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Jeff Hobbs & The Jacks

The "Jacks" as assembled today are a lineup that did not come together overnight. It all started in February of 2002. Jeff Hobbs was a newcomer to the scene at this time, fresh from the mountains of Colorado, where this songwriter spent a few months writing and living with some some old school friends. Hobbs began seeking out musical prospects as he did in every other town that he had shacked up in. This time would prove to be productive, unlike the rest. Three or four lines down in one particular news piece read "Rock band seeks lead singer". The next day Jeff walked in the house of Johnny "Sticks" Hicks. Hicks was a local drummer that had played many projects throughout the region, and had even played globally with some different school or professional outfits. "I knew that when I heard John play, I had found something that wasn't around every corner, and I knew that he was special," Hobbs says, also claiming that would it not have been for the monumental 'find' on percussion Hobbs would not have continued to pursue a musical career. Hicks and Hobbs instantly became musically connected, and began their quest to find the missing pieces, though this would be an arduous task to say the least.

Many other musicians would come and go for the next few years while the two searched for the future additions to their project. With whatever lineup was provided week to week, the band played shows regionally and did whatever they could to stay busy. In September of 2005, there would finally be an answer to their prayers. While traveling southbound, the band was without a bass player and made a random phone call to a Dallas native that the guys had met at the well known country bar "Adairs". Lucas Copeland, otherwise known as "Honky Tonk Red" spontaniously accepted the gig with the group, having never played any of the material. "We actually had one of our better shows ever that night," Hicks says, "people were dancing on the tables having the time of their lives! Lucas is like no one else on the planet, he is not only a great performer, but he is the funnest person to be around, that I have ever met. He brings so much to the table and it is amazing to have someone like this in your band and in your life." Lucas Copeland not only added his own tenacity to the band, but the way that he connected with Hicks and Hobbs musically and personally is what made the new found musical relationship so successful. The trio remained as such for two years until a singer/songwiter named Derek Harris became known to the group. Harris was a performer, and mutual friend of a local promoter that the band had worked with. Hobbs immediately became impressed with the unbelievable vocal range that Harris possessed. "I knew that if we had this guy in the band that he would add so much to our goal of being a well rounded vocal band," Hobbs says. "We have always idolized bands like Poco, The Eagles, and Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, who portray such powerful vocal melodies and harmonies, and Derek Harris gives us the ability to create the same musical sounds that our biggest influences did before us."

So a long awaited goal has finally become a reality for four musical talents known as "Jeff Hobbs and the Jacks." This full scale American country rock band has recently signed on to the internationally known talent agency Austin Universal Entertainment, and before that, independent label, Juell Records. "We have a great team around us that we love and respect," Hobbs says. "With Juell Records and Alvin Moody, who is also my golf partner!, Matthew Hoyt (Austin Universal Entertainment), Brandy Reed (Publicist) and Clay Neuman(Radio Promotion) in our corner we are able to do what we love, which will always come back to one thing.......Music.