Artist History Born in Canada but raised in San Diego, Poltz began his professional musical career as a member of the Rugburns, who toured throughout America during the early '90s, nurturing a small cult audience. During his time with the Rugburns, Poltz struck up a fri endship with Jewel, who was a struggling singer/songwriter in California at the time. The two began collaborating, writing a number of songs including "You Were Meant for Me," which was included on her debut solo album, Pieces of You. Nearly a year and a half after the intial release of Pieces of You, "You Were Meant for Me" became a hit single, eventually spending well over 14 months on the American charts. The success of the single meant that labels were interested in Poltz, who had left the Rugburns b y then. In 1997, he signed to Mercury Records and began recording his solo debut, One Left Shoe, which was released in March 1998. The Rugburns occassionally re-form to play sporadic engaging shows for their still rabid audience. Poltz's sophomore effort will be out in the Spring of 2002 under his own independent record label, 98 Pounder Records. (portions of bio courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)n

Albums One Left Shoe (LP), Conversations Over A Cerveza (EP); Rugburns albums: Morning Wood, Mommy I'm Sorry (EP), Taking the World By Donkey

Location San Diego, CA - USA

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