There is more than one band called Black Cat Bones: (1) Black Cat Bones, a British heavy blues rock group from London; (2) The Black Cat Bones, a South African rock band from Pretoria. (1) Black Cat Bones was a British heavy blues rock group from London. The band formed in 1966 with original members Paul Tiller (vocals and harmonica), lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, brothers Derek Brooks (rhythm guitar) and Stu Brooks (bass), and drummer Terry Sims. The band is notable for having had Kossoff and S...
There is more than one band called Black Cat Bones: (1) Black Cat Bones, a British heavy blues rock group from London; (2) The Black Cat Bones, a South African rock band from Pretoria.
(1) Black Cat Bones was a British heavy blues rock group from London. The band formed in 1966 with original members Paul Tiller (vocals and harmonica), lead guitarist Paul Kossoff, brothers Derek Brooks (rhythm guitar) and Stu Brooks (bass), and drummer Terry Sims. The band is notable for having had Kossoff and Simon Kirke in its lineup. Kossoff and Kirke would soon join the highly succesful Free in 1968. Kirke also became a founding member of Bad Company in 1974.
Black Cat Bones played deep blues which was undoubtedly the popular thing in England at the time. One can hear the early seeds of Free in Paul Kossoff's riffing and melodic lead playing(it was, after all, half of that band). The later lineup feautures some amazing slide playing by Rod Price and Derek Brooks.
The band quickly moved through a lot of line-up changes: Simon Kirke replaced drummer Frank Perry. Paul Kossoff and Kirke joined Free and were replaced by guitarist Rod Price and drummer Phil Lenoir. With singer Brian Short, Stu and Derek Brooks,their only full-length album in 1969, "Barbed Wire Sandwich", would be released. When it stalled, members Short, Price, and Lenoir left the band, effectively ending its existence. Derek and Stu Brooks were joined by vocalist Pete French and guitarist Mick Halls from the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band; after adding drummer Keith George Young, the band became another sort of obscure hard rock band called Leaf Hound in 1970. Rod Price later went on to play in Foghat through the 70s-80s. Price died in 2005(see "Foghat").
This band has achieved a following long after they have faded. Original albums are very collectable and fetch a great deal of money.
(2) The Black Cat Bones is a South African rock band formed in Silverton, Pretoria in 2007. The group consists of founding members Kobus de Kock jr (vocals) and Andre Kriel (guitars) and currently with Casey Rothman (bass) and Gareth Bunge (drums) rounding off what is considered to be one of the current top performing acts in the country.
Both their debut album ‘Silverton Swamp Songs’ (2009), and the critically acclaimed second helping ‘The Long Drive’ (2011) were heavily influenced by Kobus and Andre’s blues roots but, in 2013, the band released their third (SAMA nominated) studio album ‘Beatipliller’ which showcased their collective influences as a diverse 4-piece rock act. In the same year the band also won the MK Award for ‘Best Live Act’ and emerged from being underground sub-culture champions to a group that is adored nationwide by a constantly expanding, and ever-loyal following from all walks of life. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
