S4 Ep2: Mike Garson on Aladdin Sane

In this episode we talk to the one and only Mike Garson, pianist extraordinaire! From playing with the Spiders from Mars to improvising one of the most extraordinary passages in pop music – that utterly frenetic piano solo in Aladdin Sane – to the elegance of 2003’s Reality - Garson was one of the only musicians to have played with Bowie across decades, sculpting the sound for Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Black Tie White Noise, Outside, Earthling, Heathen and Reality. And, as he explains here, he was originally only hired for eight weeks…! In this episode, Mike talks us through his story, demonstrates his process live and reflects on how, almost half a century later, people still love that solo. Check out everything Garson here

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S4 Ep2: Mike Garson on Aladdin Sane is an episode from DAVIDBOWIE: ALBUMTOALBUM.

This episode is 32:47 long.

This episode was published on Oct 9, 2022.

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