∞ 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.

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∞ 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!

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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Days 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ 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.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 636: Zollander

9-28- the movie Zoolander drops… “Now, this'll be a straight walk-off, old school rules. First model walks; second model duplicates, then elaborates”

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∞ Days of Bowie - 635: Linda Lewis

9/27 is the birthday of Linda Lewis, one of the 1st black British female singers to make an impact on the UK Charts; she reached #6 with her cover of It’s in His Kiss. Her voice can be heard on Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 634: Tony Fox Sales

9-26 is the birthday of Tony Fox Sales, Son of comedian Soupy Sales. Tony & his brother Hunt were part of Tin Machine along with Bowie & Reeves Gabrels. Tony is also famous for his work with Todd Rundgren & Iggy Pop.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 633: Stage

9-25-78: Bowie’s 2nd live album that was recorded during the Isolar II tour. Tony Visconti had a hand in nearly every part of it, from microphone placement to track order. He strove to replicate what it was like being in the crowd.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 632: Tonight

9-24-84: Bowie drops the follow-up to Let’s Dance. The album sold well but was not critically well received. This album’s issues likely stem from its rush into existence without Bowie having written enough songs for an album.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 631: Heroes

9-23-77: The single version of Heroes was released. With a runtime almost half the length of the album version. Despite being one of Bowie’s most well-known songs it was not actually a hit record, 24 UK / 176 US!

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∞ Days of Bowie - 630: Live in Berlin

9-22-02: While playing in Berlin during the third encore Bowie and the Band decided to play almost the entire album Low.

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∞ Days of Bowie - 629: 1st US Rehearsal

9-21-71: The Spiders had a 7 hour rehearsal at the Music Hall in Cleveland. Their 1st US rehearsal & 1st to feature Mark Garson on piano. Garson was shocked to find he had a baby grand piano to play & had a monitor system.

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