Took the day off.  Maybe more.  Hadn’t fathomed the tenebrous effect The Thin White Duke’s passing would have on us.  Still grappling with that. Like many affected, we’ve watched a lot of Bowie video since we got the news. A good friend passed along the first video below, which is from The Concert for New York City (a musical celebration of gratitude for the 9-11 First Responders).  Watch below as Bowie sings the Texas out of Paul Simon’s America (while seated, simply playing a Casio) and his own emphatic Heroes, dedicated to a local firefighter company.  On the latter, Bowie is backed incredibly well by Paul Shaffer and the rest of Letterman’s band.  It’s a breathtaking combo. Good luck keeping your emotions in check.

At bottom is our own favorite:  Bowie in 1974 on the Dick Cavett Show, looking thin and duke-ish while performing Young Americans as backed by, among other greats, a very young David Sanborn and an unknown Luther Vandross.  So very good.

Oh how he is missed.  RIP David Bowie.  We’ll see you in the bye and bye.

“Young Americans” 1974 from David Bowie on Vimeo.