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Mike Garson has played piano and keyboards for seventy years. Best known as David Bowie’s keyboard player (no other musician has played more gigs with David Bowie), Mike’s career spans that amazing collaboration and so much more. In Part 1 of this two-part interview, we talk to Mike on his decades playing with David Bowie, his start in music and his role as a music teacher.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Mike’s early childhood start playing piano
Failing pre-med and moving to music
Disillusionment with career and auditioning for Bowie
Adjusting to being part of the Spiders from Mars
Working with Mick Ronson
See Emily Play – string arrangement by Mick Ronson
Mike’s ‘telepathic’ connection with David Bowie
Recording Aladdin Sane
Mike’s emulated guitar sound at Glastonbury 2000
Surviving 13 band lineup changes
Listen to Mike play Greensleeves for the Glastonbury audience
Listen to Mike’s medley of Bowie hits at the 1973 Hammersmith Odeon show
Paying tribute to Bowie’s music over the past seven years – The Bowie Alumni Band
The Bowie Alumni Band – Fashion
David Bowie and Mike Garson – Wild is the Wind live, 2000
Reflecting on David Bowie’s impact on popular culture
Thanks to our supporters for this episode: Brother Paul Brown, Midnight Mastering, Tammy Katchur’s Musical Stew, Musicplayer.com forums, and Radio Grande
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