David Bowie

This January marks ten years since David’s passing and my 80th birthday. To commemorate, I’m hosting “Bowie’s Piano Man: A Decade in the Stars” for three special nights at The Sun Rose on January 8-10, 2026. Each night promises unique performances with surprise guests and memories shared. Tickets are available now.

It was a pleasure sitting down with Gio at Bluebird for this interview…

Strangers When We Meet is one of the most underrated Bowie songs. I really love this truly incredible version. The piano was mixed perfectly. Notice how everyone in the band just played the perfect part. If it weren’t for their laying it down so beautifully, there would have been no way for me to have had the freedom to improvise so continuously underneath or to be as supportive of David. I hope you hear and see what I see. He was the artist of many generations.

With his encouragement, I opened for David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars on July 3, 1973, with a medley of his songs on piano. All by myself. David told me he was more nervous for me that historical night than he was for himself! I’m excited to return to the Hammersmith, 50 years to the day, to recreate that moment before we watch the global premiere of the newly restored version of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture.

Please join me in sharing my first ever performance of Life on Mars with David. It was 50 years ago to the day that I performed with David for the…

Today is the anniversary of when I was so nervous at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. So was he which is why he had me open his show by myself on solo piano playing his songs in front of this crowd of nearly 4,000 fans on the night in which David was performing his last ever concert as Ziggy Stardust. Can you imagine!?

On February 24, 2016, Sterling, Gail, Gerry, Catherine, Earl and I performed a tribute to David during the Brit Awards. Photo by Total Blam Blam