Kathy in addition to Pete Jacques could expect a phone call from their son on Sundays letting them know where he was and where the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey festival was leading him next. The circus's Red unit wrapped up its Phoenix stop on June 28 and 32-year-old Cary Jacques, a bass player with the troupe's band, called home twice before send-off on his Harley-Davidson bound for California.
He never made it.
"Wish he was still here. It seems like it's way too damn early," Pete Jacques said. "The guy was doing everything that most sit around saying, 'I wish I could do that,' and we get up every day and we go do our job and we come home and we mow the grassland and we go to bed, and we get up and go do it again. And we go, 'I desire I could be on the road. I wish I were a musician. I wish I was out hiking this or that.' Cary did those things."
The 1994 measure off of Scott High School died from injury suffered in a crash just after dark on westbound Interstate 10 outside of Phoenix. A stray tire tread is believed to have triggered the accident.
On Saturday, family and friends will gather at the John R. Little Post 3186 VFW Hall in Southgate to celebrate the ambitious musician who enjoyed his motorcycles and explore the outdoors.
"I get the emotion that it's not going to be a customary service with a somber organ live," said Ryan Harrell, a friend from high school. "I think it will be more in the spirit that he lived and more about populace being happy for the experience they've had with him."
A capable and safety-conscious motorcycle rider - he was wearing a full-face helmet and protective gear at the time of the accident - Cary Jacques owned four bikes, including a 1968 Triumph, and forged friendships through his interest in British bikes. He also hiked segment of the Appalachian Trail with the goal of covering the entire route as his schedule allowed.
Before the circus hired him in 2004, Cary Jacques worked at Buddy Roger's Music and refined his bass-playing skills with bands like Chrome and O-6, gaining a reputation as one of the better bass players around the area. He studied with the noted bass actor Jeff Berlin and arranged education with musicians in towns the circus visited.
"He was very dedicated to his music, always had been for years and years," said Josh Minton, a friend since high school. "He worked real hard at it. He was very gifted."
Harrell played trombone in the Scott group with Cary Jacques and plans to attend Saturday's memorial. The two had stayed in touch through years and Cary Jacques would call Harrell, who now lives in Cleveland, when the spectacle came to town.
"What kind of strike me the most was how self-motivated he was," Harrell said. "He took upon himself to learn a lot about not just music but beyond that he was a very avid backpacker He was a very self-educated person, very well read.... If he was interested in amazing he'd take it upon himself to search out books about it, search out material about that. The drive intended for self-improvement was always there and continued to be there."
He never made it.
"Wish he was still here. It seems like it's way too damn early," Pete Jacques said. "The guy was doing everything that most sit around saying, 'I wish I could do that,' and we get up every day and we go do our job and we come home and we mow the grassland and we go to bed, and we get up and go do it again. And we go, 'I desire I could be on the road. I wish I were a musician. I wish I was out hiking this or that.' Cary did those things."
The 1994 measure off of Scott High School died from injury suffered in a crash just after dark on westbound Interstate 10 outside of Phoenix. A stray tire tread is believed to have triggered the accident.
On Saturday, family and friends will gather at the John R. Little Post 3186 VFW Hall in Southgate to celebrate the ambitious musician who enjoyed his motorcycles and explore the outdoors.
"I get the emotion that it's not going to be a customary service with a somber organ live," said Ryan Harrell, a friend from high school. "I think it will be more in the spirit that he lived and more about populace being happy for the experience they've had with him."
A capable and safety-conscious motorcycle rider - he was wearing a full-face helmet and protective gear at the time of the accident - Cary Jacques owned four bikes, including a 1968 Triumph, and forged friendships through his interest in British bikes. He also hiked segment of the Appalachian Trail with the goal of covering the entire route as his schedule allowed.
Before the circus hired him in 2004, Cary Jacques worked at Buddy Roger's Music and refined his bass-playing skills with bands like Chrome and O-6, gaining a reputation as one of the better bass players around the area. He studied with the noted bass actor Jeff Berlin and arranged education with musicians in towns the circus visited.
"He was very dedicated to his music, always had been for years and years," said Josh Minton, a friend since high school. "He worked real hard at it. He was very gifted."
Harrell played trombone in the Scott group with Cary Jacques and plans to attend Saturday's memorial. The two had stayed in touch through years and Cary Jacques would call Harrell, who now lives in Cleveland, when the spectacle came to town.
"What kind of strike me the most was how self-motivated he was," Harrell said. "He took upon himself to learn a lot about not just music but beyond that he was a very avid backpacker He was a very self-educated person, very well read.... If he was interested in amazing he'd take it upon himself to search out books about it, search out material about that. The drive intended for self-improvement was always there and continued to be there."
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