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CARLOS ALOMAR - David Bowie's long-time guitarist
Carlos Alomar is a guitarist most recognized for his work with
David Bowie. Alomar collaborated on Bowie's American #1 single "Fame," and
joined Bowie on two concert tours in the 1970s, as well as the record-breaking
Serious Moonlight tour and the Glass Spider tour in the 1980s. In January 1975,
Bowie and John Lennon recorded "Across the Universe" at Electric Lady Studios and from this session
resulted the impromptu song "Fame" – which evolved from the guitar riff Alomar
had originated for the song "Footstompin’" during the Philly Dogs shows. With
writing credit divided between Bowie, Alomar and Lennon (and funky guitar riffs
later copied for James Brown's 1975 recording "Hot (I Need to be Loved)"),
"Fame" gave Bowie his first US #1 single, and its parent album Young
Americans (1975) marked Carlos Alomar’s first appearance on a David Bowie
album. He has played on more
Bowie albums than any other guitarist (including Mick Ronson). He is credited
with discovering Luther Vandross. He has performed with a number of other famous
musicians including Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, James Brown and
otehrs. In all, Alomar has played on a total of 32 gold and platinum albums. He
is currently the director of Boombacker Records, and the president of the New
York chapter of The Recording Academy, the organization responsible for the
Grammy Awards. Alomar is married to singer Robin Clark, with whom he has a
daughter, Lea. Alomar collaborated with Scissor Sisters for their sophomore
album Tah-Dah, and one track from these recording sessions, "Transistor,"
featured his wife and daughter on backing vocals. |
