shoemake from "Merge", Rob told Ray about a friend who was performing with "Junkyard Dogs", Aaron Kerr, who may have an interest in a new lead singer.

     After one informal practice with "Junkyard Dogs", Ray was unsure whether they were interested in adding him on. He wasn't even certain of what role he would have in the band. After Thanksgiving, those questions were succinctly answered when Aaron told Ray that he was leaving to find a new project. The remainder of "Junkyard Dogs" found other bands to hook up with. Aaron and Ray stuck together and would get together on Sunday afternoons to work out songs for what would hopefully be a new band for 2007. Ray placed want ads for a drummer and bass player in local music forums in December, again with no responses.

     The New Year broke with no apparent solution to Aaron's and Ray's lack of band mates, and Aaron was looking at extending the timeline for the new project's development. Ray became more aggressive in recruiting by producing flyers to distribute to local music stores, and posting to several musician web sites. A serendipitous chance meeting with Ted McGreevy in a local Chinese buffet helped to fill the bass slot in the group, but the drummer position was still open.

     The flyers generated a small number of candidates for drummer, none of whom actually made it to an audition. It wasn't until Ray placed a help wanted ad in the Cumberland Times-News that seriously interested candidates began to appear. Calls were coming in daily, and auditions were scheduled for the weekend of January 27-28 with three potential candidates vying for the spot and a fourth waiting for an opportunity the following weekend.

     Saturday's auditions included John Robinette, who had played in Bottom Line with Ray. When the first audition failed to show, John came over earlier than his scheduled time to audition and impressed all present with his skill and desire to play. Other candidates were contacted that evening and informed auditions were closed, and the final spot in the band had been filled.

     That brings us to the present time, where the foursome gathers together for practice twice a week, learning and preparing material for their April debut. The excitement and anticipation continues to build for what will be one of the biggest "coming-out" parties of 2007.

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