Jon Povey
August 20, 1942 – May 9, 2023
Between 1967 and 2007, Jon Povey had four spells as keyboard player and backing vocalist with The Pretty Things. He played organ, sitar, Mellotron and percussion as well as singing on their celebrated 1968 album SF one of the first ever rock operas. Povey had fought a brave battle with cancer, which he believed he had won, but sadly, those hopes would prove false. He was 80 years old.