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Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant.
Jack Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant (with an estimated 100 million plus records sold worldwide) who started his career in the music business playing guitar in the rock band The Rest in his native New Jersey in the late 70s. The Rest featured a young Jon Bon Jovi as vocalist, but despite promotion by other successful New Jersey musicians, such as Southside Johnny and members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and a demo produced by Billy Squier, did not obtain a recording contract and split up.Bon Jovi went to form his own band, which in the following years gained international success and multi-million record sales, while Ponti found a job as songwriter and producer for other rock bands. The late music business legend Ahmet Ertegun gave Ponti his first production job and the two grew close.
In the late 80s and early 90s, he wrote songs for Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Keel, Trixter, Nelson, Kane Roberts, Joe Lynn Turner, Bonfire and other artists. He also produced and wrote albums for hard rock and glam metal bands Babylon A.D., Baton Rouge, Doro and for his own band Surgin', which he had created in 1985 at the insistence of his then managers. Surgin' disbanded after one record, though subsequent compilations have been released of early demos. Surgin' still has a strong following in the AOR community.
Jean-Luc Ponty - Live in concert - No Absolute Time
Baton Rouge - Shake your soul [Full Album] - With Lyric's
Baton Rouge Hands of time
KITTIE TO RETURN IN 2007
Baton Rouge Shelter
Alessandro Ponti live@ Jack Night Blues
Baton Rouge Victims of the night
Baton Rouge Loves a loaded gun
Baton Rouge Love by the numbers
The Past
I've got my favourite pair of creps on
The ones with golden samaris sewn on
Each step is skipped when they are thrown on
Feet are swift so I bowl on
I got my favourite army dog tag
The one I got one day with my Dad
We watched the planes loop and the clouds sag
The sky was filled with smoke drag
Of course i know that these are all for show
To decorate my limbs and let me know
That through these things a constant love will flow
With them we are not on our own
I've got my favourite Westwood coat on
The one from Alice who I dote on
I am a pirate and I float on
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Of course i know that these are all for show
To decorate my limbs and let me know
That through these things a constant love will flow
With them were are not on our own
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
I got my favourite gold signet ring
The one that gives me power to sing
From my mum who I owe all things
Love forevers written within
Of course we know that these are all for show
To decorate my limbs and let us know
That through these things a constant love will flow
With them we are not on our own
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
Got my favourite
Got my favourite