The Pretty Things

 

Artist:  The Pretty Things
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Garage Rock, R&B, Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Original line-up:

Dick Taylor:   Guitar
Phil May:  Vocals, Harmonica
Brian Pendleton:  Rhythm Guitar
John Stax:  Bass
Pete Kitley:  Drums

Classic line-up:

Dick Taylor:  Guitar
Phil May:  Guitar
Brian Pendleton:  Rhythm Guitar
John Stax:  Bass
Skip allen:  Drums

and 

Dick Taylor:  Lead Guitar, Vocals
Phil May:  Vocals
Jon Povey:  Organ, Sitar, Mellotron, Percussion, Vocals
Wally Waller:  Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Piano
Skip Alan:  Drums

The Pretty Things are an English Rock Band  from London, formed in 1963, consisted of Dick Taylor (Guitar), (fellow Sidcup Art College student with Keith Richards, and Mick Jagger), Phil May (Vocals, Harmonica), Brian Pendleton (Rhythm Guitar), John Stax (Bass) and Pete Kitley (Drums), replaced by Viv Andrews and then by Viv Prince on Drums.   The band's name took from Willie Dixon's song "Pretty Thing".  Their most commercially successful period was the mid-1960s. 

Title:  Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood  (2020)

Genre:  Garage Rock, R&B, Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock & Roll, British Invasion

Label:  Madfish

Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  Can't Be Satisfied  (3:06)

 2.  Come Into My Kitchen  (4:19)

 3.  Ain't No Grave  (4:00)

 4.  Faultline  (4:24)

 5.  Redemption Day  (5:24)

 6.  The Devil Had A Hold Of Me  (4:18)

 7.  Bright As Blood  (4:46)

 8.  Love In Vain  (4:20)

 9,  Black Girl  (2:39)

10. To Build A Wall  (4:27)

11. Another World  (3:59)

12. I'm Ready  (3:44)

Personnel:

Phil May:  Lead Vocals

Dick Taylor:  Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Additional Musicians:

Sam Brothers:  Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Harmonica, Banjo, Sundry Guitar

George Woosey:  Acoustic Guitar

Henry Padovani:  Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar

Jon Wigg:  Violin

Mark St. John:  Percussion

Bare As Bone, Bright As Blood is the thirteenth studio album by The Pretty Things, released on September 25, 2020 by Madfish, a few months after the death of lead singer Phil May.