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Bowie began his solo career with the help of just one bandmate: Derek “Dek” Fearnley.
In his foreword, the photographer remembers how he met Bowie through Dek.
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“My brother always loved music,” he writes.
“He’d always have people back to the house to practice or write songs.
I remember waking up in the mornings, never knowing who’d be sleeping in the front room.
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David was often sacked out on the couch.
But he was always very polite.”
David Bowiedebuted on June 1, 1967, the same day the Beatles dropped the seminalSgt.
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Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Clubin the U.S.
It failed on the charts, and Bowie and the band he’d assembled soon split up.
I was probably the only person he knew with a studio and a camera."
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Seen here, the young artist’s pose foreshadows his transformation into the icon.
The debut LP was written entirely by Bowie.
Dek was enlisted for help with the set’s arrangements.
Gerald Fearnley
Bowie released 25 studio albums during his career.
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