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As a teenager who couldn't really play the guitar, Jont rode a Greyhound bus across America, interviewing 20 of America's most famous poets - finishing the trip having dinner with Allen Ginsberg in his Lower East Side apartment. After his return to the UK, his interests in poetry quickly switched to music, and he started hosting his own monthly event called "UNLIT" at the 12 Bar Club in London. Jont moved to LA to complete his musical and songwriting education working with manager Tony Dimitriades (Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac) and a variety of legendary producers - Tom Rothrock (Beck, Elliot Smith), Mushroom (Massive Attack), and Bill Laswell among them. Returning to London his 2005 mini album One Long Song (****Q "so gorgeous it makes you want to hug strangers in the street") and 2008's full-length album "Supernatural" (****Uncut "wonderfully understated") put out on his own Unlit Records saw him find new fans in DJs Dermot O'Leary, Johnnie Walker and Jonathan Ross at BBC Radio Two