To capture the sounds of David Bowie over the decades
The Musicians
S P E N C E R J A M E S
P I A N O A N D S Y N T H E S I Z E R S
Spencer James
His unique teaching method - Piano With Spencer - continues to develop and inspire pros and absolute beginners.
Spencer studied at Trinity College of Music and has since played on West End shows such as Les Misérables and Matilda - The Musical. Spencer formed the band by bringing his favourite musicians to singer Charlie, who had been planning this show for a while. From Mike Garson's avant-garde piano to Brian Eno's synth sounds Spencer is at the top of his game.
J O N N Y B R I S T E R
D R U M S
JONNY BRISTER
Jonny is the man driving the whole shebang. His groove and power has earned him some impressive drum stools: playing with Jake Shears and Echobelly and he has just come off a tour with Nick Heyward.
He has the range - from Woody and Dennis Davis to Zachary Alford and Sterling - to channel these greats and add some of his own sauce!
As well as the chops, Jonny brings a presence on stage that we just love.
J A C K G R I F F I T H S
L E A D G U I T A R A N D V O C A L S
JACK GRIFFITHS
Jack has been a YouTube sensation with his own channel and his videos for Peach Guitars for years. His sure grasp of all playing styles made him the go-to guitarist for Universal Audio to demonstrate their latest amp plugins in California, USA. Jack is a real tone-freak and loves to dial-in the huge range of sounds that our show needs. He’s a very muscular player but right in the pocket. From Earl Slick’s raw overdrive to the weirder sounds of Fripp and Gabrels, Jack is simply immense.
R A P H A Ë L S U T C L I F F E
B A S S AND V O C A L S
Raphaël Sutcliffe
Raphaël studied Music and Sound Recording at Surrey University and has designed many of the amps and speakers that we use to shape our live sound.
His company Sutcliffe Amplification built the guitar and bass rigs for David Live to really nail the Spiders' tone with hand-wired bespoke circuits, valves and plenty of tweaking!
Raphaël's favourite Bowie album is Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture Soundtrack.
J M A N D J P
S U P E R D B
Valete JM and JP Sutcliffe.
Our Brothers
These guys have been with David Live for nearly 20 years - from our first outings as a band. They are now writing, producing and perfoming some simply amazing tracks for their band Super db - and have just come off a tour with Level 42 - one of their idols. Yeah, that’s the guitarist on sax and the drummer on Keytar!
Our talented twins
We love them always and miss them - mostly for the impressions!