Guy Pratt
Pratt performing withNick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets inOakland, California, 2022
Background information
Born	(1962-01-03)3 January 1962 (age 63) Lambeth, London, England
Origin	Peckham, London, England
Genres	Rock pop experimental electronic
Occupations	Musician composer songwriter actor
Instruments	Bass guitar vocals
Years active	1981–present
Member of	Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
Formerly of	Whitesnake Icehouse
Website	guypratt.com

Guy Adam Pratt (born 3 January 1962) is a British bassist. He has worked with artists includingPink Floyd,Roxy Music,Gary Moore,Madonna,Peter Cetera,Michael Jackson,^[1]the Smiths,Robert Palmer,Echo & the Bunnymen,Tears for Fears,Icehouse,Bananarama,Iggy Pop,Tom Jones,Debbie Harry,Whitesnake,Womack & Womack,Kirsty MacColl,Coverdale•Page,Lemon Jelly,the Orb,All Saints,Stephen Duffy,Robbie Robertson andA. R. Rahman.

Pratt was a member of the Australian rock bandIcehouse, a founding member of the American rock bandToy Matinee, and is currently a member of the bandNick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.

Pratt has also been an actor and worked on TV and film soundtracks, includingDick Tracy (1990),Last Action Hero (1993),Hackers (1995),Still Crazy (1998) andJohnny English Reborn (2011). In 2005 he debuted a one-man music and comedy show.

Pratt was born on 3 January 1962, in a flat above a shop onthe Cut, London. His father,Mike Pratt, was an actor, songwriter and screenwriter who died when Guy was 14. Pratt worked for a while as a graphic designer, but decided to concentrate on a music career. In the late 1970s, Pratt was in a band based inSouthend-on-Sea called Speedball, which released a single on NO PAP1 Records called "No Survivors".^{[citation needed]}

In 1981, aged 19, Pratt was asked to tour with Icehouse. Two years later as a member of Icehouse he supportedDavid Bowie on hisSerious Moonlight Tour, which was Bowie's longest, largest, and most successful concert tour.^[2] A support slot at a 1984David Gilmour solo concert led to a stint withPink Floyd. He also spent some time inLos Angeles where he played withMadonna andMichael Jackson.^[3]

In 1986,the Smiths' bassistAndy Rourke was arrested on drug possession charges shortly before the band was scheduled to leave for its North American tour in support ofThe Queen Is Dead. Expecting that Rourke would thus be denied workvisas for the U.S. and Canada, the band's guitarist,Johnny Marr, asked Pratt to step in. He spent nearly two weeks with Rourke and the band, learning bass lines and rehearsing, but shortly before the band was to leave Britain Rourke received his visas, and there was no need for Pratt to go.^[4]

Pratt came to prominence when he was chosen to play bass for Pink Floyd's post-Roger WatersA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour in 1987–90, andThe Division Bell Tour in 1994. He co-performed the lead vocals on "Run Like Hell", "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2", "Us and Them" and "Comfortably Numb" with Gilmour during the live shows. He also played bass on several tracks onThe Division Bell.Tony Levin had performed all of the bass parts onA Momentary Lapse of Reason; Pratt replaced him on the later tour owing to Levin's unavailability.^[5][6] Pratt also toured as part of Gilmour's On an Island Tour backing band, alongside another Pink Floyd member (and his father-in-law),Richard Wright.^[7] He also later performed with Gilmour during hisRattle That Lock World Tour in 2015–16 and recently on Gilmour’s 2024Luck & Strange Tour.

Producer and keyboardistPatrick Leonard approached Pratt in 1988 about forming a band, and helping him recruit members of what would becomeToy Matinee. Pratt co-wrote many of the songs and played bass on all of the tracks on Toy Matinee's only studio album, released in 1990.

Pratt played bass on Gary Moore'sDark Days in Paradise tour in 1997.^[8]

Besides working as a bass player, Pratt is a songwriter and composes music for TV and film. As a songwriter, Pratt co-wrote the UK number-one hit "Ain't No Doubt" byJimmy Nail.^[9] He produced, co-wrote and played bass, guitar and keyboards on the music for the 1998Channel 4 drama seriesThe Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. With regular collaborator Dom Beken, he provided the theme music toSpaced, where he also appeared as the character Minty. Pratt also acted inLinda Green and appeared in an episode of the remake ofRandall & Hopkirk, starringVic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. Pratt's father Mike had played the part ofJeff Randall in the original 1960s series. Pratt also played as a regular in the backing band for theBBC Radio 2 musical comedy showJammin' withRowland Rivron.^[10]

Pratt andJimmy Cauty released a single "I Wanna 1-2-1 With You" as Solid Gold Chartbusters in 1999;^[11][12] Pratt and Cauty (a founder ofthe Orb) later teamed up with the other original member of the Orb,Alex Paterson, to formTransit Kings.^[13]

Pratt's one-man music and comedy show,My Bass & Other Animals, debuted in August 2005 at theEdinburgh Festival Fringe; this led to his book of the same name, published in May 2007.^[14][15] Pratt spent 2011 performing stand-up in Switzerland, Australia, and at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as on a South American tour playing bass guitar forDominic Miller.

In April 2010, Pratt joined the Argentine cover band the End Pink Floyd, withDurga McBroom andJon Carin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pratt joined theAustralian Pink Floyd Show on stage on 13 June 2011 for theHampton Court Palace Festival for the song "Run Like Hell". He joined the UK Pink Floyd cover bandBrit Floyd on stage on 9 November 2013 as a special guest during the Liverpool leg of theirPulse tour.^[16] He performed on the songs "One of These Days", "Comfortably Numb" and shared lead vocals with the band's lead singer Damian Darlington during the finale of "Run Like Hell".

During theCOVID-19 pandemic, he made a series of "Lockdown Licks" videos released on his YouTube channel, reminiscing about some of his best-known work.

In 2018, Pratt and others formed a new band,Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, to perform Pink Floyd's earlypsychedelic material.^[17] Along with Pratt, the band comprises Pink Floyd drummerNick Mason, formerBlockheads guitarist Lee Harris, vocalist and guitaristGary Kemp ofSpandau Ballet, and Pratt's collaborator keyboardist Dom Beken.^[18] The band toured Europe and North America in 2018 and 2019, with a third tour postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[19] In September 2020, they released a live album and film,Live at the Roundhouse.^[20]

Pratt's standard bass guitar arsenal includes a selection of various vintageFender Precision andJazz Basses, threeMusic Man StingRay 4-strings (black with rosewood fretboard and black pickguard, black with maple fretboard and white pickguard, natural with maple fretboard and black pickguard), a pair of headless Status 4 and 5-strings (fretless and fretted) and an amberStuart Spector NS2.

DuringOn an Island,David Gilmour's concert series of 2006, he mainly used a 3-colour sunburst 1961 Fender Precision, a burgundy mist 1963 Fender Jazz named 'Betsy', a Status Vintage GP Signature and aFramus Triumph electric upright bass. The concert inGdańsk, Poland, was recorded and released asLive in Gdańsk, where he is seen playing his Fender Jazz and Precision Basses as well as a Candy Apple RedLaklandJoe Osborn signature fretless Jazz Bass and aRickenbacker 4001. On the studio jamming sessions included in the DVD, he played several Fender Jazz Basses, a Hofner Icon bass and a Ned Steinberger Design CR electric upright.^[21]

Pratt played his fretted 5-string and fretless 4-string Status headless basses, the amber Spector NS2, the burgundy mist "Betsy" 1963 Jazz Bass and two Precision Basses (a 2-colour sunburst 1958 and a "single-coil pickup" butterscotch blonde 1951) duringthe Division Bell Tour in 1994.

Pratt was seen playing Aria SB series and fretless Steinberger L2/Xl headless basses during his stint in Icehouse.

Pratt has used Rickenbacker 4001V63 and a "Sunburst" 4003 Rickenbacker bass, when playing earlier (Barrett era) Pink Floyd songs, when performing at David Gilmour solo projects and Nick Mason's "Saucerful of Secrets" band.

Hisamps are usually Ashdown ABM heads and Ashdown ABM 810 cabinets, although when playing with Gilmour they areWEM-badged to match Gilmour's cabinets.

He has been nominated for twoIvor Novello Awards and was awarded anARIA Award for his work with Icehouse.^[22][23][24]

Pratt is the author of a book:

• My Bass and Other Animals (2007), OrionISBN 978-0752893358

Pratt married furniture designer Gala Wright, daughter of the Pink Floyd keyboardistRichard Wright, in 1996 in theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The couple have a son. They later divorced.^[25]

In 2013, Pratt moved toBrighton.^[26] In 2019, he was announced as the general election candidate for theRenew Party inBrighton Kemptown.^[27] That March, he became engaged to the children's authorGeorgia Byng.^[28]

• Guy Pratt's official website
• Guy Pratt atAllMusic
• Guy Pratt discography atDiscogs
• Guy Pratt atIMDb
• Guy Pratt Interview at Liberation Frequency at theWayback Machine (archived 10 June 2009)

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