List of David Bowie band members

[2] Following the Konrads he was a member of a trio called the Hooker Brothers, or Dave's Reds and Blues with Underwood on guitar and harmonica, Bowie (still under the name Davie Jones) on vocals and saxophone and drummer Viv Andrews.

[18] Following his stint with The Riot Squad, Bowie formed folk influenced trio Turquoise, with himself, Hermione Farthingale, and former Misunderstood guitarist Tony Hill in September 1968.

[18] In January 1970 Bowie played on Scottish TV show Cairngorm Ski Night, with producer/bassist Tony Visconti, and percussionist Tex Johnson.

one performance on In Concert with John Peel was billed as David Bowie and friends and also included Pritchett, backing vocalists George Underwood, Dana Gillespie and Geoffrey Alexander and also bassist Trevor Bolder.

[29][30] Most musicians from the Spiders From Mars contributed to Bowie's musical, The 1980 Floor Show in October 1973,[31] and his album Pin Ups in the same month.

[32][33] Bowie's Diamond Dogs, featured keyboardist Mike Garson, bassist Herbie Flowers, drummers Ansley Dunbar and Tony Newman and guitarist Alan Parker.

[36] Other members included keyboardist Michael Kamen, guitarist Earl Slick, saxophonists David Sanborn and Richard Grando, returning bassist Herbie Flowers, percussionists Tony Newman and Pablo Rosario and new backing vocalist Gui Andrisano,[37] this tour band existed between June and July and featured on the live album David Live, in September the band was expanded with new guitarist Carlos Alomar (who played alongside Slick and also acted as musical director), bassist Doug Rauch and drummer Greg Errico,[37] as well as backing vocalists Ava Cherry, Robin Clark, Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler and Luther Vandross.

[40][41] Bowie's new tour, Isolar, it included guitarist Carlos Alomar, Stacy Heydon, bassist George Murray, drummer Dennis Davis and keyboardist Tony Kaye.

[42] Low (1977) included Alomar, Davis and Murray and session contributors Brian Eno, Ricky Gardiner, Roy Young, Eduard Meyer, J. Peter Robinson and Paul Buckmaster and guests Iggy Pop and Mary Visconti.

[43][44] Similar personnel contributed to "Heroes" (1977) and guest musicians Robert Fripp (King Crimson) and Tony Visconti (producer).

[45][46] The touring rebooted in 1978 as the Isolar II tour, It included a slightly different band, included the returning Alomar, Davis and Murray, with new members Adrian Belew (lead guitar), Roger Powell (keyboards, synthesizer; who was replaced by Dennis Garcia for shows in November), pianist Sean Mayes and violinist Simon House.

The band included returning members Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick, and also bassist Carmine Rojas, drummer Tony Thompson, keyboardist Dave Lebolt, woodwind players Steve Elson, Stan Harrison and Lenny Pickett and backing vocalists George and Frank Simms.

[53] Let's Dance (1983) included some touring members, including Carmine Rojas, Tony Thompson, Stan Harrison, Steve Elson, George and Frank Simms, and also guest lead guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, bassist Bernard Edwards, percussionists Omar Hakim and Sammy Figueroa, keyboardist Robert Sabino, saxophonist Robert Aaron, trumpeter Mac Gollehon and backing vocalist David Spinner.

[55][56] Bowie performed at Live Aid on 15 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, with a band including guitarist Kevin Armstrong, keyboardist Thomas Dolby, saxophonist Clare Hirst, bassist Matthew Seligman, percussionists Neil Conti and Pedro Ortiz, and backing vocalists Tessa Niles and Helena Springs.

[59] The Glass Spider Tour started in May 1987 and concluded in November, the tour band included guitarist Peter Frampton and Carlos Alomar, bassist Carmine Rojas, drummer Alan Childs and multi-instrumentalists Erdal Kızılçay (keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals) and Richard Cottle (keyboardist, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals).

[66] The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) included only Bowie and Kızılçay as well as some contributions from members of the band 3D Echo ((Rob Clydesdale, Gary Taylor, Isaac Daniel Prevos)t, Mike Garson and Lenny Kravitz.

[86] Next was with David Gilmour at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2006 where he performed on Pink Floyd songs "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb".

[88] Bowie releases two more studio albums The Next Day (2013) and Blackstar (2016) the former included former touring members and other guests,[89] the latter included session musicians Donny McCaslin (woodwind), Jason Lindner (keyboards), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Mark Guiliana (drums), Ben Monder (guitar), James Murphy (percussion) and Erin Tonkon (backing vocals).

David Bowie performing with his band in 2002; (left to right) Mike Garson (off left), Earl Slick , Mark Plati , Sterling Campbell (on drums), David Bowie, Catherine Russell (on keyboards), Gail Ann Dorsey and Gerry Leonard .
Producer Tony Visconti both toured and recorded with Bowie at various times since 1968.
Rick Wakeman played piano with Bowie in 1972 but did not join his new backing band the Spiders from Mars .
Guitarist Reeves Gabrels first played guitar in Tin Machine with Bowie in 1987 and was a member of his band until 1999.
Emm Gryner was backing vocalist and keyboardist for Bowie between 1999 and 2000.