David Bowie collaborator, guitarist John Hutchinson, has died
David Bowie‘s staff has paid tribute to jazz guitarist and three-time Bowie bandmate John Hutchinson, after he handed in hospital over the weekend following a protracted interval of sickness.
The information was confirmed by the official David Bowie Twitter account, who described him as “a semi-retired and little-known jazz guitarist and a veteran of three essential David Bowie bands for seven years between 1966 and 1973”.
Ours ideas are with the household and pals of John Hutchinson who handed in hospital yesterday after a protracted sickness. John was described as “a semi-retired and little-known jazz guitarist and a veteran of three essential David Bowie bands for seven years between 1966 and 1973.“ pic.twitter.com/hTwgPSidcv
— David Bowie Official (@DavidBowieReal) July 25, 2021
Maybe Hutchinson’s most notable contribution to Bowie’s legacy is his involvement within the creation of the music ‘House Oddity’, taking part in guitar on a number of early variations. In February of 1969, Bowie and Hutchinson recorded the earliest model of ‘House Oddity’, with Hutchinson taking part in guitar and Bowie taking part in the Stylophone.
The official studio model of ‘House Oddity’, which seems on Bowie’s self-titled 1969 album, doesn’t embrace Hutchinson. Nevertheless, the demo later featured on each a 2009 reissue of the album, together with a 7″ single assortment titled the ‘Clareville Grove Demos’ in 2019.
Hearken to that model under:
Hutchinson additionally carried out in a number of bands with Bowie, principally backing him up. In keeping with Hutchinson’s website, the guitarist auditioned to be part of Bowie’s band in England in 1966, with the latter inviting Hutchinson to carry out as a part of David Bowie and the Buzz for a residency at London venue Marquee Membership. The group went on to make TV and stay appearances all through the UK.
In 1968, Hutchinson shaped the band Feathers with Bowie and Bowie’s then-partner Hermione Farthingale, performing a handful of live shows as a trio between September 1968 and early 1969.
In 1973, the pair reunited as bandmates as soon as once more after Bowie requested Hutchinson to hitch the Spiders from Mars as a touring member, performing 12-string guitar on Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’ excursions within the US, UK and Japan.