his Myspace pageAustin Willacy is an accomplished vocalist/songwriter who is also a member of Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. recording artists The House Jacks. In addition to the four CD’s Willacy recorded with The House Jacks, he has released three solo albums. Willacy has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe, and Japan performing with such greats as Ray Charles, James Brown, The Neville Brothers, The Temptations, The Gap Band, The Pointer Sisters, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Starship, Chicago and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Willacy signed to APG Records at the end of 1999 and released akw, a 5-song EP that immediately went into rotation on college radio. American pie, his debut solo LP, was released in the spring of 2000. Willacy and his backup musicians found the mark on every song on American pie. They include Jon Evans (bass, Tori Amos), Andrew Borger (percussion, Tom Waits) and Mark Orton (guitar), Rob Burger (keyboards and accordion) and Carla Kihlstedt (violin) from tin hat trio. Willacy has performed regularly in the Bay Area and toured in Southern California, the Midwest and New England. "Them" has received extensive airplay on college and select AAA radio stations nationwide. Page 7, Willacy's 2003 release, features local luminaries Jon Evans (bass player, Tori Amos) and drummer Andrew Borger (currently on tour with Norah Jones) and has been described by the San Franciso Examiner as "an edgy adult contemporary sound that goes down easily and speaks to the heart. " In Spring 2005, Austin appeared on “How to Behave”, Comcast’s show about how to do it yourself, the right way! Austin was also featured in “Play Guitar Magazine”, 2005-spring edition.