caption associated_acts years_active alias birth_place label name background instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
a.a. bondy performing at an l.a. firehouse , 2010 verbena 1990 -- present scott bondy louisiana fat possum a. a. bondy solo_singer guitar , vocals , harmonica folk bondy1.jpg a. a. bondy
 auguste arthur bondy musician , singer-songwriter
a. a. bondy

auguste arthur `` a. a. '' bondy , also known as scott bondy , is an american folk/alternative artist from birmingham , alabama .
he lived in mountain brook , a suburb of birmingham , where he attended mountain brook high school .
he is the former lead singer and guitarist in the rock band verbena , which he founded in the early 1990s .
after the band broke up in 2003 , bondy recorded his debut solo album `` american hearts '' in a barn near his home in the catskill mountains in palenville , upstate new york .
the album , released in 2007 , marked a shift in musical direction towards a more traditional and minimalist folk sound , with bondy playing mostly acoustic guitar and harmonica .
his second album `` when the devil 's loose '' was recorded in mississippi , and released in september 2009 .
bondy released his third album , `` believers '' , on september 13 , 2011 .
