Wednesday, December 22, 2010

David Bowie's "Stay" revisited.

Carlos Alomar came by way of The Apollo Theater in Harlem, James Brown and the Main Ingredient when he met up with David Bowie in 1974. Alomar brought  in bassist George Murray and drummer Dennis Davis, this rhythm section formed the core of Bowies studio work thru 1980.

Adding lead guitarist Earl Slick in the studio cemented Bowies amalgam of disco, funk, and hard rock.