A List of Guitarists That
David Bowie Has Worked With
Kevin Armstrong: Played guitar on Thru These Architects Eyes, the Labyrinth soundtrack and other.
Jeff Beck: Guitar legend played Love Me Do and The Jean Genie on stage with the Spiders From Mars at London's Odeon.
Adrian Belew: Played on the Lodger album among others and was part of the touring band in 1978 and during 1990's Sound and Vision Tour.
Ellard-James "Moose" Boles: A site of his lists him as a sesssion player who has worked with Bowie.
Derek Bramble: Credited with playing on the Tonight album.
"Guitar Pete" Brasino: A site of his lists him as a sesssion player who has worked with Bowie.
Billy Corgan: Smashing Pumpkins leader played on All the Young Dudes and The Jean Genie at the 1997 "Birthday Show" at Madison Square Garden.
Brian Eno: More noted for his role as producer on Outside and the "trilogy" series, Eno is credited as adding some guitar work along the way as well as playing such "instruments" as Ambient Drone, Cricket Menace and Horse Trumpet.
Foo Fighters: Played on Hallo Spaceboy during the 1997 "Birthday Show."
Peter Frampton: Frampton came alive during 1987's Glass Spider Tour and the Never Let Me Down album.
Robert Fripp: Added his Frippertronics to the Heroes and Scary Monsters albums.
Tom Frisch Credited with adding guitar to the song Strangers When We Meet.
Reeves Gabrels: Bowie collaborator starting with Tin Machine and continuing through the Outside, Earthling and Hours albums. His current status with Bowie appears to be open to conjecture.
Ricky Gardiner: Played on the Low album and also with Iggy Pop.
Page Hamilton: Ex-Helmet guitarist played on the 1999 "Promotional Tour" for Hours...
Chuck Hammer: Credited with playing on the Scary Monster album.
Chris Haskett: Credited with playing on the song There's Something In The Air.
Stacey Heydon: Rhythm guitarist for the 1976 Station to Station Tour.
Dan Huff: Credited with playing on the Labyrinth soundtrack.
Erdal Kizilcay: Multi-instrumentalist has also added some six-string work along the way.
Lenny Kravitz: Retro solo-artist added vocals and guitar to one version of The Buddha of Suburbia.
Gerry Leonard: "Spooky Ghost" guitarist, has also played with Duncan Sheik and others. Part of Bowie's 2002 and Reality touring band.
John Lennon: In addition to his work on Fame, Lennon is also credited with adding some guitar to the Young Americans album.
Brian May: Queen guitarist on Under Pressure single and tribute concert for Freddie Mercury.
Sid McGinnis: Credited with playing on the Never Let Me Down album.
Pat Metheny: Award winning jazz guitarist collaborated with Bowie on the song This is Not America from the soundtrack to the movie The Falcon and The Snowman.
Jeff Mironov: Credited with playing on the Labyrinth soundtrack.
Nicky Morach: Credited with playing on the Labyrinth soundtrack.
Alan Parker: Credited with playing on the Pin Ups and Diamond Dogs albums.
Placebo: The guitarist for the band Placebo (B. Molko?), played Mark Bolan's 20th Century Boy on stage with Bowie in London and New York, plus the Placebo single Without You I'm Nothing on which Bowie added vocals. Placebo was also the opening band at the 1997 "Birthday Show."
Mark Plati: Played on the 1999 "Promotional Tour" for Hours...
Mark Carr Pritchard: Second guitarist to Mick Ronson during TV special The 1980 Floor Show.
Lou Reed: Lou played and sang on four songs at the 1997 "Birthday Show" at Madison Square Garden.
Niles Rodgers: In addition to producing the albums Let's Dance and Black Tie White Noise, the Chic producer also added some guitar lines.
Mick Ronson: Late, great guitarist for the Spider From Mars, Ronson also added guitar during the Freddie Mercury tribute and to I Feel Free on Black Tie White Noise. In addition to his incalculable contributions to Bowie's early work, Ronson recored several solo albums and worked with Bob Dylan, Ian Hunter and others.
Ray Russel: Credited with playing on the Labyrinth soundtrack.
Eric Schermerhorn: Played rhythm guitar during parts of Tin Machine's 1991 tour and played with Iggy Pop.
Charlie Sexton: Made cameo-appearances on the Glass Spider tour. Now working with Bob Dylan.
Earl Slick: Guitarist during the Diamond Dogs and Serious Moonlight tours along with playing on the Station to Station album. As of March, 2000, Slick is scheduled to return to the stage with Bowie during a handful of summer shows in England and New York.
Robert Smith: The Cure frontman played guitar and added vocals to The Last Thing You Should Do and Quicksand at the 1997 "Birthday Show" at Madison Square Garden.
GE Smith: According to Bowie himself, Smith played on Bowie's 1979 Saturday Night Live appearance featuring the late Klaus Nomi.
SonicYouth: Added guitar during I'm Afraid of Americans at the 1997 "Birthday Show" at Madison Square Garden.
Wild T. Springer: Credited with adding guitar to the song "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday."
Pete Townshend: The Who guitarist played on the Scary Monsters song "Because You're Young". Also added guitar solo to the Heathen song, "Slow Burn".
Stevie Ray Vaughan: The late famed blues guitarist whose playing on the Let's Dance album helped make him a star and gave Bowie his most commercially recognized record.
Tony Viconti: Like Eno, producer Visconti is more known for his contributions on the other side of the control panel, but is credited with some guitar work along the way.
