Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt () er ein engelsk studiomusikar og bassist, låtskrivar, skodespelar og komikar. Han er son til skodespelar Mike Pratt. I 1996 gifte ha seg med Gala Wright, dotter til Pink Floyd-medlem Richard Wright.

Karriere 
Pratt er mest kjend for arbeidet sitt som studiomusikar. Han har arbeidd med Pink Floyd, Echo & the Bunnymen,  Kirsty MacColl, The Smiths, Tears for Fears,  Lemon Jelly, The Orb, All Saints, Icehouse, Madonna, Stephen Duffy, Robbie Robertson, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson, Gary Moore, Robert Palmer, Billy Pilgrim, A. R. Rahman, Womack & Womack, Coverdale Page og Toy Matinee. Han er medlem av The Transit Kings med Alex Paterson (frå The Orb), Jimmy Cauty (frå The KLF) og Dominic Beken. Cauty og Pratt gav òg ut «I Wanna 1-2-1 With You» som Solid Gold Chartbusters. Sidan 2006 har Guy Pratt spelt bass for Bryan Ferry.

Pratt vart vald ut som bassist for den seinare utgåva av Pink Floyd for verdsturneane Delicate Sound of Thunder og P*U*L*S*E i 1987 og 1994. Han spelte òg på fleire av songane på The Division Bell, sjølv om det meste av bassen vart spelt av Gilmour. Tony Levin spelte bass på det meste av Momentary Lapse of Reason, medan Pratt erstatta han på den påfølgjande turneen då Levin var oppteken.

Han turnerte òg med Pink Floyd-gitarist David Gilmour på On an Island i lag med svigerfaren Richard Wright.

Som låtskrivar var han med å skreiv den britiske førsteplassen «Ain't No Doubt», sungen av Jimmy Nail.

I august 2005 debuterte han med det komiske einmannsshowet My Bass & Other Animals.

Diskografi 
 1984 – Sidewalk – Icehouse
 1985 – Riptide – Robert Palmer
 1985 – The Dream Academy – The Dream Academy
 1986 – Measure for Measure – Icehouse
 1987 – Luz Y Sombra – Flans
 1987 – Remembrance Days – The Dream Academy
 1987 – Bête Noire – Bryan Ferry
 1988 – One More Story – Peter Cetera
 1988 – Delicate Sound of Thunder – Pink Floyd
 1989 – Kite – Kirsty MacColl
 1989 – Like a Prayer – Madonna
 1990 – Wild and Lonely – Associates
 1990 – Blue Pearl – Blue Pearl
 1990 – Dick Tracy: «I'm Breathless» – Madonna
 1990 – Don't Explain – Robert Palmer
 1990 – Toy Matinee – Toy Matinee
 1991 – Pop Life – Bananarama
 1991 – Ripe – Banderas
 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 – Ridin' High – Robert Palmer
 1992 – U.F.Orb – The Orb
 1993 – Debravation – Debbie Harry
 1993 – Donna De Lory – Donna De Lory
 1993 – Last Action Hero [Original Score] – Michael Kamen
 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 – T.P. Heitor
 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 og Future, Book I – Michael Jackson
 1995 – P•U•L•S•E – Pink Floyd
 1995 – A Spanner in the Works – Rod Stewart
 1996 – Raise the Pressure – Electronic
 1997 – Dark Days in Paradise – Gary Moore
 1997 – It's So Different Here – Gota
 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 – Still Crazy
 1998 – Dil Se – Dil Se
 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
 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 – Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd – Pink Floyd
 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 – Shine – bond
 2002 – Lost Horizons – Lemon Jelly
 2002 – Festival – Paola & Chiara
 2002 – Best of Both Worlds: The Robert Palmer Anthology (1974–2001) – Robert Palmer
 2002 – Mink Car – They Might Be Giants (on "I've Got A Fang")
 2003 – Journey into Paradise – Dr. Alex Paterson
 2003 – Measure for Measure/Primitive Man – Icehouse
 2003 – The Outer Marker – Just Jack
 2003 – Shoot from the Hip – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
 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
 2005 – Remembrance Days/A Different Kind of Weather – The Dream Academy
 2006 – On an Island – David Gilmour
 2006 – So Still – Mozez
 2006 – Living in a Giant Candle – Transit Kings
 2007 – Dylanesque – Bryan Ferry
 2008 - Live in Gdańsk - David Gilmour

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 Denne artikkelen bygger på «Guy Pratt» frå , den 24. februar 2011. 
  oppgav desse kjeldene:
 Steve Jelbert, Flying Solo. The Times, 12 august 2005, Body & Soul section, s. 11.

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