Pousette-Dart Band
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The Pousette-Dart Band was an American soft rock
group active in the 1970s and early 1980s. Originally conceived in 1973 as a string band
from Cambridge, Massachusetts
, PDB comprised Jon Pousette-Dart, John Troy and John Curtis. With a shift to a more commercially-oriented sound and a steady succession of additional personnel, the group went on to record a series of albums for their label Capitol Records
, two of which(Amnesia and Pousette-Dart Band 3) made the Billboard Top 200. Their single "For Love" reached #83 on the Billboard charts.
Although the band formally broke up in 1981, members reunited in 1991 for a series of concerts, and a "Best Of" album was released in 1994. Since then collaborations between various former personnel have continued, with original members Jon Pousette-Dart and John Troy also launching solo careers.
The song "Fall on Me" from the band’s second album Amnesia featured in the eleventh episode of the second season of Lost.
Jon is the son of Richard Pousette-Dart
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Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
group active in the 1970s and early 1980s. Originally conceived in 1973 as a string band
String band
A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up mainly or solely of string instruments. String bands were popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and are among the forerunners of modern country music and bluegrass.-String bands in old-time music:...
from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, PDB comprised Jon Pousette-Dart, John Troy and John Curtis. With a shift to a more commercially-oriented sound and a steady succession of additional personnel, the group went on to record a series of albums for their label Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
, two of which(Amnesia and Pousette-Dart Band 3) made the Billboard Top 200. Their single "For Love" reached #83 on the Billboard charts.
Although the band formally broke up in 1981, members reunited in 1991 for a series of concerts, and a "Best Of" album was released in 1994. Since then collaborations between various former personnel have continued, with original members Jon Pousette-Dart and John Troy also launching solo careers.
The song "Fall on Me" from the band’s second album Amnesia featured in the eleventh episode of the second season of Lost.
Jon is the son of Richard Pousette-Dart
Richard Pousette-Dart
Richard Pousette-Dart was an American Abstract Expressionist painter.-Biography:He was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and grew up in Valhalla, New York. Although Richard never attended art school, his father, Nathaniel J. Pousette-Dart, was a painter and writer on art. He moved to Manhattan in 1937...
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Discography
- 1976 - Pousette Dart Band
- 1977 - Amnesia
- 1977 - The Pousette Dart Band live at Sigma SoundSigma Sound StudiosSigma Sound Studios is an American music recording studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania founded by recording engineer Joseph Tarsia in 1968.Located at 212 N. 12th Street in Philadelphia, it was the second studio in the country to offer 24-track recording and the first in the country to use console...
, Philadelphia - 1979 - Pousette-Dart Band 3
- 1980 - Never Enough
External links
- Jon Pousette-Dart official site
- John Troy official site