Black Cat Bones

Black Cat Bones was a British heavy blues rock group from London. The band formed in 1966 with original members Paul Tiller (lead vocals and harmonica), Paul Kossoff (lead guitar), brothers Derek Brooks (rhythm guitar) and Stuart Brooks (bass), and Terry Sims (drums). The band is perhaps best known for having had Kossoff and Simon Kirke in its lineup. Kossoff and Kirke later joined Free in 1968 and Kirke also became a founding member of Bad Company in 1974.

Black Cat Bones (named after black cat bones, a Hoodoo charm associated with blues music) played regularly on the London pub circuit.^[1] Early in the band's existence came several personnel changes, with Terry Sims being replaced by drummer Frank Perry. Perry would be replaced in early 1968 by drummer Simon Kirke. Paul Tiller was later replaced by vocalist Brian Short.^[2]

The band would soon lose both Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke, who were replaced by guitarist Rod Price and drummer Phil Lenoir;^[3] it was this lineup that recorded Barbed Wire Sandwich, the band's only full-length album. The album was recorded at Tangerine Studios and Decca Studios and released in November 1969. When the album failed to win the band critical acclaim, members Brian Short, Rod Price, and Phil Lenoir left the band, effectively ending its existence. Brian Short went on to create a solo album entitled "Anything For A Laugh" in 1971, which also failed to win critical acclaim. Remaining band members Derek and Stuart Brooks were joined by vocalist Pete French and guitarist Mick Halls from the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band; after adding drummer Keith George Young, the outfit became known as the hard rock band Leaf Hound in 1970.^[4] Rod Price later went on to greater fame as the guitarist in Foghat, starting in December 1970.

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External links

• Alex Gatlin's Black Cat Bones page