Tony Visconti And Woody Woodmansey Take David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold The World' On Tour
Friday, 06 June 2014
Written by Jon Stickler
The classic David Bowie album, 'The Man Who Sold The World', will be performed in full by a star studded line up of musicians this autumn.
Former Bowie bandmates, bassist Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey, will perform together for the first time since 1971, while fronting the band is Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17. On saxophone and guitars, meanwhile, is Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman.
Discussing the record, which he also produced, Visconti said:
"One reason I'm looking forward to playing The Man Who Sold The World album in its entirety is because lots of people ask me if I still play bass. I do, but I've since rarely played anything as ambitious and demanding as the music of that great batch of songs conceived by David Bowie. With Woody Woodmansey and Mick Ronson, two of the finest musicians I've had the pleasure of recording and playing with, we set out to create something both new and classic, we called it our 'Sgt. Pepper.'
"David gave us a chance to bring our unique talents to the table and we made up our parts within David's framework. Mick forced me to listen to Jack Bruce, however, and told me 'that's what great bass playing was all about'. I got it, lead bass playing, as a guitarist this came natural to me. With David as our charismatic frontman we were 'Young Turks' determined to spin heads and change the world of music. Well, we sold about 20 copies instead. But over the years members of the public finally got it and eventually the album sold a million or two.
“A great homage to us was to hear Nirvana perform the title track unplugged in the ‘90s on an MTV special, note for note. I'm sure Bowie picked up some new fans afterwards although a lot of people still believe that Kurt Cobain wrote it.”
The foursome will be backed by Woodmansey’s supergroup,Holy Holy, who release their debut single, We Are King, written by Norman, on September 17.
Tony Visconti and Woody Woodmansey Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed September 17 2014 - LONDON Garage
Thu September 18 2014 - SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Sat September 20 2014 - GLASGOW O2 ABC
Mon September 22 2014 - LONDON O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
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