The exhibition by Geoff MacCormack, who went to school with the star, has opened at a gallery in Deal, Kent, BBC reports.
Geoff MacCormack, elementary school friend with a boy named David Jones remained lifelong friends with the one and only David Bowie. As Bowie's star continued to grow, MacCormack was there every step of the way.
It features 18 behind-the-scenes images of Bowie, all taken on tour with the influential musician during the 1970s.
Gallery owner Richard Taylor-Jones said the shots show "Bowie at his most relaxed and informal, totally at ease in front of his friend's camera lens".
When Bowie hit the road on tour in 1973, he asked MacCormack to join him — and he did, snapping photos along the way of their journey, which also included filming the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth and recording the album Station to Station, People reports
"I was very lucky," MacCormack says of his decades-long bond with Bowie, who died in 2016 at age 69. Now, MacCormack is sharing those photos with the world in a new book called David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me (out March 27 by ACC Art Books).MacCormack says he had "absolutely" no idea at the time that he was capturing history, but compiled the photos in an earlier, limited edition book that he put out in 2007 with Bowie's involvement.
For that first go-round, the "Life on Mars" singer wrote a zany forward in which he pretended that none of the featured adventures had happened, and it was all a figment of MacCormack's imagination. That blurb now serves as the new book's afterward. "Obviously the book is sad at the end because he departs," says MacCormack. "So I've used that and it kind of lifts you up at the end." See below for a selection of photos from David Bowie: Rock 'n' Roll with Me, and the special stories behind them.
US TV show The Midnight Special, which ran for 450 episodes between 1973 and 1981, has launched a YouTube channel to mark its 50th anniversary. The channel promises to share many performances that haven't been officially available on the platform to date.
In the video below David Bowie performs live I Got You, Babe - David Bowie & Marianne Faithful, November 16, 1973 on The Midnight Special.
David Bowie performs live the Who's I Can't Explain, November 16, 1973 on The Midnight Special.
David Bowie performs live Time - David Bowie | The Midnight Special
