Former David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop
KEVIN ARMSTRONG
Tonight's show will be songs and stories as he takes you from the early days through Live Aid and superstardom with some of the biggest names on the planet
Kevin does what I pretend to do. Kevin's a proper musician.' - David Bowie
Absolute Beginner is the story of what it takes to survive as a self-taught musician. It provides an honest and funny glimpse into the backstage world of the artists Kevin has worked with, and is packed with acerbic,
laugh-out-loud observations on popular music and musicians from someone who has had a prime seat at the high table of rock'n'roll for more than forty years.
Kevin began his musical life on Charlie Gillett's Oval Records in 1981 with his own band Local Heroes SW9.
After two albums, his career began thriving as a writer, producer, bandleader and above all, a bullet-proof guitarist. Most notably, Kevin met David Bowie in late 1984, and worked with him on various projects including putting together his band and performing at the legendary Live Aid show at Wembley in July 1985, adding to the first Tin Machine line up and co-writing songs including the title song for Bowie's Outside 1 album.
David Bowie introduced Kevin to Iggy Pop as guitarist on the the 1986 album Blah Blah Blah and Kevin became Iggy's band leader in 86/87. He put together Iggy's touring band again from 2014 until 2019.
He has 4 decades of unique and wholly incomparable experience working with some of the biggest names in music
Kevin has worked with Morrissey, Grace Jones, Sinéad O'Connor, Prefab Sprout, Thomas Dolby, Transvision Vamp Brian Eno, Paul McCartney, Sandie Shaw, Gil Evans, Alien Sex Fiend, Keziah Jones and many many more.
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