Jon Pousette-Dart

News Press Music Video Photos Forum Tour Store Contact Jon Pousette-Dart captained the Pousette-Dart Band through four albums for Capitol Records between 1976 and 1980, a run that acquainted a generation with his formidable gifts as a singer, songwriter, arranger, guitarist and all-around musical adventurer. During this time, the Pousette-Dart Band became one of the busiest touring groups in the U. S., working with such acts as the Byrds, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, James Taylor, Yes, the J. Geils Band, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Journey and Billy Joel.

"When things got scary - as the seventies petered out and the eighties skulked in," Pousette-Dart muses, "while folks were trying to figure out how they ever got stuck in the position of having to choose between Donna Summer and Johnny Rotten, the Download Canvas Press original Pousette-Dart Band did what any halfway moral, responsible band would do Photo - we took a break." Pousette-Dart, himself, however, kept on trucking. (300dpi, 1.7MB) This year - 2009 - Pousette-Dart will continue his solo and band performances around the country with dates in Europe as well.. In addition to performing, he continues working hard on the Estate of Richard Pousette-Dart which promotes the works of his late father, the eminent abstract expressionist Richard Pousette-Dart. Jon has worked with his family developing shows for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of Art, The Indianapolis Museum of Fine Art, the Knoedler Gallery in New York and the Museums of Fine Arts in Houston and Boca Raton, Florida, as well as ACA Munich, Germany, the Schirne Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, and future shows in Europe . Shows include exhibitions at Los Angeles County Museum of Fine Art, the San Francisco Museum of Fine Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Fine Art all in 2005-2007. A major show was also mounted at The Guggenheim in Venice Italy Download Wall Press Photo which traveled to The Guggenheim in NYC . A major publication on Random House/ (300dpi, 2.7MB) Rizzoli was also released in 2007, titled, "Richard Pousette-Dart, The New York School and Beyond." New shows of his paintings, works on paper, and photographs, are currently in the works.

Born in New York City, New York, Pousette-Dart began playing the guitar when he was seven. At 13, he joined a band called "Tony & The Tigers" that included two of comedian Soupy Sales' sons. During the breaking-in period, he performed with the group on such high-profile network shows as Hullabaloo and To Tell The Truth. They also played in concerts with the elder Sales.

In 1973, he formed the Pousette-Dart Band with John Troy, his college mate from the University of Pacific, and a new recruit, John Curtis. Initially, the band played Download Headshot college gigs. But in 1975, legendary promotion man Al Coury signed the group to http://www.pousette-dart.com/nav.php?p=bio[6/3/10 1:18:03 PM] Jon Pousette-Dart

(300dpi, 1.7MB) Capitol. By this time, Pousette-Dart was being managed by music mogul Don Law. The first album, Pousette-Dart Band, was released in 1976, followed by Amnesia (1977), Pousette-Dart Band 3 (1979) and Never Enough (1980). Although the band worked the pop music arena, three of its Capitol album were cut in Nashville under award-winning producer Norbert Putnam.

After the band closed up shop in 1981, Pousette-Dart moved back to New York, where he established himself during the following decade as a top writer, slide guitarist and singer for recording sessions and advertising jingles. The Pousette-Dart Band reunited in 1991 for a series of dates. Jon was invited to Nashville at this time, by A&R man John Condon of Asylum Records. Pousette-Dart teamed with some of Nashville's top songwriters, among them Gary Burr, Darrell Scott, Al Anderson, Kostas, Fred Knobloch, Jaime Kyle, Tom Kimmel and Jennifer Kimball. In 1997, he recorded the solo album Ready To Fly. He subsequently retitled the collection Put Down Your Gun to support the Anti-Handgun Coalition.

Pousette-Dart extended is musical reach through 1998 to 1999 by producing 5 episodes for the History Channel, titled "Gunfighters of the West", and garnered forces with blues diva Toni Lynn Washington, who went on to record his songs on her latest release produced by Duke Robillard. His own album, Sample This, released in 2000, contained solo tracks, as well as ones he had recorded with Kostas, Lowell George ( who he toured with in the 70's )and John Bohlinger. He also appears on Jesse Winchester's upcoming DVD, singing with Valerie Carter, and an all-star band featuring, John Sebastion, Jim Horn, Victor Krauss, and many others.

Jon will be continuing touring throughout the United States, and Europe, solo, and with band.. He completed his CD, "Heart and Soul" , that features drummer extraordinaire Billy Ward, in April, 2005 which garnered national airplay.

He recently finished shooting a new video, and his next new release as well as new issues of the Capitol years are on their way in the upcoming season.

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