@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 654: Alan Hankshaw
110/16 is the anniversary of the passing of Alan Hankshaw. In 1968 he played with Bowie on BBC’s John Peel in Top Gear. But he is better known for working on theme songs for films, television, & commercials.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 653: TopPop
10/15/77 was the broadcast date of an episode of this show for Dutch TV. During the show Bowie mined the song Heroes and picked up golden records for the albums Low & Heroes.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 652: Bowie ’73 With The Spiders From Mars
10/14/74: Bowie & band were recording at Star Studio in Milwaukee for the documentary Bowie ’73 With The Spiders From Mars which would be released as Ziggy Stardust: the Motion Picture in 1983.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 651:
10/13/62: David Bowie went to see Little Richard perform live in London. Bowie idolized Little Richard & originally dreamed of playing saxophone in his band. Iman bought Bowie one of Richard’s stage jackets which was far too big for Bowie.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 650: Graham Rivens
10/12 is the birthday of bassist Graham Rivens who played with Bowie as part of the band the Lower Third. The band split from Bowie over a pay dispute, then continued for a few more months as a trio before disbanding.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 649: Belgian Radio Service
10/11 Bowie was interviewed by Ward Bogaert for VRT Radio about Bowie’s career and the Arts Lab at Three Tuns. A tape of this interview was purchased at auction by VRT and has been made public.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 648: Wanda Nichols part 2
Wanda had recently lost her fiance, wrestler Mike Von Erich under tragic circumstances. Wanda did win a lawsuit against News of the World for falsely claiming someone in a picture with Bowie was her.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 648: Wanda Nichols
10/10/87 Bowie performed in Dallas for the Glass Spider tour during which he was accused of sexual assault & spreading AIDs by Wanda Nichols. Bowie was never charged & a civil suit was dismissed. Both tested negative for AIDs.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 647: NetAid
10/9/99 - Bowie performed at the Wembley Stadium concert in support of NetAid, an anti-poverty initiative. NetAid lasted til 2007 and became part of Mercy Corps. The event was one of less than a dozen stops on Bowie’s Hours Tour.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 646: Fisher Theatre
10/8/72: Bowie & the Spiders from Mars played what many say was the first rock show at this venue, but technically the opening band Julia was the first to rock this theatre!
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 645: Mick Wayne
10/7 is the birthday of guitarist Mick Wayne of Junior’s Eyes. This band backed Bowie on the Space Oddity but broke up the next year with Wayne retiring from music. He planned a comeback but died in a house fire in 1994.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 644: Recording @ Decca
10/6/64: Bowie & the Mannish Boys recorded Hello Stranger, Duke of Earl, & Love Is Strange for a possible release by Decca Records. All recordings have been lost; Decca wouldn’t release anything by Bowie until 66’s Rubber Band.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 643: RCA Studios
10/5/72: Bowie and the Spiders from Mars were at RCA Studios in NYC on this date doing some recording. The studio would continue until 1993 and currently now houses the US headquarters of piano maker Steinway & Sons.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 642: Gay Liberation Front
10/4/71: Bowie & Mick Ronson performed at their benefit at Seymour Hall. Bowie & The Hype had faced a massive wave of homophobic slurs in 1970 so backing a LGBTQ+ group pushing for change made sense.
@manlystreak.bsky.socialDays of Bowie - 641: Stevie Ray Vaughan Part 2
He was originally scheduled to join the Serious Moonlight tour but pulled out at the last minute to return to his solo career. He would tragically pass in a helicopter accident on 8/27/90.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 641: Stevie Ray Vaughan Part 1
10/3 is the birthday of guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan provided the guitar work on 6/8 tracks on Bowie’s 1983 album Let’s Dance.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 640: Top of the Pops
10/2/69: Bowie’s first appearance on Top of the Pops where he performed Space Oddity. And like so many other amazing moments of the past involving the BBC, it was later wiped. Only the audio was preserved.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 640: Earl Slick
10/1 is the birthday of guitarist Earl Slick. Earl has been a part of Bowie’s band in 3 different decades. He’s been on both sides of management team’s antics yet was an important part of Bowie’s 2013 The Next Day album.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 638: Gus Dudgeon
9/30 is the birthday of producer Gus Dudgeon. He was brought in on some Bowie songs, such as Space Oddity. He was a voice in the Laughing Gnome & handled the sound effects on Bowie’s Please Mr. Grave Digger.
@manlystreak.bsky.social∞ Days of Bowie - 637: Watch That Man
9-29-72: The day after a wild after-party following his sold-out show in Carnegie Hall Bowie would pen this song. Bowie’s influence likely was a mixture of Velvet Underground & the New York Dolls.
