In this excerpt from his recent photographic memoir, “David Bowie: Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me,”Geoff MacCormack remembers Bowie’s 25th birthday bash at Haddon Hall.
, published by ACC Art Books, MacCormack revisits the particular period in the late 60s when Bowie’s march to fame began.Thanks David for introducing me to the divine albumIn 1969, David had moved to a fantastic Gothic, raised ground-floor flat in Beckenham with his girlfriend and soon-to-be wife, Angie. Haddon Hall was one of many grand Victorian and Edwardian houses built in the suburbs of London for the wealthy who wanted more space as well as easy access to London.
David wrote, or allocated, songs for everyone around him, as if he were on a journey and wanted to take us all along. This was also David’s ‘Li Li, La La’ period. He wrote a song for me , which ended with ‘Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li’. He also wrote a song for George , which started with ‘Li Li Li Li Li’. Even the song ‘Time’ ended the same, admittedly two years later.
Myers involvement with David would last just a year and a half. Defries wanted to open an office in New York where he planned to build a music empire, adding new artists like Iggy Pop and Dana Gillespie to the roster. Some of the new artists would willingly sign, but others like Lou Reed and Mott the Hoople didn’t.
Listening to the new management hold court at Haddon Hall was rather like being at one of those Satsang group events that I’d been to with my friend Chris, but without the smell of incense or the yogic positions. Instead, there was always the pungent smell of a Havana cigar which Tony would always be smoking, used as a kind of Churchillian prop. Deep reverence was paid to his every word as if he were the one with the Knowledge, sagely proffering a new wisdom.
David or Angie had been talking about men’s dresses and during my short stay at Mr Fish I noticed, tucked away, this small rail of heavily discounted men’s gowns. I knew of only one man in London who might be interested in this un-repeatable sale, and he lived at Haddon Hall.
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