Meet Our Artists

Jerry Maniscalco

 

A Mississippi native, Jerry Maniscalco first picked up a guitar at 16 and he has been writing and performing original music ever since. In 2003, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 2007 and entering service as an SH-60B Seahawk pilot. During his time in the Navy--including 3 deployments and a remote tour--he found that music allowed him to unwind and escape. Jerry recorded two songs on our debut compilation album, the upbeat “Wake Up,” and our unofficial anthem, “We Are.”  He rejoined OE for our second album with “Waiting," written from the perspective of a pilot's spouse waiting for her husband to return home. Jerry continues to write music and play locally in the Jacksonville, Florida area.

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Thanks for listening!

Jerry Maniscalco's new release "Gypsy Blood" off his debut album "Bold Enough to Try." "I was in France, and sitting there on the street, there was a blood bank nearby, and I didn't think anything of it. And these people come walkin' up, and I'd never seen a gypsy before in my life, but these people were gypsies and I just knew it.

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