“David and Coco and I got up and went back out the front door.As devastating as it was when news came down last Monday that David Bowie had died of cancer at age 69 - and it’s hard to remember many musical deaths so universally or personally affecting - the one saving grace was watching how fans across the world were able to take the opportunity to share and discuss their favorite moments from the Starman’s career.
David said, ‘So you really have nothing to say?’ Frank said, ‘Fuck you, Captain Tom.’
“David persisted, ‘Oh come on now Frank, surely we can be gentleman about this?’ “And Frank said, ‘Fuck you, Captain Tom.’ (Note: Frank had demoted David from Major Tom to Captain Tom.) David, trying to be cordial, motioned to me and said, ‘Quite a guitar player you have here Frank.’
Later, he said, “We arrived at the restaurant, went in the front door, and who should be sitting at the very first table but Frank Zappa and the rest of the band! So the three of us sat down with Frank and the band. “So I walked over to David Bowie, shook his hand and said, ‘I love what you’ve done, thank you for all the music.’ And he said, ‘Great, how would you like to be in my band?’ I motioned back towards Frank and said, ‘Well, I’m kind of playing with that guy.’ David laughed and said, ‘Yes, I know, but when Frank’s tour ends my tour starts two weeks later. Belew recalled on his Facebook page how he met Bowie in Berlin during one of the shows. Thanks to Brian Eno’s advice after seeing Adrian Belew onstage during a Frank Zappa concert, Bowie offered to hire Belew once the Zappa tour was finished.
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