Mike Garson, the renowned pianist who toured with David Bowie for three decades, believes he may have played a role in the singer’s decision to stop touring after 2004.
Garson recently opened up to Music Week where he revealed that a conversation he had with Bowie could have been a contributing factor. According to Garson, Bowie called him in 2006 to ask if they should go on tour again. “I said, ‘David, only if you’re feeling it’, because he wasn’t feeling it,” Garson said.
The musician was part of the band that was performing during Bowie’s last show in 2004, which was cut short due to health issues. Garson also played on Bowie’s albums ‘Aladdin Sane’ and ‘Outside’.
The two musicians maintained contact until Bowie’s death in 2016. Garson remarked that they were even planning on working together on different projects, which was cut short due to the singer’s passing.
Garson also shared that he had a premonition before Bowie’s passing, when they exchanged emails for the last time. “Right before he died, I was working on my biography and was asked to listen to 60 songs we’d recorded together,” he said. “I suddenly felt tears, knowing something was wrong.”
The late singer’s influence continues to be felt throughout the music industry. Recently, Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp covered Bowie’s famous song ‘Heroes’ during a Glastonbury set. Fripp had previously recorded the guitar for the track and was featured on Bowie’s two hit albums ‘Heroes’ and ‘Scary Monsters’.
Though Bowie’s career has sadly come to an end, Garson’s memories of the iconic singer will forever live on.
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