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Bowie’s Mystery Guest: 50 years later.
If you've followed my quest to put a name to Bowie's Mystery Guest, I thought i'd explain a little more about how I've been digging for information, along with details of all the lovely associates of David Bowie who have been kind enough to help me out. It's now fifty...
Pierre Clémenti
I’ve been trying to identify Bowie’s Mystery Guest for some time now. Not as long as some, of course, but I wondered how often the other guest hunters have spotted a photo and believed they’ve cracked the case. Pierre Clémenti gave me one of those moments. Who is...
The Diaries of Ossie Clark
Bowie’s Mystery Guest is often misnamed as Ossie Clark, the famous London designer. Although Clark and Bowie’s Mystery Guest don’t look alike, I wanted to find an indisputable reference to place Clark either at the party, or not. Embed from Getty Images Sadly, Clark...
Tony Defries
Tony DeFries was David Bowie’s manager throughout the 70s and was a hugely influential figure in orchestration of Ziggy Stardust. Surely if anyone knows the identity of Bowie’s Mystery Guest, it’s Tony DeFries. Tony DeFries and BowieTony DeFries and Ziggy's Last...
Was Ziggy’s Last Supper held on 4th July 1973?
During my search for Bowie's mystery guest, I've come across many inconsistencies and inaccuracies about the party. This shouldn't be a surprise as the myth-building machine surrounding Bowie and MainMan in the summer of 1973 had been turned up to 11. The party was...
Ken Scott
Embed from Getty Images Ken Scott is a British-born record producer and engineer with a breath-taking CV packed with a list of artists which is nothing short of mind-blowing. In 1964, he worked on A Hard Days Night by The Beatles (not bad for a first job) and followed...
