15 Dec 2023

Vote For The Rockonteurs

Guy and Gary Kemp’s The Rockonteurs pod­cast has been nom­i­nated ...
13 Dec 2023

Rockonteurs with Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt: Season 5

  Rockonteurs is a pod­cast all about the real sto­ries ...
31 Jan 2020

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets — Live At The Roundhouse

‘Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse’ is ...
29 Jun 2018

NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets brings together some famil­iar names, ...
08 Aug 2017

Inglourious Bassterd at Edinburgh Fringe

Guy Pratt returns from the recent David Gilmour tour to ...
25 May 2016

Rattle That Lock Tour Continues

Guy Pratt will cer­tainly be busy over the next few ...
09 Nov 2014

Pink Floyd — The Endless River

Pink Floyd’s first stu­dio out­ing in two decades is a ...
14 Mar 2014

Bryan Ferry 2014 Tour

Guy Pratt will be join­ing Bryan Ferry and The Bryan ...
06 Jan 2014

Samuel Hällkvist Tour

Guy Pratt has announced he will be tour­ing Sweden and ...
11 Oct 2013

New Website

It’s been a while..but we’re back! Here it is, the ...
12 Sep 2013

Braintree Arts Theatre

Don’t miss Guy Pratt’s won­der­fully sala­cious show ‘Sideman’ at Braintree ...
10 Jan 2011

Guy Pratt @ Adelaide Fringe Festival

Having wowed crowds the world over with ‘My Bass and ...
02 Aug 2010

G‑TARanaki International Music Week

Guy will be doing his brand new “Wake Up Call!” ...
12 Jul 2010

Guy Pratt, Roger Waters and David Gilmour perform charity show together

It’s True! David Gilmour & Roger Waters per­formed together includ­ing ...
04 Jul 2010

Wake Up Call! @ Edinbourgh Fringe Festival

It’s 4am. The alarm is set for 5. You’re in ...
05 May 2010

THANK YOU BUENOS AIRES!!!

Just want to say what a bril­liant time we all ...
02 Feb 2010

Breakfast of Idiots’ solo show

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10 Jan 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thanks for the birth­day wishes.. I’m going to be at ...
22 Dec 2009

Merry Xmas!

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22 Nov 2009

NOTTING GOOD TASTE presents GUY PRATT’S “CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST OF IDIOTS

**** LAST EVER UK SHOW **** Host: 20th CENTURY THEATRE ...
13 Nov 2009

Speedball — Maximum Speed

That’s right..Guy’s first band has a live album com­ing out! ...
16 Sep 2009

Lost login!

I haven’t been able to get into my own bloody ...
20 Jun 2009

PMT Leeds

Thanks to every­one who came to the PMT shows in ...
03 Jun 2009

Cooeeee!!!

Hello all, sorry I haven’t been in for ages, and ...
13 Apr 2009

Brazil!!

Hi all I’m going to be per­forming Jon Lord’s Concerto ...
23 Jan 2009

Just popping in..

Hello all Just thought I’d pop in. Sorry I’ve been ...
21 Jan 2009

Notting Good Taste 2

Returning to the 20th Century Theatre due to pop­ular request, ...
24 Dec 2008

Merry Xmas

To every­one… It hasn’t been the best of years, and ...
05 Dec 2008

G’day!

Greetings from down under…I’m here doing the Adelaide Guitar Festival ...
06 Nov 2008

NOTTING GOOD TASTE

A brand new com­edy night takes place on November 13th ...
20 Oct 2008

Thank You

Just wanted to say thank you for all of your ...
15 Sep 2008

Rick

I can’t really think of any­thing to say right now ...
19 Aug 2008

Brian Cox

Hi all Sorry I haven’t writ­ten for a while…Been a ...
30 Jun 2008

Glastonbury

Just back from Glasto, which was mer­ci­fully dry. Had a ...
18 Jun 2008

AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS PLEASE READ

This does not apply to any of my reg­ular vis­i­tors, ...
06 Jun 2008

Planet Rock saved!!

Hi all Well great news eh? We all went and ...
28 Apr 2008

Ranting..

Hi all I’ve been get­ting a bit car­ried away on ...
02 Apr 2008

New Slot!!!

In their infi­nite wis­dom Planet Rock have decided to move ...
16 Mar 2008

Ummm..

Thanks to every­one who came to my show, it was ...
20 Feb 2008

My Bass And Other Animals — Last London Show

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21 Jan 2008

Last night a DJ shaved my wife…

Hi all Well last friday’s show was bet­ter than the ...
08 Jan 2008

Thank you!

Thanks to every­one for their birth­day greetings..Last day in Bali, ...
19 Dec 2007

Merry Xmas!

I’m in Melbourne now, and after todays record­ing of Spicks ...
01 Dec 2007

Ill in Brisbane

Languishing in my hotel room in Brisbane with a nasty ...
15 Nov 2007

Jetlag

It’s 4am and I’m wide awake, though not for any ...
03 Nov 2007

From Russia with love..

I’m off to St Petersburg and Moscow tomor­row, first time ...
15 Oct 2007

BASEL

If anyone’s in Basel, Switzerland.. I’m play­ing the Casino with ...
02 Oct 2007

Back on the road..

This week I’m head­ing out all over Eastern Europe and ...
16 Sep 2007

Sorry again..

Hi all I haven’t posted for a while because, well, ...
09 Aug 2007

Jonathan Ross Show

Those of you in the UK might be inter­ested to ...
23 Jul 2007

PLANET ROCK!!!!!

Hi all Running around Europe with Mr Ferry again.. I’m ...
19 Jun 2007

The show goes on…

Hi all, I have a break from Fery duties for ...
21 May 2007

Book Out!!

I went to Mackay’s the print­ers in Chatham today to ...
11 May 2007

Syd Gig

2pm yes­terday after­noon, I’m at a motor­way ser­vice sta­tion en ...
06 May 2007

IT’S DONE!!

As you can see, my book is fin­ished, and will ...
11 Apr 2007

Sorry!!!

I’ve been very remiss about post­ing lately. The book is ...
04 Mar 2007

On the road again..

Hi all, I’m in sunny Scotland, on a back to ...
02 Feb 2007

Time for a new post!

But I can’t really think of any­thing. Still wrestling with ...
13 Jan 2007

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Christ you lot got on it quickly…Who watches the above ...
12 Jan 2007

Blimey!

This is almost turn­ing into a proper blog what with ...
10 Jan 2007

Thank you for your birthday greetings..

That was very nice of you all. I’m back slog­ging ...
22 Dec 2006

Merry Xmas!!

I’d just like to wish a merry Xmas and happy ...
11 Dec 2006

ARIA Hall of Fame

I’m delighted to report that Iva Davies came round to ...
01 Dec 2006

New Post!!

Hi all, I’m exiled down in France all alone try­ing ...
12 Oct 2006

New Website

Welcome to the new web­site! Finally  the site is online ...

 

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03Apr2006

Review: Fest



Bass play­ers are ten a penny, but a good wit is hard to find”, David Gilmour has said of Grammy Award win­ning Guy Pratt, and what’s true of bass play­ers is dou­bly so for Fringe com­edy shows. So thank God Pratt’s taken time out from his duties with Bryan Ferry, the world’s smoothest Geordie, to regale us with his life as a sought after musi­cian in My Bass and Other Animals. It’s a tricky bal­ance to strike, shar­ing anec­dotes about David Bowie and Michael Jackson with­out sound­ing like a smug toss­rope. Luckily for us Pratt doesn’t even get close, com­ing across as the world’s coolest uncle, his deliv­ery warm and assured, if lack­ing the final pol­ish of vet­eran stand-ups. He has every rea­son to brag, he’s seen some pretty out-of-hand stuff over the past quar­ter cen­tury. As if that wasn’t enough he has an effort­less skill with the bass that leaves the audi­ence with no choice but to clap wildly after every mini-per­for­mance he treats us to. Sure, com­edy aimed squarely at the Q crowd is never going to change the world, but how often do you get to hear a first-hand tales about Madonna’s idea of a wake-up call (“Time is money and the money is mine!”) the hered­i­tary insan­ity of the Womack soul clan, song­writ­ing with Jimmy Nail (the world’s sec­ond smoothest Geordie), or Michael Jackson’s unortho­dox approach to audi­tion­ing prospec­tive band mem­bers? What’s truly refresh­ing is that Pratt is no music snob, at home with the finest in disco and funk as much as his more “seri­ous” gigs with the likes of Pink Floyd and Roxy Music. He clearly loves his work, his boy­ish enthu­si­asm endear­ing and infec­tious. Ultimately a fas­ci­nat­ing glimpse behind the rock n’roll cur­tain, rather than a hour of full-on funny, this is undoubt­edly an hour well spent for most, if a lit­tle incom­pre­hen­si­ble to cer­tain age groups. If you don’t know your Duran Duran from your Steely Dan, you might be in a wee bit of a pickle. For every­one else, get your­selves front row tick­ets to the cosiest sta­dium show in town.

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