David Bowie: Finding Fame is a story of repeated failure and rejection over a decade, said the filmmaker, Francis Whately. One incarnation was David Bowie and the Lower Third, although the guitarist Denis Taylor insists in the film: “We employed him, he didn’t employ us.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Bowie singing with the Lower Third at the Marquee Club in London in 1966. Comments included:“I don’t think the group will get better with more rehearsal – what we heard will always be the product.”“The treatment of Chim Chim Cher-ee kills the song completely. They include his cousin Kristina Amadeus, who is keen to dispel a story that Bowie’s family had mental health issues. Facebook Twitter Pinterest David Bowie c.1965.

Source: The Guardian February 01, 2019 00:00 UTC