Todd Rundgren checks in from the Celebrating David Bowie Tour with Adrian Belew, which is on its way to the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.
Todd Rundgren was spending a lot of time in England just as David Bowie's star was on the verge of going supernova.So Rundgren grabbed a copy of the single's parent album,"Hunky Dory," and was immediately taken with the range of the material.
The Celebrity Theatre concert on Sunday, Nov. 13, will feature Rundgren singing several of what he refers to as"the early classics," including"Space Oddity,""Life on Mars?" and"Changes." "It's probably because he just started to branch out into so many areas like acting and fashion and things like that," he says.
"That was really more the product of a guy I hired to design costumes and do makeup for me," Rundgren says. "And I wrote the songs because we needed songs. You couldn't get a record deal if all you did was cover songs." "And when it was done, I didn't want to be a performer. I just wanted to make records."In 1969, he took a job with Albert Grossman, engineering and producing other people's music.
"I couldn't sing for 20 minutes straight. I'd lose my voice. And that's when sets were only 30 minutes.""But eventually, I resigned myself to the fact that I would have to learn to sing. I found singers I wanted to learn from or emulate. And eventually, things got easier. Now, one of the most enjoyable things in life for me is singing.
"So when it came to solos, Spiders from Mars aside, he preferred to have a sax solo as opposed to a guitar solo."
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