Black Cat Bones - Barbed Wire Sandwich (1969) England Black Cat Bones - Barbed Wire Sandwich (1969) England The Black Cat Bones was a blues-rock group from London founded in the late '60s by Paul Kossoff (guitar), Stuart Brooks (bass), and Simon Kirke (drums). Kossoff and Kirke left to form Free, and Brooks recruited Brian Short (vocals), Derek Brooks (guitar), Rod Price (guitar, vocals), and Phil Lenoir. This unit cut The Black Cat Bones' only album, Barbed Wire Sandwich, in 1969.