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born; when he’s by himself. It worked out somebody, doesn’t matter… anybody he band’s recent tour in support of
quite well actually, because the music for who’s willing to listen. We can’t do much to T‘Crooked Teeth’ saw the band more
that song is a little on the happy side and it change minds other than to try and be there energized than ever. But the band had to
came out and the juxtaposition of the two for them in that way.” cancel a few shows while on the American
made the whole thing work musically. It’s run due to Jacoby needing vocal surgery
something that people can listen to and feel n another song on ‘Crooked Teeth’, and rest. This wasn’t the first time though.
like somebody’s hearing them.” I‘Sunrise Trailer Park’, Jacoby sings ‘I Jacoby had surgery five years ago to re-
knew that I was ready to straighten up be- move a nodule on his vocal cords.
usic can definitely be a crutch for cause my best friend died, I didn’t wanna “It was pretty disconcerting the first
Mfans. Relating to lyrics can help carry on living that life’. Jerry himself has time,” says Jerry. “This time around… it’s
you feel that you’re not the only one going never drank. He says, “I tried it once and I sort of like flying on a plane, I think. The
through something, while melodies can didn’t like it. I have fun without it, so…” Ja- first time you do it you think everything is
ease your pain and take you to a happier coby, however, was obviously the complete going to go wrong and you’re going to fall
place. And knowing that it helps others can opposite. He has been dependent on alco- out of the sky, and the more you do it, you
also help the lyricist. In ‘Help’, Jacoby sings hol, even being known as Jonny Vodka, but come to realize that the chance of some-
‘Locked up in my hurricane head’. Jerry has now been sober since 2012. thing going wrong is very, very slim. It’s
thinks it can be difficult for someone to “The funny thing is that there have been kind of like that. The doctor has superstar
reach out when they have negative a few times over the past few years where clients that come to him every few years.
thoughts. “Luckily, we have each other. It’s he’d kind of gotten back into it and each One of the people Jacoby told me was, Rod
almost kind of like, what else can we do? time there’s been a certain amount of time Stewart goes every four to five years. They
Jacoby is writing the songs sort of to deal where we let him do his thing, and then it say that you could sing around, change
with some of these things that he’s dealing seemed like right before we would say your voice to a certain way that will mini-
with. If it gets really bad then he talks to us, something he would straighten up again,” mize the damage but then you won’t sound
but he’s learned over the years that people remembers Jerry. “Now he’s been sober for the same. You won’t have the character of
who are having problems in their lives over five years. I’m glad that he has come your own voice, so it’s just something that
maybe can’t always talk to somebody, so at to that realization that he can’t just casually goes with the territory. He’s very serious
least they can listen to this music and feel have a beer. He’s taken steps to curb that about all of the instructions that the doctor
like they’re not alone in the pain that they’re and he’s just working on being the best ver- gives him for recovery, and all that; he’s
feeling, and the anxiety and all the things sion of himself that he can be, and it’s an doing great.”
that go along with that. But yeah, every inspiration.” Jacoby posted about having lessons
chance we get we tell people to talk to with a vocal therapist, Amy Chapman, be-

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