The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Tavern to host ’70s hit artist
NEW HARTFORD — Jon Pousette-Dart is set to perform at the ParrottDelaney Tavern on Thursday, Oct. 12.
Active as a performer/ recording artist for over 40 years and counting, Pousette-Dart founded the Pousette-Dart Band and carved a place in the landscape of American music in the 1970s. The band went on to record a series of albums for the Capitol Records label, two of which (Amnesia and Pousette-Dart Band 3) made the Billboard album chart. Their single “For Love” reached No. 83 on the Billboard singles chart in 1979.
The band was a mainstay of album radio, a favorite on the college circuit, and became one of the busiest touring groups in the U.S., working with such acts as The Byrds, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, The Eagles, James Taylor, The J. Geils Band, Eddie Money, Manfred Mann, Jonathan Edwards, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Emmylou Harris, Gary Wright, Robert Palmer, Randy Newman, Journey, Billy Joel, NRBQ, and many more, including the now famous Frampton Comes Alive tour and the progressive Yes Fragile tour — playing arenas from coast to coast.
While the original group disbanded in the early ’80s, Pousette-Dart kept performing with original drummer Eric Parker and continued writing and producing into the ’90s, when he returned to Nashville to begin recording again on his own. He’s turned out five solo albums, including 2015’s “TALK,” a cohesive selection of his best songs to date.
Pousette-Dart is currently touring solo, duo and with his band, featuring newest member Malcom Gold on bass and harmony vocals, Eric Parker on drums, and Jim Chapdelaine, who co-produced several of PousetteDart’s records, on guitar/ vocals.
To reach the ParrotteDelaney Tavern, at 37 Greenwoods Road., New Hartford, call 860-3790188, or visit https:// www.parrottdelaneytavern.com.
Learn more about Jon Pousette-Dart and his music at http://www.pousettedart.com, https://www. facebook.com/pousettedartband/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoTHmjS-JXA