Carolyn – “Bowie has deeply affected my life and I grew up with no music, we just didn’t have music. I went to see the Labyrinth when I was 10. I had heard of Bowie but after seeing that, it changed my world. We couldn’t get to sleep that night. Dad came home, my cousin was there and we were all enamoured with the Goblin king.
That night Dad says casually…’Yeah I met Bowie in 83 when he did his Serious Moonlight tour’.. Dad had a gallery in Sydney that he managed and often famous people would come in. Bowie being a passionate man interested in art and culture spent many hours with Dad. The gallery had artefacts from Papua New Guinea with nothing like it in the world at that time. Bowie bought pieces for his home. Dad said he was a great person and I think that impacted my life. Ever since then it’s been the soundtrack to my life.
If he knew what impact he made on so many peoples lives and with us being so far away from Brixton, the UK, New York, I wanted to give something to the Lismore people, a sort of a homage to the essence of what he gave to us and celebrate him and it just happened to coincide with the Bowie tribute at The Northern Rivers Hotel across the road. People wrote their little messages at the tribute, everyone dressed up and it was a brilliant night.
After being in Dads gallery Bowie really wanted to go to PNG and it was quiet dangerous there. He wanted to go with his mates, Mick Jagger and George Harrison. So Bowie calls Dad from London to ask if he would be their tour guide and my Dad said, ‘No we don’t do that sort of thing!’ so my dad turned down Bowie, Jagger and Harrison.
I read just recently that Bowie finally got to PNG, to the Sepik River when he was ill. I think it must have been a bucket list thing.”
That night Dad says casually…’Yeah I met Bowie in 83 when he did his Serious Moonlight tour’.. Dad had a gallery in Sydney that he managed and often famous people would come in. Bowie being a passionate man interested in art and culture spent many hours with Dad. The gallery had artefacts from Papua New Guinea with nothing like it in the world at that time. Bowie bought pieces for his home. Dad said he was a great person and I think that impacted my life. Ever since then it’s been the soundtrack to my life.
If he knew what impact he made on so many peoples lives and with us being so far away from Brixton, the UK, New York, I wanted to give something to the Lismore people, a sort of a homage to the essence of what he gave to us and celebrate him and it just happened to coincide with the Bowie tribute at The Northern Rivers Hotel across the road. People wrote their little messages at the tribute, everyone dressed up and it was a brilliant night.
After being in Dads gallery Bowie really wanted to go to PNG and it was quiet dangerous there. He wanted to go with his mates, Mick Jagger and George Harrison. So Bowie calls Dad from London to ask if he would be their tour guide and my Dad said, ‘No we don’t do that sort of thing!’ so my dad turned down Bowie, Jagger and Harrison.
I read just recently that Bowie finally got to PNG, to the Sepik River when he was ill. I think it must have been a bucket list thing.”