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Happy Birthday, David.

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David Bowie: David Live (1974)

Recorded on the Diamond Dogs Tour, July 8–12 1974 at the Tower Theater, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

RCA Rcords

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David BowieYoung Americans [50th Anniversary Edition Picture Disc] 2025 Parlophone ——————————————————————— Tracks: 1. Young Americans 2. Win 3. Fascination 4. Right 5. Somebody up There Likes Me 6. Across the Universe 7. You Can Here Me 8. Fame ———————————————————————

Carlos Alomar

David Bowie

Herbie Flowers

Mike Garson

Michael Kamen

Tony Newman

Andy Newmark

David Sanborn

Earl Slick

* Long Live Rock Archive

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CELEBRATING DAVID BOWIE WEEK + SONG OF THE WEEK: “Space Oddity.” The original Bowie track reached me deeply when I was a kid, amping my escapism into sci-fi books, Star Trek TV reruns, and “God questions.” Years passed and I became a singer on my own, and I added Bowie songs to my solo set. Here’s my cover of “Space Oddity,” Mellotron, Stylophone, and all: 

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/space-oddity-album-version   

I was blessed to work with “a galaxy” of talented personnel: 

Uma Robin Mackey: harmony vocals & “Lt. Uhura countdown”

Robert Powell: Ebow & pedal steel guitar

Prairie Prince: drums

Chris von Sneidern: electronic percussion & mixing

Me: bass, guitars, Mellotron, percussion, piano, Stylophone, vibraphone, lead & harmony vocals

 

This week marks an opportunity to look at David Bowie’s influence and innovations (born Jan. 8th; passed Jan. 10th) as a singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. Many have assumed that Bowie’s “Space Oddity” is a dystopian story of futility and failure. I beg to differ. The indicators in Bowie’s music point to his spiritual quest, a pursuit of God’s heart in the cosmos, inner and outer, and the Major Tom storyline has an open ending—there’s no conclusion that Tom died! Instead (later in Bowie’s catalogue) he reprised Tom (in “Ashes to Ashes” and “Hallo! Spaceboy”) as a conflicted man, “…Strung out on heaven’s high, making an all-time low,” with Tom seeking redemption from his own foibles while expressing awe at the vast potential of creation!

 

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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Moonage Daydream