The Secret Life of David Bowie & The D.A.M Trio: The Return of Carlos Alomar & George Murray (2024)

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The D.A.M. Trio were David Bowie’s rhythm section for six years, from 1975 to 1980. Bowie chose three black American R n’B musicians – Dennis Davis on drums, George Murray on Bass and Carlos Alomar on guitar, and as arranger and band leader – to help him create some of the most revered, original and yet most popular music of his career. The five groundbreaking studio albums that Bowie produced during the ’75 – ‘80 period moved through stylistic transformations, and yet the band behind him remained a constant.

The D.A.M. Trio were vital in the creation of the albums:

Station to Station (1976)
Live Nassau Coliseum ’76
Low (1977)
“Heroes” (1977)
Stage (1978)
Welcome to the Blackout (Live London ’78)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
And additionally the David Bowie produced Iggy Pop album:
The Idiot (1977)

The D.A.M. Trio helped create the hit songs:
Golden Years
Sound and Vision
“Heroes”
Boys Keep Swinging
Ashes to Ashes
Fashion

During their years with Bowie, The D.A.M. Trio played on his two extensive world tours; Isolar I AKA the Station to Station tour in 1976, and Isolar II AKA the Low / “Heroes” tour in 1978.

The final D.A.M. Trio live performance with David Bowie was on Saturday Night Live in late 1979. In November 2024, Rolling Stone voted the appearance as the greatest Saturday Night Live Musical Performance of all-time.

A Nacho production. 2024.