David Bowie: I Was There by Neil Cossar
During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million worldwide, made David Bowie one of the world's bestselling music artists. This book provides a fan's-eye account from over 400 fans with their stories and experiences of seeing David Bowie live in concert. As well as fan's accounts, the book features contributions from musicians who worked with Bowie live (Mike Garson, Earl Slick, Peter Frampton) and in the studio, soundmen, roadies, photographers and lifelong Bowie fans such as Mark Radcliffe, Marc Riley and Bob Harris. During his early years from 1962 until 1970 Bowie played over 600 shows around the UK as a solo artist, (as Davie Jones) and as a member of The Konrads, The King Bees, The Manish Boys, The Lower Third and The Buzz. From the 70's, Bowie played 12 major world tours, which saw him playing over 1,000 shows in total.
Neil Cossar, a former musician, was the guitarist in the late 70's - 80's group The Cheaters, (who signed to Parlophone Records, but never troubled the charts). Continually gigging in 1982, were awarded 'Hardest working band of the year' by BBC Radio 1 after playing 321 gigs and recording an album! During the 90's Neil worked as a radio DJ in Manchester, England presenting a late night show which featured countless 'new acts' in session including Radiohead, Blur, The Charlatans, Lenny Kravitz, PJ Harvey, The Cranberries and Tori Amos. He also runs a PR company with his partner Liz Sanchez - their clients have included - Def Leppard, INXS, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Jean Michel Jarre, Natalie Imbruglia, The Hollies, Feist, The Stranglers, Barenaked Ladies and UB40.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781911346432 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911346431 |
| Title | David Bowie: I Was There |
| Author | Neil Cossar |
| Series | I Was There Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | This Day in Music Books |
| Year published | 2017-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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