G U Y
P R A T T
CELEBRATED BASS GUITARIST
and MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST
PINK FLOYD... DAVID GILMOUR...
NICK MASON'S SAUCERFUL
OF SECRETS
ROXY MUSIC... BRYAN FERRY ... and so on!
EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW
with GUY PRATT
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He also toured as part of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s On an Island band, alongside another Pink Floyd member (and his father-in-law), Richard Wright. Guy has played on countless hit records for the likes of Tom Jones, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders, Ronan Keating, Electronic, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Orb, Natalie Imbruglia, All Saints, Bond, and Elton John.
As well as touring with Coverdale Page, The Power Station and Gary Moore. He has also tried his hand at writing and producing, notching up hits with artists including RobertPalmer, The Orb, Fat Les, Jimmy Nail, Marianne Faithful and Debbie Harry. He has won a Grammy and been nominated for 2 Ivor Novello Awards. Aside from his bass playing, Guy has spent time in the comparatively quiet world of Film & TV music composing. He has contributed score and songs for ‘Hackers’ and ‘Still Crazy’ as well as writing and producing the scores for Channel 4′s ‘Spaced’ (Series 1&2), ‘Now You See Her’ (film for Sky TV), ‘The Young Person’s Guide to becoming a Rock Star’, ‘Randall & Hopkirk (deceased)’, and the BBC series ‘Linda Green’. Also contributing to Dawn French’s ‘Wild West’ and ‘Jimmy Nail’s Crocodile Shoes 2′. Not to mention the theme music for ‘the Pepsi Chart show ‘and various commercials. Documentaries include ‘Riddle of the skies’, ‘The Roswell Incident’, ‘Terror in Texas’, ‘Gloria’s Toxic Death’, ‘The Underboss’, ‘Tracing Che’, ‘Greatest Heroes’ and ‘The Oldest Mummies on earth’. For theatre he co-wrote the score for ‘The Bedbug’ by Mayakovsky with Gary Kemp, ‘The Remarkable Piety of the Infamous’ which was performed at The Baron’s Court Theatre and ‘Lena’ by Carla Lane performed at the Valley Theatre, Liverpool and The Pleasance, Edinburgh.
He was also Musical Director of ‘I just called by to see the man’ directed by Richard Wilson at the Royal Court. In 2005 he took his one-man comedy show, ‘My Bass and other Animals’ to Edinburgh, where it was a sellout hit. He then toured it successfully over the next few years, whilst finding time to squeeze in tours and recording with David Gilmour, Roxy Music (with whom he appeared at Live 8) and Bryan Ferry. He also played on the Jimmy Page/ Leona Lewis version of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ for the Beijing Olympics. His book ‘My Bass and other Animals’ was published in 2007, garnering both critical and commercial success, and currently on its fifth reprint. In July 2008 he undertook a twenty-one-date tour of Australia with his updated show ‘Breakfast of Idiots’.
He had previously taken his show down under twice before, including 2 appearances on the smash hit TV show ‘Spicks & Specks’.
Guy returned to the Edinburgh festival in 2010 with his new show ‘Guy Pratt’s Wake Up Call!’ which he also performed at the Manchester Comedy Festival and Notting Hill’s 20th Century Theatre in October 2010.
He embarked on a tour of Australia and New Zealand with the show in the Spring of 2011. Guy was also the musical director of the last two series of The Rob Brydon Show. He was also host of 2 major events and international consultant on the Word Adelaide Festival in August 2013.
MY BASS
AND OTHER
ANIMALS
By GUY PRATT
Guy Pratt came of age just as playing bass became sexy. In spurning the guitar solo, punk put the low-end on more of an equal footing—or maybe it was just that Paul Simonon and Bruce Foxton were pretty cool. Either way, people were trying out the basslines of "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" or "Peaches." Having dallied with Funkapolitan, Pratt suddenly found himself on Top of the Pops and supporting David Bowie with the smooth Australian outfit Icehouse. At a ludicrously young age he became a sought-after bass player to the stars, finding himself crawling from studios to bars and from hotels to stadiums with the likes of Robert Palmer, Womack & Womack, Bernard Edwards, Bryan Ferry, and David Crosby. The 1980s were in their prime, and with a number of Crolla-suited appearances in windswept videos behind him, he was invited to join Pink Floyd for a series of stadium extravaganzas to make Bono & Co. look fairly modest.
He was in The Smiths for a week, has traveled through customs in a wheelchair after a flight with Jimmy Page, spent time in the studio with Michael Jackson, and has lived to tell all. This autobiographical account emerges from the successful stand-up tour of the same name, charting his journey from a Mod band to playing with Roxy Music at Live 8.
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North America
18/01/2022
Massey Hall, Toronto
19/01/2022
Theatre St. Denis 1, Montreal
21/01/2022
Shubert Theatre, Boston
22/01/2022
PPAC, Providence
24/01/2022
The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester
25/01/2022
Merriam Theater, Philadelphia
26/01/2022
Benedum Center, Pittsburgh
28/01/2022
Beacon Theatre, New York
30/01/2022
The Anthem, Washington, DC
01/02/2022
Music Hall, Cincinnati
02/02/2022
Akron Civic Theatre, Akron
04/02/2022
Chicago Theatre, Chicago
06/02/2022
Riverside Theater, Milwaukee
08/02/2022
Stifel Theatre, St. Louis
09/02/2022
Cannon Center, Memphis
10/02/2022
Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kansas City
12/02/2022
15/02/2022
Paramount Theatre, Denver
17/02/2022
Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix
18/02/2022
The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles
21/02/2022
Balboa Theatre, San Diego
23/02/2022
Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
24/02/2022
Fox Theater, Oakland
26/02/2022
Moore Theatre, Seattle
27/02/2022
First Interstate Center, Spokane
28/02/2022
The Orpheum, Vancouver
Ireland
13/04/2022
Convention Centre, Dublin
14/04/2022
Uslter Hall, Belfast
United Kingdom
16/04/2022
Barbican, York
18/04/2022
Philharmonic, Liverpool
19/04/2022
New Theatre, Oxford
20/04/2022
G Live, Guildford
22/04/2022
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
23/04/2022
Royal Albert Hall, London
24/04/2022
Regent, Ipswich
26/04/2022
Dome, Brighton
27/04/2022
St. David's Hall, Cardiff
28/04/2022
Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
30/04/2022
City Hall, Sheffield
01/05/2022
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
03/05/2022
O2 City Hall, Newcastle
04/05/2022
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
06/05/2022
O2 Apollo, Manchester
07/05/2022
Forum, Bath
08/05/2022
Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
10/05/2022
Guildhall, Portsmouth
11/05/2022
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Europe
14/05/2022
Vaerket, Randers
16/05/2022
The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen
17/05/2022
Sentrum Scene, Oslo
19/05/2022
House of Culture, Helsinki
21/05/2022
Alexela Hall, Tallinn
23/05/2022
BKZ Oktyabrsky, St. Petersburg
25/05/2022
Kremlin, Moscow
28/05/2022
Klub Wytwórnia, Lódz
30/05/2022
Budapest Park, Budapest
31/05/2022
Hall 9 @ Zagreb Trade Fair, Zagreb
01/06/2022
Belexpo Centar, Belgrade
06/06/2022
Istanbul, VU Arena
08/06/2022
NDK - National Palace of Culture, Sofia
09/06/2022
Arenele Romane, Bucharest
11/06/2022
Gasometer, Vienna
12/06/2022
Forum, Prague
13/06/2022
Tempodrom, Berlin
15/06/2022
den Atelier, Luxembourg
16/06/2022
Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven
17/06/2022
Cirque Royale, Brussels
19/06/2022
Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg
20/06/2022
Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt
22/06/2022
Grand Rex, Paris
24/06/2022
KKL, Lucerne
25/06/2022
Piazza Napoleone, Lucca
26/06/2022
Stupinigi Sonic Park, Turin
28/06/2022
Geneva, Theatre De Leman
30/06/2022
Stuttgart, Leiederhalle Beethoven-Saal
01/07/2022
Hamburg, Laeiszhalle
02/07/2022
Bad Honnef, Inseln Grafenwerth
04/07/2022
Munich, Circus Krone
05/07/2022
06/07/2022
Munster, Halle Munsterland
09/07/2022
BARTS, Barcelona
10/07/2022
Vistalegre Arena, Madrid
12/07/2022
Super Bock Arena, Porto
13/07/2022
Campo Pequeno, Lisbon
GUY PRATT
Discography
1980s
Year Title Artist
1984 Sidewalk Icehouse
1985 The Ups and Downs Stephen Duffy
1985 The Dream Academy The Dream Academy
1985 Riptide Robert Palmer
1985 "Discipline of Love" (single) Robert Palmer
1986 Measure for Measure Icehouse
1987 Luz Y Sombra Flans
1987 Remembrance Days The Dream Academy
1987 Bête Noire Bryan Ferry
1987 "Kiss and Tell" (single) Bryan Ferry
1987 "The Right Stuff" (single) Bryan Ferry
1988 One More Story Peter Cetera
1988 Delicate Sound of Thunder Pink Floyd
1989 Kite Kirsty MacColl
1989 Legend in a Loungeroom Andy Qunta
1989 Like a Prayer Madonna
1989 "Like a Prayer" (single) Madonna
1989 "Dear Jessie" (single) Madonna
1989 "Oh Father" (single) Madonna
1990s
Year Title Artist
1990 Wild and Lonely The Associates
1990 Naked Blue Pearl
1990 I'm Breathless Madonna
1990 Toy Matinee Toy Matinee
1991 Ripe Banderas
1991 Pop Life Bananarama
1991 Long Road Junior Reid
1991 Electric Landlady Kirsty MacColl
1991 Storyville Robbie Robertson
1991 A Different Kind of Weather The Dream Academy
1991 The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld The Orb
1992 Masterfile Icehouse
1992 Growing Up in Public Jimmy Nail
1992 U. F. Orb The Orb
1993 Debravation Debbie Harry
1993 Donna De Lory Donna De Lory
1993 Call Me Nightlife Nokko
1993 Elemental Tears for Fears
1994 Billy Pilgrim Billy Pilgrim
1994 Mamouna Bryan Ferry
1994 Well... Katey Sagal
1994 The Division Bell Pink Floyd
1994 "Take It Back" (single) Pink Floyd
1994 Heitor TP Heitor Pereira
1994 The Next Hundred Years Ted Hawkins
1994 Meanwhile Third Matinee
1994 Fruit of Life Wild Colonials
1995 Euroflake in Silverlake Gregory Gray
1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson
1995 Pulse Pink Floyd
1995 A Spanner in the Works Rod Stewart
1996 Raise the Pressure Electronic
1997 Dark Days in Paradise Gary Moore
1997 Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Michael Jackson
1997 The Next Hundred Years [Gold Edition] Ted Hawkins
1997 Restless Heart Reunion David Coverdale & Whitesnake
1998 Dil Se.. for the song Dil Se Re A. R. Rahman
1998 Messiah Meets Progenitor Messiah
1998 The Ted Hawkins Story: Suffer No More Ted Hawkins
1999 What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Echo & the Bunnymen
1999 Michael Hutchence Michael Hutchence
1999 Reload Tom Jones
2000s
Year Title Artist
2000 Lemonjelly.ky Lemon Jelly
2000 Ronan Ronan Keating
2000 Somewhere in the Sun: Best of the Dream Academy The Dream Academy
2001 Born Bond
2001 Crystal Days: 1979-1999 Echo & the Bunnymen
2001 Jacob Young Jacob Young
2001 Bring Down the Moon Naimee Coleman
2001 White Lilies Island Natalie Imbruglia
2001 Read My Lips Sophie Ellis-Bextor
2001 Mixed Up World Pt. 2 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
2001 They Called Him Tin Tin Stephen Duffy
2001 Mink Car They Might Be Giants
2001 Toy Matinee: Special Edition Toy Matinee
2002 Watching Angels Mend Alex Lloyd
2002 Born [Japan Bonus Tracks] Bond
2002 Shine Bond
2002 Lost Horizons Lemon Jelly
2002 Festival Paola & Chiara
2003 Remixed [Japan Bonus Tracks] Bond
2003 Journey into Paradise Dr. Alex Paterson
2003 The Outer Marker Just Jack
2003 Shoot from the Hip Sophie Ellis-Bextor
2003 Reload [Bonus Tracks] Tom Jones
2004 Mistaken Identity Delta Goodrem
2004 Live at Montreux, 1990 Gary Moore
2005 Explosive: The Best of bond Bond
2005 A Million in Prizes: The Anthology Iggy Pop
2006 On an Island David Gilmour
2006 "Arnold Layne" (single) David Gilmour
2006 So Still Mozez
2006 Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God Transit Kings
2007 Dylanesque Bryan Ferry
2008 Live in Gdańsk David Gilmour
2010s
Year Title Artist
2010 Olympia Bryan Ferry
2010 No Decoder Yogi Lang Band
2011 Everything Changes Julian Lennon
2012 Concerto for Group and Orchestra Jon Lord
2014 The Endless River Pink Floyd
2014 Avonmore Bryan Ferry
2015 Rattle That Lock David Gilmour
2017 Live at Pompeii David Gilmour
2019 Tales from Outer Space RPWL
2020s
Year Title Artist
2020 Live at the Roundhouse Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secret
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-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.
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