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Spalding, Esmeralda ref1
Speakeasy, London ref1
Spiders From Mars ref1, ref2, ref3
attempts to secure record deal for ref1, ref2
Bowie attempts to reform (1978) ref1
last concert with Bowie (1973) ref1
pay dispute with Bowie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
series of UK concerts (1997) ref1
Spiders From Mars album ref1, ref2
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars see The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
WW leaves ref1
‘Star’ (David Bowie) ref1
‘Starman’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Starr, Ringo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Stevenson, James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Stewart, Rod ref1, ref2, ref3
Stooges, The ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘Suffragette City’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘Sweet Jane’ (Lou Reed) ref1
Tear Gas ref1
‘The Bewlay Brothers’ (David Bowie) ref1
The Further Adventures of the Cybernauts (Cybernaut) ref1
‘The Ken Scott Collection, EpiK DrumS’ ref1
‘The Man Who Sold the World’ (David Bowie song) ref1
The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie album) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
The Man Who Sold the World, Live In London (Woody Woodmansey’s Holy Holy) ref1
‘The Prettiest Star’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (David Bowie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
see also Ziggy Stardust Tour, the
‘The Supermen’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2
Theakston, Frank ref1, ref2
Thomas, Chris ref1
Three Tuns pub, Beckenham High Street ref1, ref2
‘Time’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2
Toby Jug, Tolworth ref1
Tokyo, Japan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo ref1
Top of the Pops ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Tower Theater, Philadelphia ref1, ref2, ref3
Transformer (Lou Reed) ref1
Trident and Advision Studios, London ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
Tyrannosaurus Rex ref1, ref2, ref3
U-Boat, Woody Woodmansey’s ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
U1 (Woody Woodmansey’s U-Boat) ref1, ref2, ref3
Underwood, George ref1, ref2
Uriah Heep ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
USA:
Bowie visits (1971) ref1
Ziggy Stardust tour of (1972–3) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Vanilla, Cherry ref1
Velvet Underground ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Vertigo Records ref1, ref2
Visconti, Morgan ref1, ref2
Visconti, Tony ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32
Wakeman, Rick ref1, ref2, ref3
Warhol, Andy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
‘Watch That Man’ (David Bowie) ref1
Westaway, Dave ‘Les’ ref1
Wheeldon, Brian ref1
‘White Light/ White Heat’ (Lou Reed) ref1, ref2
‘Width of a Circle’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Wilcox, Tom ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’ (David Bowie) ref1
Williams, Paul ref1
Wilshaw, Brian ref1
Wilson, Ann ref1
Wings ref1
Winter, Edgar ref1, ref2
Wood, Ronnie ref1, ref2
Woodmansey (née Bradley), Annie (mother) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Woodmansey, Dan (son) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Woodmansey, Douglas (father) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
Woodmansey, Joe (son) ref1, ref2
Woodmansey, June (wife) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36
Woodmansey, Nick (son) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Woodmansey, Pamela (sister) ref1, ref2, ref3
Woodmansey, Woody:
albums, bands and songs involved with see under individual album, band and song name
ambition to become a rock musician, birth of ref1
apprenticeship ref1, ref2
birth ref1
Bowie and see Bowie, David
childhood ref1, ref2
drinking/drugs and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
drum kits, first ref1, ref2
drum theory, first encounters ref1
fame ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
family see under individual family member name
fired from Spiders From Mars (1973) ref1, ref2
first band ref1
first gigs ref1, ref2
first plays drums ref1
hair, grows ref1
last concert with Bowie (1973) ref1
leaves home for London ref1
Haddon Hall, life at see Haddon Hall
love/sex life ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
marriage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
musical taste ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
name ref1, ref2
pay dispute with Bowie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
pay whilst playing with Bowie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Ronson and see Ronson, Mick
school ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Scientology and ref1, ref2
Spiders From Mars and see Spiders From Mars
Vertex spectacle factory job ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Woody Woodmansey’s Holy Holy see Holy Holy, Woody Woodmansey’s
Woody Woodmansey’s U-Boat see U-Boat, Woody Woodmansey’s
Wyman, Bill ref1, ref2
Wyper, Olav ref1
Yamamoto, Kansai ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Yardbirds, the ref1, ref2
Zanetta, Tony ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Ziggy Stardust’ (David Bowie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture (film) ref1, ref2
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, The Rise and Fall of see The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Ziggy Stardust Tour, the (1972–3):
Japan, concerts in ref1
last concert on ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
North America, concerts in (1972 and 1973) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
UK, concerts in (1972–3) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Zimmerman, Tucker ref1
PICTURE CREDITS
All photographs are from the author’s collection with the exception of the following:
Pagelink © Rolf Adlercreutz/Alamy Stock Photo
Pagelink © Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo
Pagelink © Michael Putland/Getty Images
Pagelink, here and here photos © Mick Rock 1973, 2016
Pagelink © ITV/REX/Shutterstock
Pagelink © John Lynn Kirk/Redferns
Pagelink © David Gahr/Getty Images
Pagelink and here © Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Pagelink © Chalkie Davies/Getty Images
Pagelink © Gaz de Vere
Pagelink © Chris Youd
List of I
llustrations
1. About two years old and such a cutie!
2. A well-behaved schoolboy.
3. Then it all went wrong and I became a long-haired drummer.
4. The Roadrunners. From left to right: Les Westaway, Brian Wheeldon, me and Dave Lawson.
5. The Rats at Burton Constable, supporting Free and The Nice. Left to right: Keith (Ched) Cheeseman, me and Mick Ronson.
6. On stage at the Hull Arts Centre.
7. Tony Visconti (left) and myself (Haddon Hall, building the rehearsal room.)
8. Mick in the gardens at Haddon Hall.
9. Bowie at Trident studios, during the recording of The Man Who Sold the World.
10. A rare 1970 gig with Mick and Bowie on guitar and myself on bongos!
11. Bowie in Haddon Hall in 1970. Mick and I were sleeping on a mattress at the top of the stairs.
12. Introducing Ziggy to the world at Friars Aylesbury, 29 January 1972.
13. Trevor Bolder and myself early on the Ziggy tour, 1972.
14. Legendary photographer Mick Rock captured us getting ready for a gig.
15. Performing ‘Starman’ on ITV’s Lift Off With Ayshea on 16 June 1972 – and wearing some make-up for the first time.
16. On holiday in Cyprus in autumn 1972, with Bowie, Angie and Trevor.
17. Bowie at our first American gig – Cleveland, 22 September.
18. Mick trying to ignore my attempts to learn guitar, in one of our identical hotel rooms on the US tour in 1972.
19. Mick, somewhere in America! December 1972.
20. Trevor getting made up by Suzie Fussey.
21. Tony Frost demonstrating a move on Trevor.
22. On stage in Los Angeles, March 1973.
23. Mick in America.
24. Back in London, on my way home from LA.
25. With June, who had moved into the Beckenham Road flat.
26. Trying out the Ziggy mask.
27. At home with Trevor, his wife Ann and daughter Sarah.
28. Waiting for the bullet train in Japan. Stuey George is on the far left.
29. With Trevor at the Dorchester.
30. Feeling like a rock star, 1973. (Photo © Mick Rock 1973, 2016)
31. Stopping off at Stonehenge on our 1973 British tour.
32. With June – now my fiancée – at Stonehenge.
33. The last time I played with Bowie and the night he killed off Ziggy – Hammersmith, 3 July, 1973.
34. Newly-weds. With June at Bridlington Register Office.
35. The U-Boat album cover.
36. With Nicky Hopkins in 1986. He was a great friend.
37. June with our sons Nicky, Joe and Danny in 1990.
38. The last time I saw Trevor, 2013.
39. Holy Holy at Shepherd’s Bush, 2015. Left to right: Berenice Scott, James Stevenson, Tony Visconti, me, Glenn Gregory, Steve Norman, Hannah Berridge, Terry Edwards and Lisa Ronson. Front right, Paul Cuddeford, Jessica Lee Morgan, Morgan Visconti.
40. On stage with Holy Holy. All I ever wanted was to be a drummer.
41. Bowie photographed at RCA Studios in New York, 1973 at the start of our second US tour.
42. Iggy Pop and Angie. Iggy was around quite a bit.
1. About two years old and such a cutie!
2. A well-behaved schoolboy.
3. Then it all went wrong and I became a long-haired drummer.
4. The Roadrunners. From left to right: Les Westaway, Brian Wheeldon, me and Dave Lawson.
5. The Rats at Burton Constable, supporting Free and The Nice. Left to right: Keith (Ched) Cheeseman, me and Mick Ronson.
6. On stage at the Hull Arts Centre.
7. Tony Visconti (left) and myself at Haddon Hall, building the rehearsal room.
8. Mick in the gardens at Haddon Hall.
9. Bowie at Trident studios, during the recording of The Man Who Sold the World.
10. A rare 1970 gig with Mick and Bowie on guitar and myself on bongos!
11. Bowie in Haddon Hall in 1970. Mick and I were sleeping on a mattress at the top of the stairs.
12. Introducing Ziggy to the world at Friars Aylesbury, 29 January 1972.
13. Trevor Bolder and myself early on the Ziggy tour, 1972.
14. Legendary photographer Mick Rock captured us getting ready for a gig.
15. Performing ‘Starman’ on ITV’s Lift Off With Ayshea on 16 June 1972 – and wearing some make-up for the first time.
16. On holiday in Cyprus in autumn 1972, with Bowie, Angie and Trevor.
17. Bowie at our first American gig – Cleveland, 22 September.
18. Mick trying to ignore my attempts to learn guitar, in one of our identical hotel rooms on the US tour in 1972.
19. Mick, somewhere in America! December 1972.
20. Trevor getting made up by Suzie Fussey.
21. Tony Frost demonstrating a move on Trevor.
22. On stage in Los Angeles, March 1973.
23. Mick in America.
24. Back in London, on my way home from LA.
25. With June, who had moved into the Beckenham Road flat.
26. Trying out the Ziggy mask.
27. At home with Trevor, his wife Ann and daughter Sarah.
28. Waiting for the bullet train in Japan. Stuey George is on the far left.
29. With Trevor at the Dorchester.
30. Feeling like a rock star, 1973. Photo © Mick Rock 1973, 2016
31. Stopping off at Stonehenge on our 1973 British tour.
32. With June – now my fiancée – at Stonehenge.
33. The last time I played with Bowie and the night he killed off Ziggy – Hammersmith, 3 July, 1973.
34. Newly-weds. With June at Bridlington Register Office.
35. The U-Boat album cover.
36. With Nicky Hopkins in 1986. He was a great friend.
37. June with our sons Nicky, Joe and Danny in 1990.
38. The last time I saw Trevor, 2013.
39. Holy Holy at Shepherd’s Bush, 2015. Left to right: Berenice Scott, James Stevenson, Tony Visconti, me, Glenn Gregory, Steve Norman, Hannah Berridge, Terry Edwards and Lisa Ronson. Front right, Paul Cuddeford, Jessica Lee Morgan, Morgan Visconti.
40. On stage with Holy Holy. All I ever wanted was to be a drummer.
41. Bowie photographed at RCA Studios in New York, 1973 at the start of our second US tour.
42. Iggy Pop and Angie. Iggy was around quite a bit.
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