I was never really a Bowie fan, though I do like a few numbers of his very much. What I always recall is that much of the guitar work on the recording of "Space Oddity" was played by a great friend of mine who, alas, died many years ago: Mick Wayne. I believe Mick was paid £10 for the session fee! He played in early Bowie groups along with Mick Ronson and Tim Renwick - also led an "underground" group called Junior's Eyes, played with the Pink Fairies and toured the US with Joe Cocker on the Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour. He died in a fire in his US apartment, and I still miss him very much.

I'm glad to say that Mick's brother (my closest friend for over 45 years) is still with us, but sad to see how many of that generation - now including Bowie - have gone from us.