David Bowie and John Lennon first met in scenes more reminiscent of an awkward children’s playdate than a summit of two of rock’s greatest ever stars, according to a new interview with music producer Tony Visconti. “He was terrified of meeting John Lennon,” says Visconti, who was asked by Bowie to accompany him and “buffer the situation”. He added:About one in the morning I knocked on the door and for about the next two hours, John Lennon and David weren’t speaking to each other. So, after about two hours of that, he [John] finally said to David, ‘Rip that pad in half and give me a few sheets. So John started making caricatures of David, and David started doing the same of John and they kept swapping them and then they started laughing and that broke the ice.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2021 08:01 UTC