- Ponty Bone
Ponty Bone is a Texan
accordion ist who has led his 1980s band, theSqueezetones to international popularity over a twenty year period.Originally from
San Antonio, Texas , Bone began studying accordion when he was only 5 years old. Later, he learned to play trumpet also. Ponty attended Texas Tech in Lubbock.Early in his career Bone became a member of the
Joe Ely Band.By the mid 1980s Ponty Bone had formed his own band, Ponty Bone & the Squeezetones. The group's early style ranged through Russian gypsy dances,
reggae -blues , Tex-Mexpolka s, andCajun boogie . In 1987, early in their career, the group made their singular appearance on thePBS music television programAustin City Limits , as part of a "Squeezebox Special" episode. [ [http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program171.html Squeezebox Special with Queen Ida, Santiago Jimenez Jr. and Ponty Bone] , Austin City Limits, 1987] . Longtime Squeezetones bassist Wash Hamilton passed away in early 2008.With his band, Ponty has shared the stage with such artists as
The Clash ,Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers , KingFlaco Jimenez ,Linda Ronstadt , andRonnie Lane .Bone's album, "
Fantasize " (on theLoud House label) has been described as drawing from Tex-Mex, rock, blues, R & B,zydeco , and evenCaribbean music to create a whole new style.References
External links
* http://www.pontybone.com
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