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David Bowie was an English singer-songwriter and musician who started his career as a member of a band called the Konrads, under the name David or Davie Jones, in 1962. Since starting his solo career in 1964, his solo band has gone under many names, including, the Hype, Arnold Corns, the Spiders from Mars and Tin Machine. At the time of his retirement from solo live performances in 2004, his band included himself on vocals, guitars, stylophone and harmonica, Earl Slick on guitar, Gerry Leonard on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass guitar and vocals, Sterling Campbell on drums, Mike Garson on piano and keyboards and Catherine Russell on keyboards, percussion, guitar and vocals.

History

1960s and 70s

Bowie formed his first band, the Konrads, in 1962 at the age of 15 under his birth name David Jones. Konrads playing guitar-based rock and roll at local youth gatherings and weddings, the Konrads had a varying line-up of between four and eight members. Bowie's childhood friend, George Underwood among them, as well as drummer Dave Crook and guitarist Neville Wills. Later members of the Konrads included drummer Dave Hadfield, bassist Rocky Shahan and vocalists Roger Ferris and Christine & Stella Patton, He left the Konrads after disagreements over musical styles while recording.

Following the Konrads he was a member of a trio called the Hooker Brothers, or Dave's Reds and Blues with Underwood on guitar and harmonica, Bowie (still under the name Davie Jones) on vocals and saxophone and drummer Viv Andrews. This band existed from July to November 1963. He started his solo career in with the single "Liza Jane" which was credited to Davie Jones with the King Bees, a band which included Jones and Underwood and also lead guitarist Roger Bluck, bassist Dave Howard and drummer Robert Allen.

Jones next band was the Manish Boys which included Johnny Flux on guitar, Paul Rodriguez on tenor saxophone and trumpet, Woolf Byrne on baritone saxophone, Bob Solly on keyboards, John Watson on bass guitar and Mick White on drums. Jones left this band in February 1966, this band released the single "I Pity the Fool" which featured Jimmy Page on lead guitar.

Jones joined a band called the Lower Third in early 1965, the band included Denis "Tea-Cup" Taylor on lead guitar, Graham Rivens on bass guitar and Les Mighall on drums. Mighall later left the band and was replaced by Phil Lancaster. The band fell apart later that year. Jones changed his stage name to David Bowie to disambiguate himself from Davy Jones on The Monkees. Under his new moniker, he started a band called David Bowie and the Buzz, in 1966, the core members of the Buzz were bass guitarist Derek "Dek" Fearnley, keyboard player Derek "Chow" Boyes, and drummer John "Ego" Eager, with earlier guitarists being John Hutchinson and Billy Bray. The band later broke up in November of the same year. The Lower Third contributed to Bowie self-titled debut album in 1967, alongside session musician Big Jim Sullivan.

In early 1967 Bowie joined The Riot Squad, which consisted of Bowie (vocal, guitar, mouth-harp), Rod "Rook" Davies (lead guitar), Brian "Croak" Prebble (bass, vocals), Bob Evans (tenor saxophone, flute, vocals), George "Butch" Davis (keyboards) and Derek "Del" Roll (drums). The band broke up later that year after recording several songs including a cover of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man".

In May 1968, Bowie performed on John Peel's Top Gear, with a backing band called the Tony Visconti Orchestra, which included Herbie Flowers (bass), Barry Morgan (drums), John McLaughlin (guitar), Alan Hawkshaw (keyboards) and Visconti and Steve Peregrin Took (backing vocals). This performance was released on the album Bowie at the Beeb in 2000.

Following his stint with The Riot Squad, Bowie formed folk influenced trio Turquoise, with himself, Hermione Farthingale, and former Misunderstood guitarist Tony Hill in September 1968. The band was later renamed to Feathers following Tony Hill being replaced by former Buzz guitarist John "Hutch" Hutchinson, and later to just David Bowie & Hutch after Farthingale's departure.

Bowie released his second self-titled album in 1969, the album included Junior's Eyes members, guitarists Tim Renwick (who also played woodwind) and Mick Wayne bassist John "Honk" Lodge and drummer John Cambridge, other musicians who played on this album were, guitarist Keith Christmas, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, bassists Tony Visconti (who also played woodwind and was the producer) and Herbie Flowers, harmonicist Benny Marshall and cellist and arranger Paul Buckmaster. The members of Junior's Eyes also performed with Bowie on the Dave Lee Travis Show in October 1969, prior to the albums release, the recording was also released on Bowie at the Beeb in 2000.

In January 1970 Bowie played on Scottish TV show Cairngorm Ski Night, with producer/bassist Tony Visconti, and percussionist Tex Johnson. Bowie's next backing band was called the Hype, it included originally included guitarist Mick Ronson, bassist Tony Visconti and drummer John Cambridge. This line-up appeared on The Sunday Show introduced by John Peel in February 1970 and on Sounds of the 70s: Andy Ferris in April 1970, before Cambridge was replaced by Mick "Woody" Woodmansey, this line-up appeared on Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold the World with Ralph Mace on Moog. The band was occasionally joined by Mark Pritchett on guitar. one performance on In Concert with John Peel was billed as David Bowie and friends and also included Pritchett, backing vocalists George Underwood, Dana Gillespie and Geoffrey Alexander and also bassist Trevor Bolder. All performances were included on Bowie at the Beeb.

Bowie's next backing band included guitarist Mick Ronson, bassist Bolder and drummer Woodmansey from his David Bowie and Friends band. The band was also augmented by pianists Rick Wakeman and Tom Parker, for some shows each. The then unnamed band was later named the Spiders from Mars and was going to included Wakeman but he declined and joined Yes. The band contributed to Bowie's album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, the band was later augmented by various pianists in 1972, including Nicky Graham, Matthew Fisher, Robin Lumley and Mike Garson (who would be a long-time member of the Bowie band). Into 1973, the band was later augmented by Garson, backing vocalist Warren Peace, rhythm guitarist John Hutchinson and saxophonists Ken Fordham and Brian Wilshaw, this line-up contributed to the album Aladdin Sane in 1973, alongside backing vocalists Linda Lewis and Juanita "Honey" Franklin. Most musicians from the Spiders From Mars contributed to Bowie's musical, The 1980 Floor Show in October 1973, and his album Pin Ups in the same month.

Bowie's Diamond Dogs, featured keyboardist Mike Garson, bassist Herbie Flowers, drummers Ansley Dunbar and Tony Newman and guitarist Alan Parker. For the Diamond Dogs Tour in 1974, he employed an entirely different band with only Garson and Peace being retained. Other members included keyboardist Michael Kamen, guitarist Earl Slick, saxophonists David Sanborn and Richard Grando, returning bassist Herbie Flowers, percussionists Tony Newman and Pablo Rosario and new backing vocalist Gui Andrisano, this tour band existed between June to July and featured on the live album David Live, in September the band was expanded with new guitarist Carlos Alomar (who played alongside Slick and also acted as musical director), bassist Doug Rauch and drummer Greg Errico, as well as backing vocalists Ava Cherry, Robin Clark, Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler and Luther Vandross.

Between October and December, in a tour called The Soul/Philly Dogs Tour, the band included new members Emir Ksasan (bass) and Dennis Davis (drums) with Kamen, Rauch, Errico and Andrisano departing. Various musicians from this tour contributed to Young Americans, as well as a guest appearance from John Lennon. Bowie's next album, Station to Station (1976), included touring members Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Dennis Davis and Warren Peace, as well as George Murray (bass guitar), Roy Bittan (piano, organ) and Harry Maslin (melodica, synthesiser, vibraphone, baritone sax). Bowie's new tour, Isolar, it included guitarist Carlos Alomar, Stacy Heydon, bassist George Murray, drummer Dennis Davis and keyboardist Tony Kaye.

Low (1977) included Alomar, Davis and Murray and session contributors Brian Eno, Ricky Gardiner, Roy Young, Eduard Meyer, J. Peter Robinson and Paul Buckmaster and guests Iggy Pop and Mary Visconti. Similar personnel contributed to "Heroes" (1977) and guest musicians Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Tony Visconti (producer).

The touring rebooted in 1978 as the Isolar II tour, It included a slightly different band, included the returning Alomar, Davis and Murray, with new members Adrian Belew (lead guitar), Roger Powell (keyboards, synthesizer; who was replaced by Dennis Garcia for shows in November), pianist Sean Mayes and violinist Simon House. This was Bowie's last tour of the 70s, some performances were released on Stage. Many musicians from this tour contributed to Lodger (1979).

1980s to 2000s

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) included Davis, Murray and Alomar. Following the release of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), Bowie was expected to tour, however the murder of John Lennon in December 1980 made Bowie cancel tour plans. His first tour in 5 years, the Serious Moonlight Tour, kicked off in May 1983. The band included returning members Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick, and also bassist Carmine Rojas, drummer Tony Thompson, keyboardist Dave Lebolt, woodwind players Steve Elson, Stan Harrison and Lenny Pickett and backing vocalists George and Frank Simms.

Let's Dance (1983) included some touring members, including Carmine Rojas, Tony Thompson, Stan Harrison_, Steve Elson, George and Frank Simms, and also guest lead guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, bassist Bernard Edwards, percussionists Omar Hakim and Sammy Figueroa, keyboardist Robert Sabino, saxophonist Robert Aaron, trumpeter Mac Gollehon and backing vocalist David Spinner. The album was produced by Nile Rodgers who also played guitar on the album. Similar personnel contributed to Tonight (1984).

Bowie performed at Live Aid on 15 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, with a band including guitarist Kevin Armstrong, keyboardist Thomas Dolby, saxophonist Clare Hirst, bassist Matthew Seligman, percussionists Neil Conti and Pedro Ortiz, and backing vocalists Tessa Niles and Helena Springs. Never Let Me Down (1987) included mainly touring personnel with some session musicians.

The Glass Spider Tour started in May 1987 and concluded in November, the tour band included guitarist Peter Frampton and Carlos Alomar, bassist Carmine Rojas, drummer Alan Childs and multi-instrumentalists Erdal Kızılçay (keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals) and Richard Cottle (keyboardist, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals).

Bowie was a member of hard rock outfit Tin Machine from 1988 to 1992, the band also included Reeves Gabrels (lead guitar, backing vocals), Tony Fox Sales (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Hunt Sales (drums, backing vocals). They released two albums and toured in support of each, on their first tour, from June to July 1989, they were augmented by Kevin Armstrong (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) and by Eric Schermerhorn on their second tour from October 1991 to February 1992.

Between Tin Machine's two tours, Bowie embarked on the Sound+Vision Tour between March and September 1990. The tour band included returning members Adrian Belew and Erdal Kızılçay (now on bass), as well as new members Rick Fox (keyboards) and Michael Hodges (drums). Black Tie White Noise (1993) included various session musicians, including guest lead guitar from Spiders from Mars guitarist Mick Ronson, who died later that year. The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) included only Bowie and Kızılçay as well as some contributions from members of the band 3D Echo ((Rob Clydesdale, Gary Taylor, Isaac Daniel Prevos)t, Mike Garson and Lenny Kravitz.

Outside (1995) included many past, present and future touring members. His next tour was the Outside Tour between September 1995 and September 1996. The tour band was larger than the Sound+Vision band, it included the returning Carlos Alomar, Mike Garson and George Simms (now on keyboards) as well as Tin Machine guitarist Reeves Gabrels and new members Gail Ann Dorsey (bass guitar, vocals), Zack Alford (drums) and Peter Schwartz (synthesizer).

Earthling (1997) featured only touring personnel. The Earthling Tour included only retained members Gabrels, Dorsey, Alford and Garson, it ran from June to November 1997. Hours (1999) also included mainly touring personnel, the Hours Tour, included lead guitarist Page Hamilton, rhythm guitar Mark Plati, bassist Gail Ann Dorsey, drummer Sterling Campbell, keyboardist Mike Garson and backing vocalists Holly Palmer and Emm Gryner. Reeves Gabrels performed at one show on the tour before being replaced by Hamilton due to personal differences. The tour ran between October and December 1999.

The Mini Tour included only four dates, all in June 2000, and featured the same tour band except Hamilton, who was replaced by the returning Earl Slick. It included a show at Glastonbury which was later described as "iconic". Heathen (2002) included various session musicians, including longtime producer Tony Visconti drummer Matt Chamberlain, guitarist David Torn, violinist Lisa Germano, bassist Tony Levin, and guest guitarists Pete Townshend (The Who) and Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters). Around this time, music that was later released on Toy (2019) was recorded.

Bowie's next tour was the Heathen Tour, between June to October 2002, which included a similar band except Palmer and Gryner departed and Catherine Russell (keyboards, percussion, backing vocals) and Gerry Leonard (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) joined. Reality (2003) included all of his touring band as well as David Torn, Visconti, Chamberlain Mario J. McNulty and Carlos Alomar. Bowie's final tour, A Reality Tour, included the same band as his previous tour, it started in October 2003 and concluded in June 2004.

Following the conclusion of this tour, Bowie did three more live performances. First was at Condé Nast Fashion Rocks on 8 September 2005, which featured three songs first was "Life on Mars" with piano backing from Mike Garson, and the last two were "Wake Up" and "Five Years", both with Indie rock band Arcade Fire. Next was with David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2006 where he performed on Pink Floyd songs "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb". His final performance was at the Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC as part of the Keep a Child Alive's annual Black Ball fundraiser, where he performed "Wild Is The Wind" (with Mike Garson), "Fantastic Voyage" (with Alicia Keys’' band) and "Changes" (with Alicia Keys). He even announced a comeback gig in 2007 as part of New York's High Line festival, but it was cancelled a few months later without explanation.

Bowie releases two more studio albums The Next Day (2013) and Blackstar (2016) the former included former touring members and other guests, the latter included session musicians Donny McCaslin (woodwind), Jason Lindner (keyboards), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Mark Guiliana (drums), Ben Monder (guitar), James Murphy (percussion) and Erin Tonkon (backing vocals). the album was co-produced with longtime collaborator Tony Visconti. It was his final album released in this lifetime, following his death in January 2016. Various posthumous live albums and a studio album, called Toy, have been released following his death.

Members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	David Bowie (David Jones)	1962–2016 (until his death)	vocals guitar keyboards saxophone harmonica stylophone	all releases
	Neville Wills	1962–1963 (only with The Konrads) (died 1981)	guitar	none
	George Underwood	1962 1963–1964 1971	vocals guitar harmonica	"Liza Jane" (1964) Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Dave Cook	1962 (only with The Konrads)	drums	none
	Dave Hadfield	1962–1963 (only with The Konrads)
	Roger Ferris		vocals
	Christine Patton
	Stella Patton
	Alan Dodds		rhythm guitar
	Rocky Shahan		bass guitar
	Viv Andrews	1963–1964 (only with The Hooker Brothers/Dave’s Reds and Blues)	drums
	Robert Allen	1964 (only with the King Bees)		"Liza Jane" (1964)
	Dave Howard		bass guitar
	Roger Bluck		lead guitar
	Johnny Flux (Johnny Edward)	1964–1965 (only with The Manish Boys) (died 2021)		"I Pity the Fool" (1965)
	Bob Solly	1964–1965 (only with The Manish Boys) (died 2016)	keyboards
	Paul Rodriguez	1964–1965 (only with The Manish Boys)	tenor saxophone trumpet
	Woolf Byrne		baritone saxophone
	John Watson		bass guitar
	Mick White		drums
	Denis Taylor	1965–1966 (only with the Lower Third)	guitar	"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (1965) "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (1966)
	Graham Rivens		bass guitar
	Les Mighall	1965 (only with the Lower Third) (died 2008)	drums	none
	Phil Lancaster	1965–1966 (only with the Lower Third)		"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (1965) "Can't Help Thinking About Me" (1966)
	John Eager	1966–1967 (only with the Buzz)		"Do Anything You Say" (1966) "I Dig Everything" (1966) "Rubber Band" (1966) "The Laughing Gnome" (1967) "Love You till Tuesday" (1967) David Bowie (1967)
	Derek Boyes		keyboards
	Derek "Dek" Fearnley	1966–1967 (only with the Buzz) (died 2008)	bass guitar
	John Hutchinson	1966 1968–1969 1973 (died 2021)	guitar vocals tape op	"Do Anything You Say" (1966) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983)
	Billy Gray	1966 (only with the Buzz)	guitar	"I Dig Everything" (1966)
	Big Jim Sullivan	1966–1967 (session) (died 2012)	guitar banjo sitar	David Bowie (1967)
	Rod "Rook" Davis	1967 (only with The Riot Squad)	guitar	"Gotta Be a First Time" / "Bittersweet Love" (1967)
	Bob Evans		saxophone flute backing vocals
	George Butcher		keyboards
	Brian "Croke" Prebble		bass guitar backing vocals
	Derek "Del" Roll		drums
	Tony Visconti	1968 1969 (session) 1970 (production and session thereafter)	bass guitar backing vocals flute recorder piano guitar production string arrangements	David Bowie (1969) The World of David Bowie (1970) The Man Who Sold the World (1970) David Live (1974) Young Americans (1975) Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Stage (1978) Lodger (1979) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) The Next Day (2013) Blackstar (2016) Welcome To The Blackout (Live London ’78) (2018) Toy (2021)
	Herbie Flowers	1968 (one off) 1969 (session) 1974 (died 2024)	bass guitar	David Bowie (1969) Diamond Dogs (1974) Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	John McLaughlin	1968 (one off)	guitar	The World of David Bowie (1970) Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Barry Morgan	1968 (one off) (died 2007)	drums
	Steve Peregrin Took	1968 (one off) (died 1980)	backing vocals pixiephone
	Alan Hawkshaw	1968 (one off) (died 2021)	keyboards	Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Hermione Farthingale	1968–1969 (as Turquoise and Feathers)	vocals guitar dance	none
	Tony Hill	1968 (as Turquoise) (died 2022)	vocals guitar
	John Cambridge	1969–1970	drums	David Bowie (1969) Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Mick Wayne	1969–1970 (only with Junior's Eyes) (died 1994)	guitar
	Tim Renwick	1969–1970 (only with Junior's Eyes)	guitar flute recorder
	John "Honk" Lodge		bass guitar
	Keith Christmas	1969 (session)	acoustic guitar	David Bowie (1969)
	Terry Cox		drums
	Paul Buckmaster	1969 1976 (both session) (died 2017)	cello pianos and ARP	David Bowie (1969) Low (1977)
	Ralph Mace	1970 (session)	Moog synthesiser	The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
	Tex Johnson	1970 (touring)	congas percussion	none
	Mick Ronson	1970 1971–1973 1993 (session) (died 1993)	guitar piano keyboards backing vocals bass guitar	The Man Who Sold the World (1970) Hunky Dory (1971) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983) Black Tie White Noise (1993) Santa Monica '72 (1994) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008)
	Mick "Woody" Woodmansey	1970 1971–1973	drums	The Man Who Sold the World (1970) Hunky Dory (1971) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) Aladdin Sane (1973) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983) Santa Monica '72 (1994) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008)
	Mark Carr-Pritchett	1970–1971 1973	guitar vocals	Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Benny Marshall	1970	vocals harmonica	David Bowie (1969)
	Rudi Valentino (Freddie Burretti) (stand in)	1971 (only with Arnold Corns) (died 2001)	vocals	none
	Tim Broadbent	1971 (only with Arnold Corns)	drums
	Pete De Somogyl		bass guitar
	Trevor Bolder	1971–1973 (died 2013)	bass guitar trumpet backing vocals	Hunky Dory (1971) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) Aladdin Sane (1973) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983) Santa Monica '72 (1994) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008)
	Rick Wakeman	1969 1971 1972 (session)	piano	David Bowie (1969) Hunky Dory (1971) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
	Warren Peace (Geoffrey Alexander MacCormack)	1971 1972–1974	backing vocals percussion	Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) David Live (1974) Station to Station (1976) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	Dana Gillespie	1971 (one off)	backing vocals	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Tom Parker	1971 (one off) (died 2013)	piano	none
	Nicky Graham	1972 (touring) (died 2024)		Bowie at the Beeb (2000)
	Matthew Fisher	1972 (touring)		none
	Robin Lumley	1972 (touring) (died 2023)
	Mike Garson	1972–1973 1974 1994–2004	piano keyboards Mellotron backing vocals (1996–1997)	Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) Diamond Dogs (1974) David Live (1974) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983) Black Tie White Noise (1993) The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) Santa Monica '72 (1994) Outside (1995) Earthling (1997) Reality (2003) Live Santa Monica '72 (2008) VH1 Storytellers (2009) A Reality Tour (2010) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Is It Any Wonder? (2020) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Toy (2021)
	Juanita "Honey" Franklin	1972–1973 (session)	backing vocals	Aladdin Sane (1973)
	Linda Lewis	1972–1973 (session) (died 2023)
	Ken Fordham	1973	saxophone	Aladdin Sane (1973) Pin Ups (1973) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983)
	Brian Wilshaw		saxophone flute	Aladdin Sane (1973) Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture (1983)
	Aynsley Dunbar	1973–1974	drums	Pin Ups (1973) Diamond Dogs (1974)
	Ava Cherry	1973 1974	vocals	David Live (1974) Young Americans (1975) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017)
	Jason Guess	1973		none
	Earl Slick (Frank Madeloni)	1974 1983 2000–2004	lead guitar	David Live (1974) Young Americans (1975) Station to Station (1976) Serious Moonlight (1983) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Reality (2003) A Reality Tour (2010) The Next Day (2013) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020) Toy (2021)
	Michael Kamen	1974 (touring) (died 2003)	electric piano Moog synthesizer oboe musical director	David Live (1974)
	Pablo Rosario	1974 (touring)	percussion	David Live (1974) Young Americans (1975) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	David Sanborn	1974 (touring) (died 2024)	saxophone flute	David Live (1974) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	Richard Grando	1974 (touring)		David Live (1974) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017)
	Gui Andrisano		backing vocals
	Tony Newman	1974	drums	Diamond Dogs (1974)
	Carlos Alomar	1974–1984 1986–1987 1995–1996	guitar backing vocals percussion	Young Americans (1975) Station to Station (1976) Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Stage (1978) Lodger (1979) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Serious Moonlight (1983) Tonight (1984) Never Let Me Down (1987) Outside (1995) Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) Glass Spider (2007) Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (2017) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) (2018) Is It Any Wonder? (2020) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020)
	Doug Rauch	1974 (touring) (died 1979)	bass guitar	Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017)
	Greg Errico	1974 (touring)	drums
	Robin Clark	1974 1984 (session) 1986 (session)	backing vocals	Young Americans (1975) Tonight (1984) Never Let Me Down (1987) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	Anthony Hinton	1974		Young Americans (1975) Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74) (2017) I'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	Diane Sumler
	Luther Vandross	1974 (died 2005)
	Willie Weeks	1974 (session)	bass guitar	Young Americans (1975)
	Andy Newmark		drums
	Dennis Davis	1974–1980 (died 2016)	drums percussion occasional backing vocals	Young Americans (1975) Station to Station (1976) Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Stage (1978) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (2017) I'm Only Dancing(The Soul Tour 74) (2020)
	Emir Ksasan	1974	bass guitar	Young Americans (1975)
	George Murray	1976–1980	bass guitar backing vocals	Station to Station (1976) Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Stage (1978) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (2017) Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) (2018)
	Tony Kaye	1976 (touring)	keyboards	Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (2017)
	Stacy Heydon		lead guitar backing vocals
	Brian Eno	1976–1979 1994–1995 (both session)	keyboards synthesizer backing vocals	Low (1977) "Heroes" (1977) Lodger (1979) Outside (1995)
	Ricky Gardiner	1976 (session) (died 2022)	lead and rhythm guitar	Low (1977)
	Roy Young	1976 (session) (died 2018)	piano organ
	Antonia Maass (Maaß)	1977 (session)	backing vocals	"Heroes" (1977)
	Robert Fripp	1977 1980 (both session)	lead guitar	"Heroes" (1977) Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
	Adrian Belew	1978 1990	lead guitar backing vocals	Stage (1978) Lodger (1979) Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) (2018)
	Sean Mayes	1978 (died 1995)	piano string ensemble backing vocals
	Simon House	1978	electric violin
	Roger Powell		keyboards synthesizer backing vocals
	Dennis Garcia	1978 (substitute)		none
	Stan Harrison	1978 (session) 1982–1984 1986 (session)	saxophones woodwind	Lodger (1979) Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983) Never Let Me Down (1987) Heathen (2002)
	Roy Bittan	1980 (session)	piano	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
	Andy Clark		synthesizer
	Lynn Maitland		backing vocals
	Chris Porter
	Carmine Rojas	1982–1984 1986–1987	bass guitar	Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983) Tonight (1984) Never Let Me Down (1987) Glass Spider (2007)
	Steve Elson	1982–1984 1986 (session) 2012 (session)	saxophones woodwind	Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983) Never Let Me Down (1987) Heathen (2002) The Next Day (2013)
	George Simms	1982–1984 1995–1996	backing vocals keyboards	Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983) ChangesNowBowie (2020)
	Frank Simms	1982–1983	backing vocals	Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983)
	Sammy Figueroa	1982 1984 (both session)	percussion	Let's Dance (1983) Tonight (1984)
	Omar Hakim		drums
	Nile Rodgers	1982 1992 (both session)	guitar	Let's Dance (1983) Black Tie White Noise (1993)
	David Spinner	1982 (session)	backing vocals	Let's Dance (1983)
	Stevie Ray Vaughan	1982 (session) (died 1990)	lead guitar
	Robert Sabino	1982 (session)	keyboards piano
	Mac Gollehon		trumpet
	Robert Aaron		tenor saxophone
	Tony Thompson	1982–1983 (died 2003)	drums percussion	Let's Dance (1983) Serious Moonlight (1983)
	Lenny Pickett	1983–1984 1986 (session)	saxophones woodwind	Serious Moonlight (1983) Never Let Me Down (1987) Heathen (2002)
	Dave Lebolt	1983 (touring)	keyboards synthesizer	Serious Moonlight (1983)
	Curtis King	1984 1993 (both session)	backing vocals	Tonight (1984) Black Tie White Noise (1993)
	Derek Bramble	1984 (session)	guitar bass guitar synthesizers backing vocals	Tonight (1984)
	Guy St. Onge		marimba
	Mark Pender		flugelhorn trumpet
	Arif Mardin	1984 (session) (died 2006)	string arrangements synthesisers
	Kevin Armstrong	1985 1989	guitar backing vocals keyboards (studio)	Tin Machine (1988) Tin Machine II (1991) Outside (1995)
	Matthew Seligman	1985 (one off) (died 2020)	bass guitar	none
	Thomas Dolby	1985 (one off)	keyboards synthesisers
	Clare Hirst		saxophone
	Neil Conti		drums
	Pedro Ortiz		percussion
	Tessa Niles		backing vocals
	Helena Springs
	Erdal Kızılçay	1986–1987 1990 1994–1995 (session)	keyboards trumpet congas violin bass guitar backing vocals drums	Never Let Me Down (1987) The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) Outside (1995) Glass Spider (2007)
	Peter Frampton	1986–1987	guitar backing vocals	Never Let Me Down (1987) Glass Spider (2007)
	Philippe Saisse	1986 1992 (both session)	piano keyboards	Never Let Me Down (1987)
	Laurie Frink	1986 (session) (died 2013)	trumpet
	Earl Gardner	1986 (session)	flugelhorn
	Errol "Crusher" Bennett		percussion
	Lani Groves		backing vocals
	Diva Gray	1986 (died 2024)
	Gordon Grody	1986
	Richard Cottle	1987	keyboards saxophone tambourine backing vocals	Glass Spider (2007)
	Alan Childs		drums
	Reeves Gabrels	1987–1989 1991–1999	guitar backing vocals	all Tin Machine releases Black Tie White Noise (1993) Outside (1995) Earthling (1997) Hours (1999) VH1 Storytellers (2009) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020)
	Tony Fox Sales	1987–1989 1991–1992 (only with Tin Machine)	bass guitar backing vocals	all Tin Machine releases
	Hunt Sales		drums vocals
	Rick Fox	1990 (touring)	keyboards backing vocals	none
	Michael Hodges		drums
	Eric Schermerhorn	1991–1992 (touring)	guitar backing vocals	Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (1992)
	Dave Richards	1992 (session) (died 2013)	keyboards	Black Tie White Noise (1993)
	Richard Tee	1992 (session) (died 1993)
	Richard Hilton	1992 (session)
	Poogie Bell		drums
	Barry Campbell		bass
	John Regan	1992 (session) (died 2023)
	Michael Reisman	1992 (session)	harp tubular bells string arrangement
	Gerardo Velez		percussion
	Fonzi Thornton		backing vocals
	Tawatha Agee
	Dennis Collins
	Brenda White-King
	Maryl Epps
	Yossi Fine	1995 (session)	bass	Outside (1995)
	Joey Baron		drums
	Gail Ann Dorsey	1995–2004	bass guitar rhythm guitar keyboards clarinet vocals	Earthling (1997) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Reality (2003) VH1 Storytellers (2009) A Reality Tour (2010) The Next Day (2013) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Is It Any Wonder? (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Toy (2021)
	Zachary Alford	1995–1997	drums percussion	Earthling (1997) The Next Day (2013) Is It Any Wonder? (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) (2020)
	Peter Schwartz	1995–1996 (touring)	synthesizer	Is It Any Wonder? (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020)
	Sterling Campbell	1992 1994–1995 (both session) 1999–2004	drums percussion	Black Tie White Noise (1993) Outside (1995) Hours (1999) Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) VH1 Storytellers (2009) A Reality Tour (2010) The Next Day (2013) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Toy (2021)
	Mark Plati	1999–2002 (session before hand)	guitar bass guitar backing vocals keyboards programming production	Earthling (1997) Hours (1999) Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) VH1 Storytellers (2009) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Is It Any Wonder? (2020) ChangesNowBowie (2020) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Toy (2021)
	Holly Palmer	1999–2000 (touring)	backing vocals percussion	Hours (1999) Bowie at the Beeb (2000) VH1 Storytellers (2009) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Toy (2021)
	Emm Gryner		backing vocals keyboards clarinet	Bowie at the Beeb (2000) Glastonbury 2000 (2018) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020) Toy (2021)
	Mike Levesque	1999 (session)	drums percussion	Hours (1999)
	Page Hamilton	1999 (touring)	lead guitar	Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2020)
	Gerry Leonard	2000 (session) 2002–2004 2011–2012 (session)	guitar keyboards backing vocals	Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) A Reality Tour (2010) The Next Day (2013) Toy (2021)
	David Torn	2001–2002 2011–2012 (both session)	guitars guitar loops Omnichord	Heathen (2002) Reality (2003) The Next Day (2013)
	Matt Chamberlain	2001–2002 (session)	drums drum loop programming percussion	Heathen (2002) Reality (2003)
	Catherine Russell	2002–2004	backing vocals keyboards percussion guitar	Reality (2003) A Reality Tour (2010)
	Donny McCaslin	2015 (session)	tenor saxophone flute	Blackstar (2016)
	Jason Lindner		piano Wurlitzer organ keyboards
	Tim Lefebvre		bass
	Mark Guiliana		drums percussion
	Ben Monder		guitar

Timeline

Touring/session

Session

Line-ups

Additional session musicians

Musicians that are either credited as additional personnel or contributed to fewer than 4 tracks on an album.

Image	Name	Years active	Instrumens	Release contributions
	Jimmy Page	1965	lead guitar	"I Pity the Fool" (1965)
	Nicky Hopkins		piano	"You've Got a Habit of Leaving" (1965)
	Shel Talmy		backing vocals
	Leslie Conn
	Glyn Johns
	Tony Hatch	1965–1966	piano backing vocals	"Can't Help Thinking About Me" (1966) "Do Anything You Say" (1966)
	Chick Norton	1966	trumpet	"Rubber Band" (1966)
	Gus Dudgeon	1967 (died 2002)	gnome vocal	"The Laughing Gnome" (1967)
	Peter Hampshire	1967	guitar
	John Renbourn	1967 (died 2015)	acoustic guitar	"Love You till Tuesday" (1967)
	Marion Constable	1966–1967	backing vocals	David Bowie (1967)
	Arthur Greenslade	1966–1967 (died 2003)	arrangements
	Andy White	1966–1968 (died 2015)	drums	The World of David Bowie (1970)
	Godfrey McLean	1970		"The Prettiest Star" (1970)
	Ken Scott	1971	ARP synthesiser	Hunky Dory (1971)
	Alan Parker	1974	guitar	Diamond Dogs (1974)
	John Lennon	1974–1975 (died 1980)	vocals guitar	Young Americans (1975)
	Ralph MacDonald	1974–1975 (died 2011)	percussion
	Larry Washington	1974–1975 (died 1999)	congas
	Jean Fineberg	1974–1975	backing vocals
	Jean Millington
	Harry Maslin	1975	melodica synthesiser vibraphone baritone sax	Station to Station (1976)
	Iggy Pop	1976 1984	backing vocals	Low (1977) Tonight (1984)
	Mary Visconti	1976		Low (1977)
	Eduard Meyer		cellos
	J. Peter Robinson		pianos and ARP
	Pete Townshend	1980 2001–2002	guitar	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Heathen (2002)
	Chuck Hammer	1980	guitar synthesiser	Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
	Michi Hirota		voice
	Mark King	1984	bass guitar	Tonight (1984)
	Rob Yale		Fairlight CMI
	Tina Turner	1984 (died 2023)	lead vocals
	Mickey Rourke	1986	mid-song rap	Never Let Me Down (1987)
	Sid McGinnis		lead guitar
	Wild T. Springer	1992		Black Tie White Noise (1993)
	Al B. Sure!		vocal duet
	Lester Bowie	1992 (died 1999)	trumpet
	Rob Clydesdale	1993	drums bass guitar	The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
	Gary Taylor
	Isaac Daniel Prevost
	Lenny Kravitz		guitar
	Tom Frish	1994	additional guitar	Outside (1995)
	Bryony Edwards		background vocals
	Lola Edwards
	Josey Edwards
	Ruby Edwards
	Everett Bradley	1999	percussion	Hours (1999)
	Chris Haskett		rhythm guitar
	Marcus Salisbury		bass guitar
	Lisa Germano	2000–2002	acoustic and electric violin recorder mandolin accordion	Toy (2021) Heathen (2002)
	Cuong Vu	2000	trumpet	Toy (2021)
	Tony Levin	2001–2002 2011–2012	bass guitar	Heathen (2002) The Next Day (2013)
	Greg Kitzis	2001–2002	first violin	Heathen (2002)
	Meg Okura		second violin
	Martha Mooke		viola
	Mary Wooten		cello
	Jordan Rudess		keyboards
	Kristeen Young		backing vocals piano
	Dave Grohl		guitar
	Gary Miller		additional guitar
	John Read		bass
	Solá Ákingbolá		percussion
	Philip Sheppard		electric cello
	Mario J. McNulty	2003	additional percussion and drums	Reality (2003)
	Janice Pendarvis	2011–2012	backing vocals	The Next Day (2013)
	Henry Hey		piano
	Maxim Moston		strings
	Antoine Silverman
	Anja Wood
	Hiroko Taguchi
	James Murphy	2015	percussion	Blackstar (2016)
	Erin Tonkon		backing vocals

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