Andra Day<\/a> were among the performers, providing some emotional moments and surprises on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\tLuke Spiller from the Struts kicked off the show, performing rousing renditions of \u201cStarman,\u201d \u201cLife on Mars,\u201d and \u201cMoonage Daydream,\u201d joined by shredding teen guitarist Elie Samouhi (who counts Garson as a mentor).<\/p>\n
\n\tThe soulful inspirations in Bowie\u2019s work were highlighted by powerhouse singer Judith Hill (the former backup vocalist for Michael Jackson and Prince featured prominently in 20 Feet From Stardom<\/em>), who took on two classics from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust<\/em> and the<\/em> Spiders From Mars<\/em>: \u201cIt Ain\u2019t Easy\u201d and \u201cLady Stardust.\u201d Hill\u2019s visceral vocals brought to mind Aretha Franklin\u2019s spiritual stylings, and they moved the show into a nearly-religious realm.<\/p>\n\n\tShowcasing a different but no less captivating side of Bowie\u2019s output, glam-pop crooner Jake Wesley Rogers (who wowed fans opening for Cyndi Lauper last summer) highlighted the theatricality in Bowie\u2019s Seventies-era material and stage shows, donning his famed astral-sphere forehead makeup and crooning \u201cChanges,\u201d \u201cRock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Suicide,\u201d and the darkly prophetic \u201cLazarus\u201d from Black Star<\/em>, Bowie\u2019s final studio album.<\/p>\n\n\tThe somber interlude was followed up with funky stomps courtesy of the Chilis\u2019 Chad Smith on \u201cRebel Rebel\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Dance,\u201d which brought everyone in the small Sunset Strip club to their feet.<\/p>\n
\n\tSmashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, in an unannounced surprise, then joined headliner Billy Corgan, who sang \u201cSpace Oddity,\u201d one of his favorites to do on tour, along with a stirring \u201cAll the Young Dudes.\u201d He also performed \u201cIf There Is a God\u201d from the Pumpkins\u2019 sixth studio album, 2000\u2019s Machina II\/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music<\/em>, revealing that the song was inspired by Garson himself. Garson later revealed he had no idea that the track had anything to do with him until that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
\n\tAnother surprise appearance and highpoint featured soul\/jazz wonder woman and Billie Holiday biopic star Andra Day, who performed a ferocious version of her hit \u201cRise Up,\u201d which felt like a cathartic exercise aimed at the current woes of the world. Underscoring the power of music like Bowie\u2019s to provide healing and escape, Day and Hill then went into a raw yet astounding take on Bowie\u2019s duet with Freddie Mercury, \u201cUnder Pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tHill and Wesley also sang \u201cAladdin Sane\u201d as Garson \u2014 who never plays the classic live the same way twice \u2014 added jazzy flourishes and melodic meanderings that felt as vibrant and electric as the red and blue lighting bolt that\u2019s come to represent the album, and the man who changed the keyboardist\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
\n\tThe show ended with nearly everyone from the bill joining on a reverent \u201cHeroes\u201d singalong, with the young backup singers onstage (from the University of Southern California\u2019s music department, Garson said) getting the spotlight with their own solo verses alongside the big names. Former David Bowie bassist Carmine Rojas also played backup, along with bassist Nando Raio, guitarists Nick Perri and Dave Wood, and drummers Max Garson and Shay Godwin. The Sun Rose Hotel and nightclub (now helmed creatively by producer Adam Blackstone) will see Garson and his band return for more shows later in the year.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI hadn\u2019t felt [Bowie\u2019s] presence for a while. I used to feel it a lot,\u201d Garson told Rolling Stone<\/em> after the show. \u201cBut at that moment, it was like, \u2018Oh, my God, I\u2019m with you.\u2019 He was about risk, joy and being present. If you play the music truthfully and don\u2019t get in the way, his spirit shows up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles\u2019 love for David Bowie is unwavering, and to mark the music icon\u2019s birthday on Jan. 8, and a decade since he passed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}