Austin de Lone

Austin de Lone
Austin de Lone (left) with Bill Kitchen in 2009.
Background information
Born	1946 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Genres	Rock music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1969–present
Associated acts	Eggs over Easy, Bill Kirchen, The Moonlighters

Austin de Lone is an American keyboardist who records and tours with his own bands as well as with other artists, such as Bill Kirchen, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Nick Lowe, Commander Cody, and Loudon Wainwright.

De Lone grew up in suburban Philadelphia, taking piano lessons at age 12. His early influences included Ray Charles and George Shearing. After stints as a student at the New England Conservatory of Music, Harvard University, and University of California, Berkeley, he moved to Greenwich Village. While at Harvard, de Lone composed the song "One for One," which was the first single released by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.

In 1969, de Lone formed the band Eggs over Easy with Jack O’Hara and Brien Hopkins. In 1970, Chas Chandler persuaded the band to record in London, but those recordings were not released.

A four-night-a-week residency at a pub called the Tally-Ho in Kentish Town lasted more than a year. Eggs over Easy played a blend of blues, country, and rock that became known as pub rock. Regular attendees of their shows included members of Brinsley Schwarz and BBC disc jockey John Peel. In 1972, they returned to California and released their first album Good 'N' Cheap produced by Link Wray.