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  Rolling Thunder Revue: Why Martin Scorsese's documentary deserves an audience beyond hardcore Bob Dylan fans

  When Bob Dylan took his Rolling Thunder Revue on the road in 1975, one of the fans who came to see it was a 19-year-old model and would-be actress, Sharon Stone. She came with her mother and was introduced to her hero.At a subsequent gig on the tour, Dylan invited her to his dressing room and played at his piano a song he said he had just written for her. It was “Just Like a Woman”. Not surprisingly, Stone was knocked sideways by the compliment. We are not privy to how the day developed after th

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  David Bowie Starman demo goes under the hammer for £51,000

  It had languished in a loft for almost 50 years.

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  David Bowie's 'first' demo of 'Starman' up for auction after being forgotten in loft for almost 50 years

  A tape believed to be the first ever recording of David Bowie’s song “Starman” is up for auction. Bowie can be heard telling guitarist Mick Ronson he had not finished the song as he tried to end the recording. Ronson gave it to his friend Kevin Hutchinson, an aspiring musician, to help him learn it.

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  Bowie's 1971 Starman demo to be auctioned

  A demo recording of David Bowie's hit song Starman will be auctioned on Tuesday. The recording was made in 1971 by Bowie and his guitarist Mick Ronson. It was given by Ronson to Kevin Hutchinson, one of Ronson's friends who hoped to get into the music business.

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  David Bowie Starman demo up for auction after languishing in loft

  The star can be heard explaining the track to his guitarist.

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  Jab Jab, Chakk and Fun-Da-Mental: the great Yorkshire bands you've probably never heard of

  Yorkshire’s finest (clockwise from top left): Be Bop Deluxe, Jab Jab, Age of Chance, the Smoke and Fun-Da-Mental. Predating the summer of love by several months, their fantastic debut single, My Friend Jack, approvingly depicted a Timothy Leary-like LSD proselyte, while the ferocious guitar noise that spiked the track hinted at the dark, overwhelming side of the acid experience. Big in Germany, they finally achieved a British hit in 1981, when Boney M, of all people, covered My Friend Jack.

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  Londoner's Diary: Angie Bowie rocks up for new David film

  A rock ’n’ roll night to rival the good old days last night, as the premiere of a new documentary about David Bowie and his guitarist brought out the hedonist in guests at the May Fair Hotel. A motley crew including singer Sinitta and lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio arrived at the hotel to see Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, a film by Bowie’s former manager Jon Brewer. Ronson was the guitarist from Bowie’s Spiders from Mars era.

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