The April 5 edition of Greasy Tracks featured an interview with and career overview of Jon Pousette-Dart.
Here’s the archive, while a playlist is here.
Pousette-Dart and noted guitarist/producer Jim Chapdalaine play the Sounding Board in West Hartford on April 26. They also play April 19 at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Mass.; and July 18 at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Mass.
Best known as the leader and a founding member of the Pousette-Dart Band, a folk-rock group that emerged in the 1970s and released a handful of well-received major-label albums, Pousette-Dart was in the thick of it as the rock music industry grew exponentially that decade.
As a live outfit, the band shared bills with the likes of Yes, Peter Frampton and Gary Wright when they were at the height of their popularity, but myriad industry changes led to the group officially calling time in 1981.
Over the years, there would be sporadic reunions, but for the most part, Pousette-Dart focused on his solo career. He’s released a number of albums and continues to put out singles.
Despite first meeting in Cambridge, Mass., in the 1970s — Chapdalaine worked at Pousette-Dart’s favorite record shop — Pousette-Dart and Chapdalaine wouldn’t start working together for many decades. For the past 25 years they’ve primarily played as an acoustic duo or occasionally in an electric lineup.