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Glenn Hughes said his late friend David Bowie would be pissed at him for remaining closely connected to his Deep Purple roots. The pair met in the mid ‘70s and Bowie wrote most of Station To Station while living incognito in Hughes’ home. In a recent interview with Guitar Interactive (video below), Hughes recalled the experience. “I got a call from him in Feb. ’75. He asked me privately, ‘I’m gonna come on a train to L.A. – can I stay with you?’” Hughes suggested it was dangerous for Bowie to travel alone, but that’s what he did, arriving three days later. READ MORE: Glenn Hughes Says He Shoul...
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The past three months’ best reissues and archival releases focus on artists’ key albums and the stories behind their creations. This is especially true of new releases by David Bowie, Deep Purple and Billy Idol, whose respective best records are expanded for their anniversaries with demos, alternated versions, outtakes and live tracks. But other great records from the first part of the year turn the spotlight on previously unreleased concert recordings. Late-’60s era Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, “Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” Sister Rosetta Tharpe and spiritual jazz icon Alice Coltr...
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During the hedonistic ’70s, David Bowie would admittedly partake in various very illegal substances. “We’d sit in the control room and blow our brains out and not start working ’till hours later,” long-standing guitarist Earl Slick admits in his new book, Guitar. “Sometimes days later.” Slick, who debuted with Bowie on 1974’s David Live, said things were much different by the time they gathered for sessions that produced The Next Day in 2013. “We were older, obviously, and there was no dope – none,” Slick writes. “By 2012, we had long-time sobriety. It wasn’t even a part of our lives anymore. ...
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A previously unreleased version of the Who‘s classic “I Can’t Explain” by David Bowie has been unveiled ahead of the June 14 release of the upcoming Bowie box Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! The song, recorded in 1972 during the sessions for Bowie’s star-making The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars album, is a relatively faithful cover of the Who’s 1964 single, the band’s first released under that name (their debut, “Zoot Suit,” was recorded as the High Numbers). Bowie later re-recorded “I Can’t Explain” for his 1973 covers album Pin Ups, but that version was slowed down and glamme...
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Brian Eno is offering a wild twist on a ’90s-era song by David Bowie in honor of Earth Day. This newly reissued version of “Get Real” is part of a climate change-focused album titled Sounds Right, developed by Eno in conjunction with the Museum for the United Nations. He’s added the sound of hyenas and wild pigs to align with the theme. Listen below. “It’s a powerful song – very good lyrics – and with this new kind of container that we’re putting it in of being a song about relationship with the Earth, I think it really works,” Eno tells the Midnight Chats podcast. “The wild pigs sound really ...
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Earl Slick discussed the strange working relationship he had with David Bowie, which began in 1974 and lasted on and off until 2013. The American guitarist’s career includes credits with John Lennon, David Coverdale and others. In a new interview with Guitar World, Slick described Bowie as an artist who did “whatever hit him at a particular time.” He said, “I remember I played with him in 2000 – we did Glastonbury and a gig at the BBC Theatre. There were some gigs in New York. A while later, he was talking about touring on the Heathen record. “I got a call from [producer] Mark Plati, and he sa...
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