Rupert Creed writes with admiration about one of David Bowie’s Spiders from Mars. “From estate kid to superstar, Mick Ronson was a man who stepped beyond his predetermined path,” he says, “who turned and not only faced the strange, but chose to embrace it.”
David Bowie performing with guitarist Mick Ronson at a live recording of 'The 1980 Floor Show'.
When lockdown came, the duo set about writing in earnest, speaking to many more people about Ronson’s life and career and his work with Bowie. The result charts the story of how a boy from Hull achieved international rock god status, featuring interviews with fellow musicians, friends and fans.Ronson played music from an early age.
His former bandmate, John Cambridge, who had gone on to play drums on Bowie’s 1969 album Space Oddity, was intent on recruiting Ronson as guitarist for a new Bowie backing band called The Hype, with bassist Tony Visconti. “It’s a great story,” says Creed, a playwright, theatre director and story broadcaster, who moved to Hull from Brighton for university in the 1970s. “You’ve got these northern, working class lads from Hull, an industrial port city, which in the seventies wasn’t the most culture conscious place, meeting up with this sophisticated London bohemian.
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