☆ Collierville’s Local Rockstar ☆
Many students know and love Mr. Campbell. They’ve either had him for AP Lit or in ACT Prep, trusting him to fine tune their literature comprehension and writing skills. With AP Lit being one of the most difficult high school English courses offered, teaching it can be just as challenging, but Mr. Campbell enjoys how “the vast majority of them are sincerely interested in learning.” He gets to “see them come in as pretty good writers” and “leave as really good or great writers.”
Not originally planning on teaching, Mr. Campbell was first focused on investigative journalism. However, plans change, and he’s now been teaching at Collierville High School for 26 years – his first job fresh out of college. Outside of teaching, keeps busy with his kids, writes a daily blog, and reads. Some of his favorite books include Albert Camus’s Plague and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
But unbeknownst to many, Mr. Campbell has a secret – a rockstar twin brother.
Jammy McJammerstein tries to be a regular guy, but “it’s hard when you’re a star.” He and his brother have a lot in common – a wife, two kids, and a busy schedule. Instead of teaching, however, he’s on tour, and it’s difficult to be normal when you’re a headliner.
Picking up the guitar during his freshman year of high school, McJammerstein didn’t start of as a child prodigy. There were many phases where he didn’t play at all. Things changed when he entered college with a roommate who could play with his eyes closed. With some help from his roommate, McJammerstein took up the guitar once again and fine-tuned his skills.
He began his rise to fame with a YouTube channel, created just before the pandemic. His wife noticed his guitar sitting to the side, collecting dust. Why have a guitar if you weren’t going to use it? She told him as such, and a star was born. It began with “Red Hot” by Mötley Crüe, simply because that was how the guitar happened to be tuned.
McJammerstein now owns four guitars, the newest of which being a Kramer Pacer series, with a Floyd Rose bridge, and two Seymour Duncan pick-ups. It’s tied together with its Bengal tiger design. Fittingly, McJammerstein debuted this new piece with Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”
Over the past three years, McJammerstein has honed the production of his videos while his fame only grows. He loves that many of his fans are students of his twin brother, and though he won’t disclose what his next cover will be, be can only assume that it will surpass our greatest expectations.
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