Artists:All She Wrote

all-She-wrote is Gloria Jean, David LaPlante and Stephen Pounds, with Dick Kniss on acoustic bass.

1964 was the year the Beatles burst on the US scene, the first year of the Johnson Administration and the year David LaPlante and Stephen Pounds first played guitars and sang together (well, true, it has not been as important as those other events, but it certainly has lasted longer!) Their early influences ran the roster of the sixties folk boom and it was during this time they developed their symbiotic rich vocal sound and what Rory Block has described as their "coordinated, entirely well-played guitars."

As high school students they performed locally in New Haven, CT, at places such as The Exit Coffeehouse. Performing regionally in the '70s and '80s, the duo was equally at home in the intimate setting of clubs like Caffè Lena, Club Passim or the Iron Horse as well as festivals where they shared the stage with acts such as Pete Seeger and Bill Morrissey.

The '80s brought the release of their first album, Big Kids, Little Kids recorded between 1980 and 1983 at the Maine studio, Neworld, owned by Noel Paul Stookey. Their perseverance caught Stookey's attention and he worked with the duo to help develop the album. The duo continued to perform throughout the northeast through the '90s and forged a musical relationship with acoustic bassist Dick Kniss, best known for his work with Peter Paul & Mary and John Denver.

2002 brought a new relationship for David and Stephen joining with singer-songwriter Gloria Jean at Caffè Lena featuring Gloria's original music. Since then, both David and Stephen have added co-writing credit to their signature vocal and intricate guitar work. And so was born all-She-wrote.