Music lovers everywhere were saddened by the recent, sudden passing of John Stewart, the singer-songwriter of Kingston Trio fame who was originally scheduled to perform tonight. We'll be keeping John in our hearts as Freight favorites the House Jacks take the stage in his place, with a fabulous show including at least one of John's classics.

A five-man rock band without instruments, the House Jacks offer a "no-holds barred" a cappella style that obliterates all preconceptions about the limits of the human voice. Deke Sharon, Wes Carroll, Austin Willacy, Roo Ahuja, and Antonio Medrano run the gamut from tender love ballads to mile-a-minute funk, complete with mind-blowing vocal percussion and riffs torn straight out of a whammy-bar guitar.

Taking their name from the Heavy Equipment section of the Yellow Pages (a "house jack" is what you use to move a residence), the jax got to know each other on the collegiate a cappella circuit of the late 1980s. Since those days, the quintet has completed several world tours, gained thousands of devoted fans, won numerous awards, and recorded six albums including their latest, the live CD Get Down Mr. President.