Who the **** is Guy Pratt???

[Poco Innocente]

My mate who is a big Pink Floyd fan just text me saying a chap by the name of Guy Pratt played bass for Floyd as well as The Smiths. I was most confused by this as I thought the only basist The Smiths had was Rourke?

I just did a search on here, and someone mentions Pratt replacing Andy on the US tour. Is this the case? How long for? Was it because Andy was high as a kite? Also there was an amusing comment about Pratt and a ponytail, anyone able to shed some light on this?


Thank you,

Poco

 

[SouthpawGlamour]

My mate who is a big Pink Floyd fan just text me saying a chap by the name of Guy Pratt played bass for Floyd as well as The Smiths. I was most confused by this as I thought the only basist The Smiths had was Rourke?

I just did a search on here, and someone mentions Pratt replacing Andy on the US tour. Is this the case? How long for? Was it because Andy was high as a kite? Also there was an amusing comment about Pratt and a ponytail, anyone able to shed some light on this?


Thank you,

Poco

Can't add much except that he depped for Rourke for one week and is a top session musician.

 

[Young And Alive]

You forgot that Dale Hibbert was the original bassist in the very, very early days (i.e. 1982).

The US tour was in 1986 I think, which was the year that Rourke was temporarily sacked from the band, so it's quite possible he was replaced by Pratt due to this.

 

[Bluebirds]

Allegedly Morrissey thought that someone with a ponytail should not play with The Smiths!!! (Good on him thats what I say)

Guy Pratt was brought into replace Rourke for the US tour cos of his drug convictions.

 

[davdavon]

According to this site:

The day after the release of the album The Queen is dead, the Smiths were preparing for a 27 date American tour and assumed that Andy Rourke's drug conviction would scupper his chances of a visa. The band drafted in Guy Pratt and Rourke taught him his parts. He had a pony tail, " said Rourke. "I remember Morrissey saying, "sorry, I'm not going on stage with anyone with a pony tail." So he had all his hair chopped off, bless him. Then my visa came through."

 

[SouthpawGlamour]

According to this site:

Thats sounds like he rehearsed with them but never went on stage.

 

[Poco Innocente]

ta very much!

 

[marred]

Guy Pratt has played with Pink Floyd since the Delicate Sound of Thunder tour and went on to do Pulse as well. He also joined Billy Mackenzie's Associates for a while on the Wild and Lonely album. As far as I know he never had anything to do with the Smiths at all.