BLIND PONY
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Blind Pony is the brain/heart child of Kent Klineman. He is the songsmith, lead singer and guitarist.
Kent Klineman grew up in New York City. He wrote his first song sitting on a beach in Greece.
After winning a Tony Award on Broadway in Death of a Salesman, Kent moved to LA to pursue Music and a Film and TV career,
In 2004 he founded Blind Pony
David Raven is one of Cali's premiere drummers. He has recorded or performed with Shelby Lynne, Keith Richards, Mike Ness, John Doe, Steve Earle, Norah Jones, Greg Ginn (of Black Flag), Meat Puppets, Dave Alvin, Nellie McKay, and the list goes on.
Clinton Kirby is Blind Pony's magician. He has played drums and bass simultaneously at shows. He's a master musician and composer in his own right
I walked into the Cinema Bar one recent summer Sunday night with high expectations. Though the tavern is small, it's developed an insider's reputation as a remarkably consistent showcase for top-notch Los Angeles singer/songwriters. And when Blind Pony took the stage and began belting out hook laden, 1970s working class rock 'n roll I knew I would not be disappointed.
Blind Pony is something of a ball of contradictions. Just when I thought I had them pegged as credible interpreters of Tom Petty style rock, they switched over to much more psychedelic, "Animals" era Pink Floyd vein. From there I heard bits of Neil Young, REM and even the raw ferocity of Iggy Pop in his heyday. The band is tight --- locked into a pounding groove for up-tempo numbers, but quite comfortable to wield a lighter touch for ballads and lo-fi offerings. Front man Kent Klineman sweats authenticity and earnestly belts out vocals with an energy too rarely found in much of the modern music scene. And he has a knack for penning eclectic lyrics that catch the listeners ear. "I'm Freudian, I'm Jungian, I'm analyzing all the time" he sang during an intense acoustic number entitled "Go Down."
After the band performed their set and a much requested encore, they stepped off stage and proved to be quite approachable, eagerly mingling with a new bar room of fans. They clearly seem driven more by the desire to create good music than ego and that resonates in their performance. I heartily recommend any opportunity to take in one of their shows.
-Wil Forbis, author of Acid Logic. ..
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