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Q&A With Pink Floyd's Bass Player Guy Pratt - Your Questions

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Guy Pratt, the bass player for Pink Floyd and David Gilmour, has kindly agreed to do a "Questions and Answers" session with NPF site visitors. That means you can ask him a question!

Guy, who is currently doing a comedy tour called Breakfast of Idiots in Australia, has played bass for and with many famous artists.

He has worked with 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 and Toy Matinee.

He is a member of The Transit Kings with Alex Paterson (of The Orb), Jimmy Cauty (of The KLF), and Dominic Beken. Cauty and Pratt also released "I Wanna 1-2-1 With You" as Solid Gold Chartbusters. Since 2006, Guy Pratt has been playing bass for Bryan Ferry and is currently accompanying him on his solo tour throughout Europe.

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If you have a question for Guy, then please respond to this topic by clicking on the "Reply" button at the top left of this message.

I will then choose 10 questions to send to Guy to answer on the 19th July 2009. I will put his responses up on the site for all to see.

If you want to improve your chance of getting your question submitted to Guy, don't ask if Pink Floyd are reforming!#



Guy's official website: http://guypratt.ricardopadua.com/
Guy's blog: http://guypratt.ricardopadua.com/blog/
On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Pratt
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Were you told to primarily stick with the original bass parts or were you encouraged to bring your own stuff to the table?
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Do you appreciate your surname?

How did you come to write the original soundtrack for the television show 'Spaced'?
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Do Pink Floyd take themselves as seriously as they would immediatly appear to?
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Is it true that staring too long at Scott Page's mullet can make you go blind?



Okay, maybe not... ;)
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Speaking of Mullets.. Was that Dick Perry's real hair on the Momentary Laps tour?!
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You have worked with many amazing artists - Which one (or few) struck you as the most talented performer :?:
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What is your favorite Pink Floyd song to play and why?
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I think this question might be on all of our minds...

Before Richard Wright's tragic death, it was announced that he was working on a new solo album. Were you involved in it, and do you know how much of it was done and if it will ever be released posthumously?

EDIT:

I have another question that's probably appropriate at this point in time.

The liner notes for Michael Jackson's 1995 album "HIStory" state that you played bass on it, but does not specify which songs. Could you shed some light on that? Also, did you meet Michael during that time?
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Have you any plans to write another book or to release your show on DVD/through a website?
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[-D-] Hello Guy,
My question is, What difference do you get in the sound of the bass guitar, versus the stand up bass. Is it for instance, stand up for a blues type of number and back to guitar for a standard or rock number ?
Thankyou ...Jayne
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hi!
Guy
How are you?
I'd like to congratulate about your comedy tour called "Breakfast of Idiots in Australia"!

my question is:WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE LIVE CONCERT(tour) THAT YOU DID?

i know you have done lots of concert with many different artist! :)

Thank u!

u rock!
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what kind of music did u do with a r rehman?
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I've seen your name associated with The Dream Academy. Did you play on "Life In A Northern Town?"
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My question(s) for Guy

Who is your favourite bass player? and
Who from all the people you have worked with came up with the most challenging basslines to play.

Have just ordered the book and am looking forward to reading it!