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'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including . . . talent.' David Bowie at 17 in May, 1964 writing his own press biography.
Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, David Bowie Is . . .ย constructs the definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the future and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley will capture the greatest moments of Bowieโs career; from the recording studio with the likes of Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; to iconic live performances from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as well as the various encounters and artistic relationships he developed with rock luminaries John Lennon, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. And of course, discuss in detail his much-heralded, and critically-acclaimed comeback with the release of Black Star just days before his shocking death in New York.ย
ย ย Morley will offer a startling biographical critique of David Bowieโs legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and released a dazzling plethora of mobile Bowies into the world with a bloody-minded determination and a voluptuous imagination to create something amazing that was not there before.
Paul Morley is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic who has covered music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he is the author of a number of books about music including the bestsellingย The Age of Bowieย andย A Sound Mind:ย How I Fell in Love with Classical Music and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History.ย He collaborated with music icon Grace Jones on her memoir,ย Iโll Never Write My Memoirs,ย and his two most recent books are biographies of Bob Dylan,ย You Lose Yourself, You Reappear, and Tony Wilson of Factory Records,ย From Manchester With Love.
Paul Morley is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic who has covered music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he is the author of a number of books about music including the bestsellingย The Age of Bowieย andย A Sound Mind:ย How I Fell in Love with Classical Music and Decided to Rewrite its Entire History.ย He collaborated with music icon Grace Jones on her memoir,ย Iโll Never Write My Memoirs,ย and his two most recent books are biographies of Bob Dylan,ย You Lose Yourself, You Reappear, and Tony Wilson of Factory Records,ย From Manchester With Love.