As a big fan of Pat Metheny, I was curious on his experience with working with Bowie on “This Is Not America”, the funny part is that Pat beforehand had no idea who Bowie was. But he found that Bowie was a huge jazz fan who had an obsession with the saxophone. Said he was the nicest person you could ever meet and was very professional.
Thank you for that story. Bowie loved jaz—he was very good with his sax. Me, I enjoyed his tribute to country music: Bus Stop.
Just to excite the Bowie bashers, here’s the tribute from Glastonbury:
‘Glastonbury Festival’s Facebook page carried images of the superstar - who performed there in 1971 and 2010 - with the message: “Thank you David Bowie for all the magic and memories.”
Founder Michael Eavis told the BBC of Bowie’s maiden appearance at the Somerset festival: “He had lovely long flowing hair, a right hippie-looking lad. Fantastically beautiful he looked, actually.
“Nobody knew who he was, he played at four in the morning at sunrise, songs we’d never heard before.
“He’s one of the three greatest in the world, ever - Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and David Bowie. There’s no one else even close.”’