Facts: David Bowie - Space Oddity album

One of my favourite David Bowie albums is 'Space Oddity'. Sure it's Bowie's album but I really like to pay attention to the other musicians who also maked this album to be a big succes. Producer is Tony Visconti.

- Rick Wakeman -mellotron, electric harpsichord, keyboards
- Terry Cox - drums
- Tim Renwick -electric guitar
- Keith Christmas - accoustic guitar
- Mick Wayne -guitar
- Tony Visconti - bass, guitar, flute, recorder
- Herbie Flowers - bass
- Benny Marshall and Friends - harmonica
- Paul Buckmaster - cello
- John 'Honk' Lodge- bass


Rick Wakeman
well-known for his work with a.o. the band Yes, the Strawbs, ABWH and his solo-career.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Wakeman


Mick Wayne (see my 'Mick Wayne' blog)
a.o. Junior's Eyes

http://www.stevetook.mercurymoon.co.uk/mick-wayne.html

Herbie Flowers
is an English musician specialising in bass-guitar,double-bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T-Rex and Sky and as one of Britain's best-known session bass-players, having contributed to recordings by alot of artists (see the link for more details).  By the end of the 1970s Flowers had played bass on an estimated 500 hit recordings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Flowers





singer/songwriter 
Keith Christmas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Christmas

Terry Cox
played drums in The Pentangle, Duffy's Nucleus and Humblebums.
He also drummed with several other artists (David Bowie, Elton John, Charles Aznavour).


(here with the Pentangle, Terry is 2nd right)


<sup>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cox

Paul Buckmaster</sup>
is a Grammy-Award-winning English artist, arranger and composer.

<sup>http://paul-buckmaster.com/about.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Buckmaster

Tony Visconti
Also the producer of ´Space oddity´</sup>
Tony is an American record producer and sometimes amusician or singer.
Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers; his lengthiest involvement with any artist is with David Bowie; intermittently from Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity  to 2003's  Reality. Visconti has produced and occasionally performed on many of Bowie's albums.

<sup>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Visconti


Tim Renwick</sup>
Renwick started playing guitar in the 1960s. He performed with many bands, including Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes,  The Hype, Quiver (later Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) and Lazy Racer. He also worked for many artists (see the link).

 ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Renwick}

John 'Honk' Lodge 
Juniors's Eyes, Quiver,Graham Bond Organisation and worked with Pretty Thing's drummer Twink.
(info from some internet sources)


and about

Benny Marshall and Friends - harmonica
here's the story
http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2295