The Sound & Vision of David Bowie – Episode One
Summary: Hi ya’ll. Shay here. This is thebuzzr podcast. Thank you for tuning in.“Singer, songwriter, poet, painter, rule breaker, game changer. He pushed the boundaries, blurred the lines, held up a mirror and reflected to us the state of our culture, our world and ourselves.”“The irreplaceable trailblazer David Bowie helped define our universe through his music.” (source, LOM)Welcome to the exploration of the sound & vision of David Bowie.Episode One - Monday, October 25Introduction to our guests, their background & the influence of David Bowie on them.David Bowie: The concept of the man and the myth that would cement his status as a rock icon. Bowie’s alter egos & their toll on him (Major Tom, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke & Ziggy Stardust).Tracks - Covers Performed by the Life on Mars (LoM) "Life On Mars" 2:47"Changes" 19:46:38"Suffergette City" 35:47:05"Space Oddity" 42:17:11"I'm A Bird" by Jack Spann 52:59:56"Moonage Daydream" 57:46:06 <br> Guests <br> Guests:From Toronto, band members Kevin Connelly & Alexander “Sascha” Tukatsch are joining us. Kevin and Sascha are founding member of the band Heroes. Kevin is the frontman & lead vocalist for Canadian-based Life on Mars project, celebrating the music of David Bowie. Sascha is on drums. We feature music from the Life On Mars show, performed by Kevin Connelly and back by the Heroes band.“Established in 2004, Toronto, Canada-based Life on Mars (LoM) presents the genius of Bowie across the decades. Life on Mars is not an imitation of Bowie but an emulation of his music and a celebration of his spirit.”The show is “backed by the incomparable Heroes band.”Kevin co-founded New Regime, the 80s new waver band. Likewise, he is the founder of Iron Age Mystics. The band produced a 2019 album hailed as “The best political rock album since the Rage Against The Machine’s debut”.Sascha is the band’s drummer, engineer, and co-producer of Iron Age Mystics, and drummer of Platinum Blonde. He joined Platinum Blonde as a drummer when Chris Steffler left the band in 1985.New York artist Jack Spann joins the show. Jack is a singer-songwriter and master keyboardist/pianist that has worked with top artists. One of them was David Bowie. His work with Bowie developed into Black Star, Bowie’s last album. We feature tracks from Jack’s 2017 album Beautiful Man From Mars, a nod to Bowie. <br> About Life On Mars (LoM) <br> “Turn and face the strange” David Bowie 1947 - 2016Singer, song writer, poet, painter, rule breaker, game changer. For nearly five decades David Bowie helped define our universe through his music. He pushed the boundaries, blurred the lines, held up a mirror and reflected back to us the state of our culture, our world and most importantly, ourselves.Established in 2004, Toronto, Canada based Life on Mars (LoM) presents the genius of Bowie across the decades. Maintaining the integrity of the music, note for note, LoM presents a two hour retrospect, a musical reinvention of classic Bowie hits; uniquely arranged into a soaring, emotional, musical, concert experience of astonishing nuance and power.Life on Mars is not an imitation of Bowie but an emulation of his music and a celebration of his spirit. Singer Kevin Connelly fuses the essence of Bowie’s vision and charisma with his own electrifying talent and captures with mesmerizing accuracy, the mystery, the moves and the magic of Bowie himself; backed by the incomparable Heroes band this is a performance unsurpassed by any other of it's kind.LoM bio and reviews, introduction to episode. <a href="https://www.lomlive.com/the-fans">source </a> <br> Credits <br> LoM players on the audio / video: Lead vocals - Kevin ConnellyBackground Vocals - Tanya Godinho, Peter SabanGuitars - Chuck Brown, Peter SabanKeyboards - Rob Cooper, Joe Tamborini, Peter SabanDrums - Alexander 'Sascha' Tukatsch, Steve Kendry <br> Reviews <br> "Kevin Connelly is stunning: he can play the rock star ...
