{"id":19325,"date":"2019-09-12T11:13:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=19325"},"modified":"2019-09-12T11:13:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:13:51","slug":"on-stage-jon-pousette-dart-comes-to-the-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=19325","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Jon Pousette-Dart comes to The Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EL\"><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <\/span><em><span lang=\"EL\">Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10149\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jpd-live-rockport-2-512x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10149\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10149\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/jpd-live-rockport-2-512x500-307x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon Pousette-Dart<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Jon Pousette-Dart\u2019s debut album in 1976 was \u201cPousette Dart Band.\u201d Now, Pousette-Dart has 10 albums to his credit and more than a thousand shows on his musical resume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">When Pousette-Dart goes on tour, it could be in one of three configurations \u2013 as a solo act, as an acoustic duo or with his talented band that features Malcom Gold (Sheryl Crow, Indie.Arie) on bass and harmony vocals, Eric Parker (Joe Cocker, Mick Taylor) on drums, and Jim Chapdelaine (Al Anderson, Phoebe Snow) on guitar\/vocals.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">He is touring this September as the Jon Pousette-Dart Duo and the tour touches down locally on September 14 at Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org\/\">http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cI\u2019m out as a duo with a singer and guitar player from my band &#8212; Jim Chapdelaine,\u201d said Pousette-Dart, during a recent phone interview from his home in Cold Spring in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cJim is a great musician who has played with a lot of people including NRBQ and Al Anderson. We\u2019ve been playing together for 25 years and he co-produced several of my albums.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Active as a performer\/recording artist for more than 40 years, Pousette-Dart founded\u00a0The Pousette-Dart Band and carved a place in the landscape of American music in the 1970s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Pousette-Dart Band started out as an acoustic combo (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/john-troy-mn0000092697\">John Troy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/john-curtis-mn0000216877\">John Curtis<\/a>) on the Northeastern coffeehouse circuit. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/don-law-mn0000178696\">Don Law <\/a>discovered them opening for John Hammond on Nantucket. In 1974, now a full-fledged rock band, the band signed a multi-album deal with Capitol Records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The band started with a series of four critically hailed albums on <a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capitol_Records. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCapitol_Records&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9c33006e96ac4c9e134808d73196a840%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637032395459817233&amp;sdata=vKVci1TA9rHk6ouyx6BGEGanhVv6FZRsCTP%2BWu8UL%2Fk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capitol Records<\/a> \u2013 \u201cPousette-Dart Band,\u201d \u201cAmnesia,\u201d \u201cPousette-Dart Band 3,\u201d and \u201cNever Enough.\u201d Two of them \u2013 \u201cAmnesia\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cPousette-Dart Band 3\u201d &#8212; made the\u00a0<a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_200. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBillboard_200&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9c33006e96ac4c9e134808d73196a840%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637032395459827244&amp;sdata=EJJ3rCr12j4Me6EqmOPrwYKCl4LWeRIDqrRvSNBhBTk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billboard\u00a0album chart<\/a>. The band\u2019s single \u201cFor Love\u201d reached Number 83 on the\u00a0<a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBillboard_Hot_100&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C9c33006e96ac4c9e134808d73196a840%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637032395459837255&amp;sdata=NceWkj0c8kZhILmr0FPLcKU%2FAr0MqZEs6DFMZDrc2oQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billboard\u00a0singles chart<\/a>\u00a0in 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Pousette-Dart Band shared the same soft rock\/country rock genre as the Eagles, America and Orleans. Despite arena tours and major-label releases, PDB was unable to gain the same widespread audience as those groups. The band released it fourth album for Capitol Records in 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The group toured incessantly throughout the 1970s, drawing on pop, folk, country, and blues styles. In 1980, the band was without a record deal and called it quits. John Pousette-Dart returned with the album \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/ready-to-fly-mw0001208078\">Ready to Fly<\/a>\u201d in 1998. He followed that with his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/sample-this-mw0000034761\">Sample This<\/a>\u201d LP in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">After the band\u2019s demise, Pousette-Dart moved on to a second \u2013 and more lucrative \u2013 career. He worked in the world of television jingles, and also was involved in singing and playing sessions, collaborating with other songwriters, and producing a series for the History Channel. He also represented the work of his father &#8212; the internationally renowned abstract artist Richard Pousette-Dart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Pousette-Dart brought his music career back to life with a recorded reunion with his old colleagues called \u201cIt\u2019s About Time,\u201d which was released in 1998, and followed with another LP titled \u201cReady To Fly.\u201d He then released three solo albums \u2013 \u201cSample This\u201d in 2002, \u201cHeart &amp; Soul\u201d in 2005, and \u201cAnti-Gravity\u201d in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">After another long gap, Pousette-Dart released his latest solo record, \u201cTalk,\u201d in 2015. The well-crafted disc was met with great reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWith \u2018Talk,\u201d I had been writing songs for a while,\u201d said Pousette-Dart. \u201cI was also working with a lot of friends in Nashville. I cut it at Ronnie Milsap\u2019s Black River Studio.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The album was produced by Nashville\u2019s legendary producer Bil VornDick (Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, New Grass Revival) and featured an array of top-flight musicians including Reggie Young (Elvis, Eric Clapton), Dan Dugmore (Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor), Clayton Ivey (James Brown, Bobby Womack), Glenn Worf (Mark Knopfler, Bob Seeger).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Jonnell Mosser, Bekka Bramlett and bluegrass queen Rhonda Vincent have duets on the record. The LP also features songs Pousette-Dart wrote with John Oates, Gary Nicholson, Fred Knobloch, Angela Kaset, Sally Barris and Kostas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cI\u2019m back in the studio again now,\u201d said Pousette-Dart. \u201cI\u2019m doing a lot of recording here and releasing songs every week on Facebook, YouTube and my website. It\u2019s a mixture of songs and songs with videos. It\u2019s a tapestry of stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cI was going to make an album, but a lot of really good stuff gets buried these days. I found it hard to get stuff across. People\u2019s attention spans have become very, very short. And, it\u2019s easier than going through the whole process of making an album \u2013 all the time involved in releasing an album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">And, singles are more immediate. We turn around things in a couple days. My latest song is called \u2018Two Souls\u2019 and it has a really positive message.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Video link for Jon Pousette-Dart Duo \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pousette-dart.com\/\">https:\/\/www.pousette-dart.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The show at Kennett Flash will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Other upcoming shows at Kennett Flash are The Bryan Tuk Complex Album Release Show on September 14 and Vanessa Collier on September 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">If you blindfolded someone, took them on a helicopter ride, landed in Warren County, New Jersey and then drove for 10 minutes before taking the blindfold off, the person probably would be a bit disoriented.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10150\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/saint-slumber-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10150\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10150\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/saint-slumber-5-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Slumber<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">If you drove around for another 10 minutes and then asked the person what state they were in, the first guess would not be New Jersey \u2013 nor would be the 10th guess \u2013 nor probably would be the 30th guess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">This area in the northwest corner of the Garden State is country \u2013 woods, streams, small towns, few roads and no congestion (people or cars)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Warren County has rolling hills, with the Kittatinny Ridge in the west. It is home to fewer people than 18 of the state\u2019s 21 counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Nearby are two mines\/mineral museums that are unique. The Franklin-Sterling Hill area has more fluorescent minerals than anywhere else on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Warren County is also home to one of the most promising young rock bands on the East Coast \u2013 Saint Slumber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Formed in the small, quiet towns of this region of New Jersey, the alt-pop trio is comprised of vocalist Joshua Perna, guitarist Aaron Brown, and drummer Matt Carpenter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">On September 14, Saint Slumber will return Philadelphia \u2013 its adopted hometown \u2013 to open for\u00a0 Judah and the Lion at <\/span><span lang=\"EL\">The Met (858 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/themetphilly.com\/\">http:\/\/themetphilly.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019re close to the same distance from New York and from Philadelphia,\u201d said Perna, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from his home near Blair, New Jersey. \u201cThere is no music scene here, so Philly is the closest thing to being our hometown. We\u2019ve played there a lot and the Philly community has accepted us the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been together as Saint Slumber for about three years, but Aaron and I go back a lot more than that. I met Aaron when we were in middle school at a Pentecostal school near where we lived.\u00a0 We first met Matt at a gig a few years ago. We\u2019re all great friends now. We\u2019d be great friends even if we weren\u2019t in this band together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Saint Slumber has been working on its debut album but it\u2019s an album with a difference. The album has been reconfigured into three EPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cA lot of bands are releasing singles on a regular basis rather than a full-length album,\u201d said Perna. \u201cThat\u2019s definitely our M.O. We wanted to fit that model &#8212; except with EPs rather than singles. We grew up listening to albums and we love albums. But now with listening websites, albums get truncated and songs get separated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe decided to make a full-length with 15 songs but do it in three EPs instead of one LP \u2013 three EPs one song at a time. At the end of two years, we\u2019ll have a full album that will tell a story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThe first EP \u2018YOUTH\/\/1\u2019 came out in spring 2017. The second one \u2013 \u2018YOUTH\/\/2\u2019 was released in September 2018. The third &#8212; \u2018YOUTH\/\/3\u2019 \u2013 just came out this August.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The writing for the EPs also came in phases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019d write a batch of 10 songs and then parse it down to the ones we wanted for the EP,\u201d said Perna, who also has lent his vocal talents to feature on a handful of popular EDM releases by artists such as,\u00a0Modern Machines\u00a0and\u00a0Adventure Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThere is definitely an evolution. The way we\u2019re releasing the music, people can watch it in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThe trilogy is called \u2018Youth\u2019 \u2013 what it means to be growing up and getting out of your youth. There is continuity between the three releases. I\u2019m the songwriter. If I\u2019m writing a song, it\u2019s me. That\u2019s a common thread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cSonically, it\u2019s a lot tighter now from when we started. Our first record was written before the band even had a show. Once we started playing live, we found the true element of what our sound is. We embrace minimalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cMinimalism means that we\u2019re finding one or two elements that are important &#8212; finding the one dynamic we\u2019re trying to hit and not cluttering it with extraneous parts. Less is more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Video link for Saint Slumber \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8cP6wx98btM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8cP6wx98btM<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The show at The Met, which has Judah &amp; The Lion as the headliner, will start at 8 p.m. Ticket prices start at $24.95.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Other upcoming shows at The Met are The Piano Guys on September 12, Marina on September 14, Bastille on September 16, NF on September 17 and Lizzo on September 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10151\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-national-parks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10151\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10151\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/the-national-parks-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Parks<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">National Parks are all around this area &#8212; Independence National Park, Valley Forge National Park, First State National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">On September 13, The National Parks will be visiting this area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The National Parks is a folk\/pop\/rock band that is visiting the area on Friday night for a show at The Locks at Sona (4417 Main Street, Manayunk, 484- 273-0481, <a href=\"http:\/\/sonapub.com\/\">sonapub.com<\/a>). The band\u2019s roster includes founder Brady Parks (guitar, vocals), his wife Megan Taylor Parks (fiddle), Sydney Macfarlane (keyboards), and Cam Brannelly (drums).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019re based in Utah,\u201d said Brady Parks, during a phone interview Tuesday from a tour stop in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019re based in Salt Lake City now but we started off in Provo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cI started off as a singer\/songwriter and then just kind of met everybody else through the music scene. I started jamming with Sydney first with her singing and playing keys. After that, Megan and Cam joined the band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The group released its debut album, \u201cYoung\u201d in 2013. The album was recorded at June Audio with producer Scott Wiley and climbed to Number 13 on the <a title=\"ITunes\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ITunes\">iTunes<\/a> singer\/songwriter chart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThat album had national distribution,\u201d said Parks. \u201cWe were lucky because it trended on iTunes and went high on the singer\/songwriter chart. Because of that, we got a lot of press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cOur second album, \u2018Until I Live,\u2019 was released in September 2015. Then, our third album \u2018Places\u2019 came out in October 2017. We\u2019re on tour between cycles now playing songs from all three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe\u2019re currently working on our fourth album. We wrote 35 songs and then picked 16 to record. There will probably be 12 on the actual record. We\u2019re recording it at June Audio in Provo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The band has been honing its sound along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cOur music has evolved,\u201d said Parks. \u201cThe first album was a combination of folk and singer\/songwriter. The second record was indie\/folk\/pop with more of as pop element. \u2018Places\u2019 was more indie\/pop and less folk. The new stuff is a perfect blend of the three. Pretty much all the demos are done and we\u2019ve recorded six songs in the studio already.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Like most of the residents of the Beehive State, the members of The National Parks are Mormon. More than 60 per cent of Utahns are Mormon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cIn a way, Mormon is the core element of who all of us are,\u201d said Parks. \u201cIt plays into the writing but I wouldn\u2019t say that we\u2019re a Christian Rock band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The National Parks has toured nationally for years but this weekend\u2019s show will be their area debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThis will be our first time to play Philly,\u201d said Parks. \u201cSo, we\u2019re really excited.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Video link for The National Parks \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pFSGX4h-WfI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/pFSGX4h-WfI<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The show at Locks at Sona, which has Wild as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Other upcoming shows at Locks at Sona are Young Dubliners on September and Padraig Stevens &amp; Leo Moran on September 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">You don\u2019t have to wait until Friday to get your musical weekend started.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10152\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/future-thieves-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10152\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10152\" src=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/future-thieves-4-301x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Future Thieves<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">On September 12, Boot and Saddle (1131 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, 215-639-4528, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootandsaddlephilly.com\/\">www.bootandsaddlephilly.com<\/a>) is hosting a show by Future Thieves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Nashville has been a destination for country musicians for years and years. About 20 years ago, displaced rock bands from the 70s found a home in Nashville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">In recent years, Nashville has become a Mecca for sensitive singer-songwriters \u2013 especially Berklee College of Music grads heading south from Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Tennessee\u2019s Music City also welcome another type of transplants \u2013 the alt-rock\/indie band Future Thieves. The band features lead singer Elliot Collett, guitarist Austin McCool,\u00a0bassist Nick Goss\u00a0and drummer<\/span> Taylor Jones<span lang=\"EL\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201c<\/span>Taylor and I are <span lang=\"EL\">from eastern Kentucky,\u201d said Collett, during a recent phone interview from <\/span>a tour stop in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThe other two are from Indiana and they\u2019ve lived in Nashville for <\/span>seven y<span lang=\"EL\">ears. I met them when we worked at a country club together \u2013 the Hillwood Country Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cOur different bands had disbanded so we started playing together doing shows at local clubs. We started playing together <\/span>five <span lang=\"EL\">years ago. Our first gig was about two months after we started at The Basement in Nashville.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">McCool and Goss grew up as friends in Evansville, Indiana, and went to Purdue University together. <\/span>Six <span lang=\"EL\">years ago, after graduation, McCool moved with his band at the time to Nashville and Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Collett got to know McCool and Austin and joined their search for a perfect drummer. They found him in <\/span>Gianni <span lang=\"EL\">Gibson, whose journey began in his hometown of Los Angeles. <\/span>Gibson\u2019s journey now is taking him elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGianni moved on after six years,\u201d said Collett. \u201cBeing in a band is tough. When he left, we got Taylor Jones as our new drummer. We\u2019re really happy about that. Taylor is a great drummer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Future Thieves is now in the process of making a new EP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EP is called \u2018Emotional Cost\u2019 but there is no official release date set yet,\u201d said Collett. \u201cIt should be out around Halloween. The first single we released from the EP was \u2018My Body.\u2019 The second single \u2013 \u2018Get Up\u2019 \u2013 will be out in a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Future Thieves <span lang=\"EL\">began by learning some songs that Collett had written while spending a few months in L.A. and then started jamming out some new stuff. About a month later, they had enough songs to play a 30-minute set at The Basement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cRyan Adams has been a big influence on our music,\u201d said Collett. \u201cBut, we have our own sound. We describe it as rock-pop-dance-love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe made our first EP when we first started but we don\u2019t count it anymore. We recorded our first album about a year after we started. \u2018Horizon Line\u2019 came out in October 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cOur second album \u2018Live at Blue Rock\u2019 has 12 songs that were done as a live steam at Blue Rock, a huge studio compound in Wimberley, Texas. We were only there to do as live stream. But, they recorded it so we decided to put it out. We also added a couple unreleased songs. It\u2019s all live.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The band\u2019s third album \u2013 \u201cFuture Thieves\u201d \u2013 came out in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cWe recorded the album at Sonic Ranch in Texas in March 2017,\u201d said Collett. \u201cWe stayed there two weeks and recorded 80 per cent of the record there until we had to leave for a European tour. We finished up the record at my studio in Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">\u201cThe material on that album was a great improvement. We cleaned up a little to get away from the heavy guitar and we added more keyboards to create more space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, we did three singles earlier this year \u2013 \u2018Always Something,\u2019 \u2018Focused\u2019 and \u2018One in a Million.\u2019 The first three were done at my house studio with Alex Jarvis and then finished at his studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe record we\u2019re working on now was all done at my house in eastern Tennessee. I finally got my place sounding good. Recording there is the best way because it\u2019s cheaper and we have the comfort of our own home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new material sounds really good. We really wanted to keep it nice and real \u2013 and in your face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Collett talked about the band\u2019s musical evolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just keep getting better,\u201d said Collett. \u201cWe got more focused \u2013 and we have better songwriting. Alex co-wrote five or six songs. In addition to being our producer, he\u2019s also played keyboards with us in our live shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur live show now is about 50\/50 old and new material. We still play quite a few songs from our first record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Video link for Future Thieves \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mrt5ZbFLNA0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mrt5ZbFLNA0<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The show at Boot and Saddle, which has Hardcastle as the opening act, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Other upcoming acts at Boot and Saddle are Flaural on September 13, Matthew and the Atlas on September 14, Noera on September 15, Rose of the West on September 17 and Saintseneca on September 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Colonial Theatre (Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610- 917-1228, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecolonialtheatre.com\/\">www.thecolonialtheatre.com<\/a>) will present Preacher Lawson<\/span> on September 13.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ardmoremusic.com\/\">www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will host The Nth Power<\/span> on September 12, <span lang=\"EL\">Black Uhuru<\/span> on September 13, <span lang=\"EL\">Octave Cat<\/span> on September 14, and Elise Tes<span lang=\"EL\">tone\u2019s All Star Amy Winehouse Tribute<\/span> on September 15.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">118 North (118 North Wayne Avenue, Wayne, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.118northwayne.com\/\">www.118northwayne.com<\/a>)<\/span> will have Hotlanta on September 14 and Jon Stickley Trio on September 14.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keswicktheatre.com\/\">www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) presents <\/span>Tusk: The Ultimate on September 14.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">Living Room (35 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, <a href=\"https:\/\/thelivingroomat35east.com\/\">https:\/\/thelivingroomat35east.com<\/a>) will host Tim Motzer on September 12, Colebrook Road on September 13, and Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise with Christina Holmes and Myles Bullen on September 14<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EL\">The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\">www.st94.com<\/a>) will present back to Back to Black: Amy Winehouse Tribute <\/span>featuring <span lang=\"EL\">Remember Jones on September 13,<\/span> <span lang=\"EL\">Lloyd Cole on September 14, Rael: The Music of Genesis on September 15, and Ray Wylie Hubbard on September 18.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Jon Pousette-Dart\u2019s debut album in 1976 was \u201cPousette Dart Band.\u201d Now, Pousette-Dart has 10 albums to his credit and more than a thousand shows on his musical resume. When Pousette-Dart goes on tour, it could be in one of three configurations \u2013 as a solo act, as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4357],"tags":[3162,8260,8259,7443,8261],"class_list":["post-19325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-featured","tag-future-thieves","tag-jon-pousette-dart","tag-saint-slumber","tag-the-national-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19326,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19325\/revisions\/19326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}