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Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype
In Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype we get a backstage pass to key people and events during those crucial early years. This is a heartfelt story of a unique friendship.
Drummer, musician and friend John 'Cambo' Cambridge lived with Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit record 'Space Oddity' and toured with him in Junior's Eyes. He was there for him at many key moments – when Bowie lost his father, passed his driving test, played his first Glam Rock gig with Hype, even acting as best man when Bowie married Angela Barnett in 1970. And if John had not persuaded his former Rats colleague Mick Ronson to join Bowie in February 1970, there might never have been a Ziggy Stardust or the stellar career which followed.
Drummer, musician and friend John 'Cambo' Cambridge lived with Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit record 'Space Oddity' and toured with him in Junior's Eyes. He was there for him at many key moments – when Bowie lost his father, passed his driving test, played his first Glam Rock gig with Hype, even acting as best man when Bowie married Angela Barnett in 1970. And if John had not persuaded his former Rats colleague Mick Ronson to join Bowie in February 1970, there might never have been a Ziggy Stardust or the stellar career which followed.
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248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2021
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June 10, 2023
4.5
Really enjoyed this with some nice little insights into the early stages of Bowie's career and how much of a really genuinely decent human he was. Wasn't bullshitty like some books on artists can be from people who claim to have known them, this felt really genuine and decent.
Really enjoyed this with some nice little insights into the early stages of Bowie's career and how much of a really genuinely decent human he was. Wasn't bullshitty like some books on artists can be from people who claim to have known them, this felt really genuine and decent.
November 9, 2025
Good read
Really enjoyed reading this book as with John been involved with Mick Robson and David bowie plenty of history in this book with all bands
Really enjoyed reading this book as with John been involved with Mick Robson and David bowie plenty of history in this book with all bands
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