Pousette-Dart Band

The Pousette-Dart Band ([poo-sette]; PDB) was an American soft rock group active in the 1970s and early 1980s. 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 four albums for their label Capitol Records, two of which (Amnesia and Pousette-Dart Band 3) made the Billboard album chart. Their single "For Love" reached #83 on the Billboard singles chart.^[1]

Pousette-Dart Band
Jon Pousette-Dart Performing at the Plymouth Folk Festival in Plymouth, Massachusetts on July 13, 2008
Background information
Origin	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genres	Soft rock, country rock
Years active	1973–1981, 1991, 2008-Present
Labels	Capitol
Members	Jon Pousette-Dart John Troy John Curtis

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 among various former personnel have continued, with original members Pousette-Dart and Troy also launching solo careers.

The song "Fall on Me" from the band's second album Amnesia was featured in the 11th episode of the second season of Lost.^[2]

Pousette-Dart is the son of Abstract Expressionist artist Richard Pousette-Dart.^[3]

Discography

Pousette-Dart Band (top left) in the late 1970s.

Albums

• 1976: Pousette Dart Band
• 1977: Amnesia, US Billboard # 143^[4]
• 1978: Pousette-Dart Band 3, US Billboard # 161
• 1979: Never Enough, US Billboard # 203
• 1993: Best of Pousette Dart Band

Singles

• 1976: "What Can I Say"
• 1977: "Fall on Me"
• 1977: "Amnesia"
• 1978: "Stand by Me," US Cash Box # 103^[5]
• 1979: "For Love," US Billboard # 83
• 1979: "Hallelujah I'm a Bum"