''VH1 Storytellers'' is a live album by
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
. It was released on 6 July 2009 and features a 23 August 1999 performance on ''
Storytellers
Storyteller, story teller, or story-teller may refer to:
* A person who does storytelling
Arts and entertainment Film
*''Oidhche Sheanchais'', also called ''The Storyteller''; 1935 Irish short film
* ''Narradores de Javé'' (''Storytellers''), ...
'', a
VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...
program.
Background and recording
''VH1 Storytellers'' is the last performance with collaborator and guitarist
Reeves Gabrels
Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band the Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. ...
, whom Bowie had met in 1987 and worked with since, including in the band
Tin Machine
Tin Machine were a British–American rock band formed in 1988, and fronted by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. The band consisted of Bowie on lead vocals, saxophone and guitar; Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals; Tony Fox Sales on bass ...
. Gabrels quit the band 4 days after the show was recorded, leaving Bowie to scramble to find a lead guitarist for his upcoming
Hours Tour
The Hours Tour was a small-scale promotional concert tour by David Bowie comprising a handful of live performances and numerous television appearances in support of the album ''Hours (David Bowie album), Hours'' in late 1999. Several live songs ...
.
Packaging and releases
The package contained an audio CD and a DVD of footage, with the DVD including four bonus tracks not heard on the CD. The set list comprises songs that spanned Bowie's career until that point, from the 1960s until his then soon-to-be released album ''
Hours'' (1999). ''VH1 Storytellers'' was released on vinyl on 11 October 2019; the double album included the four bonus recordings.
Track listing
All tracks written by David Bowie except where noted.
Personnel
*David Bowie: vocals, guitar
*
Reeves Gabrels
Reeves Gabrels (born June 4, 1956) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. A member and guitarist of British band the Cure since 2012, Gabrels worked with David Bowie from 1987 to 1999, and was a member of the band Tin Machine. ...
: guitar
*
Mark Plati
Mark Plati is a New York–based musician, record producer, and songwriter, best known for his work in the 1990s with David Bowie.
Plati also has worked with Spookey Ruben, The Cure, Duncan Sheik, Hooverphonic, Robbie Williams, Joe McIntyre, ...
: guitars
*
Gail Ann Dorsey
Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Asid ...
: bass guitar, vocals
*
Mike Garson
Michael David Garson (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Early career
Garson went to Lafayette High School in Broo ...
: piano, keyboards
*
Sterling Campbell
Sterling Campbell (born May 3, 1964) is an American drummer and songwriter who has worked with numerous high-profile acts, including The B-52s, Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper, Nena, Grayson Hugh, Spandau Ballet, Gustavo Cerati and Dav ...
: drums, percussion
*
Holly Palmer
Holly Palmer (born c. 1971) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.[Holly Palmer]
, ' ...
and Lani Groves: background vocals
*Audio remixer: Mark Plati
*Audio mixer: Thom Cadley
Charts
References
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David Bowie live albums
David Bowie video albums
2009 live albums
Live video albums
2009 video albums
EMI Records live albums
Concert films
VH1 Storytellers