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Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley 's 1955 song " Pretty Thing ", and active in their first incarnation until 1971. They released five studio albums, including the debut The Pretty Things (UK Albums Chart #6) and S. F. Sorrow (the first rock opera), four EPs and 15 ...
The Final Bow (2019) Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood (2020) Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood is the thirteenth and final studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things. It was released in September 2020, a few months after the death of lead singer Phil May. Professional ratings.
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Woolsey was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Clyde (Kirby) and Robert James Woolsey, Sr. He graduated from Tulsa's Tulsa Central High School. In 1963, he received his BA from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa), and in 1965 his MA from University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and an LLB from Yale Law Schoolin 1968. Woolsey was found...
Woolsey has held important positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations. His influence has been felt during the administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. He has also worked at the Shea & Gardnerlaw firm, as Associate (1973–77) and partner (1979–89, 1991–93). Woolsey has served in the U.S. go...
Woolsey has been known primarily as a neoconservative Democrat—hawkish on foreign policy issues but liberal on economic and social issues. In 2008 he endorsed Senator John McCain for president and served as one of McCain's foreign policy advisors. He has called himself a "Scoop Jackson Democrat" and a "Joe Lieberman Democrat", with "social democrat...
Woolsey was married to Suzanne Haley Woolsey, but they divorced after 48 years. He married Nancye Miller, who is a registered foreign agent. He has three children with Suzanne[citation needed]who all live in the New York City area. Woolsey also has four grandchildren. Woolsey is a descendant of George (Joris) Woolsey, one of the earliest settlers o...
"Former CIA Director Jim Woolsey Takes to the Stage in John Goldfarb, Please Come Home"Appearances on C-SPANJames Woolsey's interview with The PoliticThe Pretty Things was an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, with their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues (and later, psychedelia) that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British 'invasion', particularly The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie whose first hero was Phil May (born 1944; died 2020).
Brief Life History of George. When George Woolsey Jr was born on 10 October 1652, in New York, United States, his father, George Joris Woolsey Jr., was 41 and his mother, Rebecca Cornell, was 23. He married Hannah Van Zandt on 19 November 1678, in Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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Sep 29, 2020 · Band member George Woosey is the author of “Bright As Blood”, a tune he first cut in 2017 as one half of Brighton-based duo Dull Knife. Here the band accentuate its folk roots, ...
Aug 8, 2020 · New single “Bright As Blood” see’s Phil May and Dick Taylor embrace moving new folk, Americana and bluegrass overtones, coupled with Jon Wigg’s rootsy fiddle and Sam Brother’s hillbilly banjo that sit alongside writer, George Woosey’s hypnotic, driving guitar and a vocal performance from May that is as open and vulnerable as we ever heard from him.
