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LIVE AT THE CUP

John Troy
March 6th, 2010 ~ 8 - 10 pm

2007/2008 Orange County Music Awards nominee for Best Live Acoustic

Performance, JOHN TROY was a founding member of the Boston based POUSETTE-DART BAND which released four albums on the Capitol label in the 70s. As a freelance bass player and background vocalist he toured with BONNIE RAITT, NATALIE COLE, JOE COCKER, LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JOHN HALL (Dance With Me, Still The One), and many others.

In 2002 he formed the trio TROY, MATTACKS & BROWN with world renowned drummer DAVE MATTACKS and guitar virtuoso DAVID BROWN. In early 2006 he released his debut solo CD, Just When I Thought I Was Done, featuring the added talents of CHRIS SMITHER, JOYCE ANDERSEN, SAL BAGLIO and other great musicians.

In July of 2006 he relocated to Southern California where he continues solo/acoustic and freelance bass performance.

John's Bio (from his website, in his own words): (from Diane: the humor you see in John’s bio is seen in his music. You don’t want to miss Jon’s performance)

I was an original member of the Pousette-Dart Band which flourished throughout the 1970's. Jon Pousette-Dart and I started out as an acoustic duo in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We recorded four albums on the Capitol label. In 1980, despite our successes, we found ourselves without a recording contract. We were at the height of our musical prowess but were unable to gain a national audience. Bewildered and exhausted, we called it quits.

I toured for awhile with Jonathan Edwards and then landed a gig with Natalie Cole. After a year and a half of touring the country with Natalie I joined the John Hall Band. It consisted of John Hall (he wrote Still The One and Dance With Me), Bob Leinbach, Eric Parker, and myself. We recorded two albums on the EMI America label. Bonnie Raitt, who, despite her successes, found herself without a recording contract, used us as her band when she toured the east coast. We toured nationally opening for Bob Seger and the like. Despite our successes, we found ourselves without a recording contract. Bewildered and exhausted, we called it quits.

I went from gig to gig for awhile and then hooked up with Joe Cocker. That job took me overseas where I discovered that Joe, whom I, along with the rest of America, had regarded as somewhat over, is still a serious international star. Eric Parker, the drummer from the John Hall Band, was on that gig with me. Our sound, as a rhythm section, was by now rather crunchy. It was Eric who suggested that we try writing some of our own songs. Although I had written a few songs, it hadn't occurred to me to focus on composing. Eric and I started writing songs together. They actually seemed pretty good. We kept at it after our stint with Cocker was through.

In the early 1990's Jon Pousette-Dart called Eric and me to suggest we do some reunion dates so we rounded up John Curtis and got to it. The response was encouraging. We played around the northeast for a few years. Despite our successes and the fact that we had the Devil Incarnate for a manager, we found ourselves without a recording contract. Bewildered and exhausted, we called it quits.
Eric Parker and I formed the Low Sun Dogs, a good little band that played around New York. We played our own songs! Woohoo! But seeing as how the band lived in New York and I lived in Boston, it just got too hard. Bewildered and exhausted, we called it quits.

In 1999 I met David Brown, a guitarist whose résumé as a sideman closely matched mine in that it was comprised of a list of big shots including a 12-year stint with Billy Joel. We hit it off and recorded a CD called SIDEMEN which we sold at gigs in New England for the next three years. We played with many great drummers but the lead off hitter turned out to be Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention fame. The trio Troy, Mattacks & Brown continued to perform in clubs around the North Shore of Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. In 2005 we recorded Troy, Mattacks & Brown Live at Captain Carlo's in Gloucester MA. The CD enjoyed some regional airplay.

In 2004 I started performing solo/acoustic dates. In 2006 I released my debut solo album, Just When I Thought I Was Done, which was added to the regular daily rotation at WUMB, the premier folk station in New England. I was featured in such venerable folk venues as Passim and the Tupelo Music Hall. My solo career path in New England culminated in June 2006 when I opened for Don McLean at the Lebanon Music House in Lebanon NH to a sold out theater. The gig went very well.

For various personal reasons I moved back to Southern California where I was born and raised. In 2007 I was an Orange County Music Awards nominee in the Best Male Acoustic Performance category. I continue to perform as a solo/acoustic artist. I also hire out as a freelance bassist and am forming a new trio with guitarist Bob Hawkins.

Bewildered and exhausted? Yes. But I'm still here.

John Troy's website

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