GARAGE TO STADIUMS Music History Podcast · Dave Anthony
The Story of David Bowie
December 21, 2025·53 min·5 clips
When Bowie put his arm around guitarist Mick Ronson on 'Top of the Pops,' the entire country was talking about it the next day.
As heard by us
A clear Bowie rise-and-reinvention story that treats image as part of the music.
David Bowie’s rise is told as a sequence of false starts that finally click into place. David Jones comes first, then mime, musical theater, and visual art begin to shape the persona that turns into Bowie.
Why you'd press play
For listeners who want Bowie’s ascent traced from obscure beginnings to Ziggy-level myth.
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