Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype
Author | : John Cambridge |
Publisher | : McNidder & Grace |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2021-09-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780857162175 |
ISBN-13 | : 0857162179 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype we get a backstage pass to key people and events during those crucial early years. This is a heartfelt story of a unique friendship. Drummer, musician and friend John 'Cambo' Cambridge lived with Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit record 'Space Oddity' and toured with him in Junior's Eyes. He was there for him at many key moments – when Bowie lost his father, passed his driving test, played his first Glam Rock gig with Hype, even acting as best man when Bowie married Angela Barnett in 1970. And if John had not persuaded his former Rats colleague Mick Ronson to join Bowie in February 1970, there might never have been a Ziggy Stardust or the stellar career which followed.