The Pretty Things were (are) part of the bad boy scene in England. They were long hairs when the Beatles were singing covers and when the stones were doing Bo Diddly.
True: The Stones were bad, but these guys rivaled that. They wrote their own songs, made arguably the first concept record (SF Sorrow), had an insane drummer, ate acid, one guy had a big beard which was disgraceful to popular music, one guy had the longest hair in rock history at the time (arguable. See: The Barbarians), and I was told by my agent that they stole The Stones' notebook that had the Bo Diddly shit written in it and got into knife fights with Brian Jones. Brian Jones Stones is where it's at and where it always has been. Like Pig Pen and The Dead.
But, dig the Pretty Things if you have before. If you have not...hit a record store and get SF Sorrow for under $10.00 new. Or I could tape it for you.
Love All Days,
Moses D. Rios
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