Ponty Bone

Ponty Bone
Born Harry DePonta Bone
(1939-10-09)October 9, 1939
Died July 13, 2018(2018-07-13) (aged 78)
Nationality American
Education Texas Tech
Occupation Musician

Ponty Bone (October 9, 1939 – July 13, 2018)[1] was an American accordionist who led his 1980s band, the Squeezetones, to international popularity over a twenty-year period.

History

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Bone began studying accordion when he was five years old. Later, he also learned to play trumpet. Ponty attended Texas Tech in Lubbock.[2][3]

Early in his career Bone was 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-Mex polkas and Cajun boogie. In 1987, the group made an appearance on the PBS music television program Austin City Limits, as part of a "Squeezebox Special" episode, with Queen Ida and Santiago Jiménez Jr.[4] Longtime Squeezetones bassist Wash Hamilton died in early 2008.

With his band, Ponty has shared the stage with such artists as The Clash, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, King Flaco Jiménez, Linda Ronstadt and Ronnie Lane.

Bone's album Fantasize (on the Loud House label) has been described as drawing from Tex-Mex, rock, blues, R&B, zydeco, and Caribbean music to create a whole new style.[5]

Death

Bone died of progressive supranuclear palsy on 13 July 2018. He was 78.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ponty Bone, masterful Texas accordion player, dies at 78 - Austin Music Source". Music.blog.austin360.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Ponty Bone Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ↑ University, Texas Tech (1960). "La Ventana". 35.
  4. ↑ Squeezebox Special with Queen Ida, Santiago Jimenez, Jr. and Ponty Bone, Austin City Limits, 1987
  5. ↑ "Fantasize - Ponty Bone - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ponty Bone, masterful Texas accordion player, dies at 78 - Austin Music Source". Music.blog.mystatesman.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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