For here, am I sitting in a tin can
Far, above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do
David Bowie was born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947, in Brixton, London, England, into a working-class family whose modest circumstances belied the creative intensity that would define his life. His father, Haywood Stenton Jones, worked in promotions for a children’s charity, while his mother, Margaret Mary Burns,
December 2024 took several musicians that have brought us music through the years.
These musicians brought us the disco song La Freak, the bass lines for the band Simply Red, the late 60s band, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, and the progressive rock sounds of the band Renaissance.
