In
1969, David Bowie burst onto the world stage with his first
smash hit, Space Oddity. 30 years later, Bowieby
then a world wide pop phenomenonperformed some of his most famous
cuts live before a throng of devoted fans, and the results can be
seen and heard on the 2009 CD/DVD David Bowie VH1 Storytellers.
With his band including long time keyboard genius Mike Garson,
guitarist Reeves Gabrels and more, Bowies VHI Storytellers
combines the best tracks from his then 1999 album ...hours
along with unexpected classic Bowie delights such as Drive
In Saturday, (from Aladdin Sane), Life On Mars
(an amazing set opening duet with Garson) as well as one of Bowies
earliest power pop masterpieces Cant Help Thinking About
Me. Perhaps the coolest thing about this CD and DVD set is Bowies
intimate, casual banter between tracks, such as describing how Drive
In Saturday was originally written as a single for Mott The
Hoople and how Cant Help Thinking About Me was written
after the late great Steve Marriott told Bowie back in 1965 that he
was planning to start the Small Faces. Looking back, 1999 was a great
year for rock. With the world trying to come out of a transitional
downward recession, 2009 is turning out to be a depressing climb backespecially
with this first ever release of Bowies VH1 Storytellers CD
and DVD released in time to remind us in fact, just how cool
1999 really was. www.DavidBowie.com