Career
He has released nine albums, the last seven of which feature children"s music His three most recent albums feature original songs about specific American heroes. Jonathan Sprout was born John Wells Sprout, Junior. in Hightstown, New Jersey.
His high school years were spent at The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey.
Sprout developed his interest in music while attending Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He played small acting parts in Marat Sade, The Alchemist and The Wizard of Ounces
Sprout received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Bucknell in 1974. During the years immediately following college, he performed regularly in the ski resort of Killington, Vermont.
In Estes Park, Colorado.
And in Lake Placid, New New York His first album, "Angel"s Everywhere" (Green Mountain Records, 1978) was a production of original writings from those years. In 1979, he formed the band "Light" to promote his new original work.