BOWIE’S BACK!

Despite what you may think, David Bowie is not an absolute beginner!

Nope. David Bowie, whose new song “Absolute Beginners” is taken from the new film of the same name, is a definitive “longterm” artist. And just as that song is rising up the charts, David Bowie’s own career has been in the process of “rising up” since the early '60s, believe it or not, when the talented singer Bowie first started rockin’!

Did you know that David Bowie’s real name is David Jones, and that he had to change it because he was afraid people would confuse him with Davy Jones of the Monkees? Did you know that his first major American hit was “Space Oddity”? Did you know that he’s recorded so many albums that ROCK-SHOTS' writing staff has a hard time remembering them all? Did you know that Ziggy Stardust was a classic LP that defined all of what rock ’n’ roll would become for years and years? Did you know that famous rock stars like Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and Tina Turner have worked with David Bowie? And jazz stars, the likes of Pat “Mr. Guitar” Metheny? Huh, didja, didja?