Jonny Podell

Jonny Podell is an American music agent and owner of the Podell Talent Agency in New York.

Podell's clients include the Allman Brothers Band, Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Peter Gabriel, Rosie O'Donnell and Yaz. He has also represented Teddy Pendergrass, George Harrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and David Blaine.

In 1997 Michael Gross, writing in New York Magazine, called Podell "one of the three most powerful agents" in the music business. Podell is the father of DJ Cassidy. He left Evolution in 2004 to set up his own company, Podell Talent Agency, where he has represented the Allman Brothers Band, Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Peter Gabriel, Rosie O'Donnell, Van Halen and Yaz.

Personal life Podell has two children, Brittany and the musician DJ Cassidy, from a previous marriage.

Podell is the subject of "The Johnny Podell Song" by Francis Dunnery.