THE HOUSE JACKS BIOGRAPHY: - click here to check out The House Jack's Edutainment page! their Myspace page The House Jacks. They found it in the Yellow Pages under Heavy Equipment Rental: a ‘house jack’ is what you use when you want to move a house. Anyone who has seen them perform live will tell you that the name is appropriate. “Raise the roof” takes on a whole new meaning with The House Jacks. The original Jacks met each other while singing in a cappella groups at their various colleges on the East Coast. They all moved to San Francisco to form the House Jacks in September 1991. Since then, there have been several membership changes, culminating in the tight ensemble showcased and loved today around the world. The House Jacks have headlined in many famous venues around the country, including The Bottom Line and The Bitter End (NYC), The Great American Music Hall (SF), The House of Blues (Boston), The Birchmere (Alexandria, VA), and The Iron Horse (Northampton, MA). In addition, they have begun to make waves in Europe, headlining at many well-known German venues, including: Spectaculum Mundi (Munich), Theater am Aegi (Hannover), and Café Schlotte (Berlin). The Jacks have also toured Japan. The House Jacks have appeared with James Brown, Ray Charles, Jon Secada, LL Cool J, the Neville Brothers, President Bill Clinton, Crosby Stills and Nash, the Pointer Sisters, the Temptations, The Gap Band, Tower of Power, Starship, Run-DMC, and many others. Some of the few reasons to see The House Jacks LIVE is the band’s original “Gone”, their cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”, and more than 20 new original and cover songs now in the regular concert repertoire. Or just to see it all done with nothing but five voices.