#Bowie Night

[theunknownpoetssociety]

*me into a mic*: “Peter Pettigrew was an important character of the marauders” *everyone boos* “they’re right” someone says, and that person is David Bowie

[the-boney-rolls]

It was New York, around 1974, and I think it was around the first time they had gotten back together again. I got a knock at the door at the Pierre Hotel where I had taken over a suite for months and months…. About three in the morning there’s a knock on the door and John was there, and he had Paul with him! The two of them had been out on the town for the evening. He said “Can we come in? You won't believe who I've got here,” and I said, “Wow I thought you two had…” and he said, “No no, all that's going to change.” It was great! We just spent the evening talking. It was kinda a strange thing between them, there was a little bit of distance every now and again. But that must've been the first time they were back together since the big bust-ups. They actually asked me if I'd join the two of them and become a trio with them, and we'd change the name to something like David Bowie and The Beatles because they liked the idea of it being DBB. But, you know, the next morning it just never came to anything.

David Bowie on BBC 6 Radio Music in 2004

[dejasenti99]

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[petiteclover]

David Bowie and Martin Sheen behind the scenes of SNL, 1979.

[archivist-crow]

David Bowie - “The Man Who Sold the World” on Saturday Night Live with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias (December 15, 1979)

[bedroomcloset]

Cecil and Kevin respectively

[ladycharles]

Child of the Night comes out Friday, here's another peek. Presave it below* and you will get the bonus EP when the email list goes live 💖💖💖

*non spotify users will absolutely be able to sign up too once the website is ready

[browsethestacks]

The Marvel(ous) Comics That Never Were

Art by...

1) Trent Troop

2) Dave Bardin

3) Paul Martin Smith

4) Colleen Coover

5) Bill Walko

6) EliteFixtures.com

7) Otis Frampton

8) Joe Albelo

9) Todd Alcott

10) John Trumbull

[thesobsister]

Ace saxophonist David Sanborn has died, age 78.

He played with everybody from Albert King to Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, but I most enjoy his work with Bowie, as seen above in an early version of “Young Americans” on The Dick Cavett Show and the definitive “Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing” from David Live. He’s all over that album, in fact, and his distinctive tone cuts and glides throughout.

In the ‘80s, he co-/hosted the best music show ever on television, Sunday Night (later, Night Music), where he played in the stellar house band behind a Who’s Who of music of that era, such as this rare TV appearance by Miles Davis.

And he recorded a series of solo albums, among them Upfront, where I heard King Curtis’ classic “Soul Serenade” for the first time, as played by Sanborn.

A lover and creator of, and collaborator in, timeless music.

aav

[krispyweiss]

“A Great Loss:” Saxophonist David Sanborn Dies at 78

Saxophonist David Sanborn, who recorded smooth jazz as a solo artist and toured and recorded with David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan and others as a sideman, has died.

“May the great David Sanborn rest in love and peace,” Rundgren’s Spirit of Harmony Foundation said.

Sanborn, 78, died May 12 of complications from prostate cancer, said a post on his Facebook page. The saxophonist had continued performing since his 2018 diagnosis and “already had concerts scheduled into 2025,” the post read.

“David Sanborn was a seminal figure in contemporary pop and jazz music,” the announcement read. “It has been said that he put the saxophone back into rock ‘n’ roll.”

Fernando Perdomo echoed this sentiment, crediting Sanborn with “defin(ing) the sax’s role in pop and rock in the ’70s and ’80s.”

Questlove recalled being “floored” by a Sanborn show in Colorado, where the saxophonist made the drummer “feel like a complete amateur” despite playing an instrument that requires a significant amount of oxygen at altitude.

“He told me that since being diagnosed with cancer, he got a renewed vigor … and decided henceforth to play like his life depended on it,” Questlove said. “Amen, David. Rest in melody.”

Sanborn played Woodstock with the Butterfield Blues Band and went on to a career that included more than two dozen solo albums, gigs with the “Late Night with David Letterman” and “Saturday Night Live” bands and collaborations with Bowie, Rundgren, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John and others.

“RIP, David S.,” Eric Clapton said.

The members of Spyro Gyra found themselves “shocked and beyond sad” at the news, while band leader Jay Beckenstein eulogized Sanborn as “a truly great saxophonist and musician, one of the most influential of my lifetime and an artist who had an extraordinary ability to play emotionally.

“Whatever he touched, whether jazz, gospel or pop, his approach was beautiful and powerful,” Beckenstein said. “A great loss."

5/13/24

[kindahoping4forever]

Ash with Eternity Speedway

📸: Sthefany Narciso

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL WILLIAMS. In addition to his amazing run as an actor and singer-songwriter, he wrote or co-wrote (with Biff Rose and Roger Nichols) songs covered by David Bowie, The Carpenters (“Rainy Days & Mondays,” “We’ve Only Just Begun”), Jack Jones, The Muppets, Helen Reddy, 3 Dog Night (“Old Fashioned Love Song”—also covered by Micky Dolenz), and Dionne Warwick—not to mention award-winning film and TV scores. He’s been Chairman and President of ASCAP since 2009 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In recent years he’s had a resurgence, working with Richard Barone, Daft Punk, and The Scissor Sisters. Somewhere he’s found time to take up skydiving and become a UCLA certified Drug Rehabilitation Counselor, co-authoring the book GRATITUDE & TRUST: RECOVERY IS NOT JUST FOR ADDICTS. 

Paul wrote the confessional “Someday Man” as a single for The Monkees. Upon release in 1968, it under-performed and got lost as a “deep cut” + Paul’s own version didn’t do much better. However, as cream rises to the top, in time the sophisticated and art-y song grew in popularity, in part because Davy Jones revived it for his solo set in 2009. Now it’s considered to be a Jones/Monkees evergreen and (speaking as a former band member) it was one of our favorites to play. Here’s the song from the 2011 tour Davy did w/The Monkees. Meanwhile, HB PW and thank you for your many musical gems.

#monkees #davyjones #paulwilliams #somedayman #paulgilbert #biffrose #rogernichols #davidbowie #carpenters #jackjones #muppets #helenreddy #3dognight #mickydolenz #dionnewarwick #detroit #johnnyjblair #foxtheatre #richardbarone #daftpunk #scissorsisters #recovery #skydiving

[sunnysea777]

no cuz what did david bowie have to survive to write Five Years? Or Lucy Dacus with Night Shift? Taylor Swift with this is me trying? OR PHOEBE BRIDGERS WITH SAVIOUR COMPLEX??? HELP?

[nevermore-neverwhere]

Out again in basically the same outfit as the last pic I posted, how awful

[nattykazooartyay]

is there life on mars? - david bowie🔮💗✨💫🎇

here's a drawing from last year heheh its still one of my faves

[the-anxious-acrobat]

do a ziggy moodboard! ✨😁

he’s so gorgeous 😩♥️