DANA GILLESPIE; David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and a wild ride through 60s LONDON

Singer. Actor and Author, Dana Gillespie has a career that has spanned over 50 years. Her first foray into music was folk and pop, but later, and she has appeared on more than 70 albums, she’s concentrated on the Blues. Her family and private life has been a constant source of fascination for many people.

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Some Highlights of this wild ride through the 1960s interview...

- Her father had breakfast with the biggest tyrant of the 20th century
- She slept with Bowie, the beginning of a long friendship, when she was 15 and he, 17
- She was a backing singer on It Ain’t Easy, a track on Ziggy Stardust.
- He gave her the track Andy Warhol to record.
- She became close to Angie Bowie, with whom she’s in contact with today.
- She was managed by his then manager Tony DeFries
- She met Bob Dylan at 16
- She’s friends with Jimmy Page
- She’s the original Mary Magdalene in the London stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
- She’s just recorded an album with Marc Almond, planned for release next year.

There is so much more in this interview, that is sometimes shocking, revealing, and fascinating from someone who has lived a full life.

Dana Gillespie - Andy Warhol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11Jw8ddigI&t=70s

Donna Donna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av-lPIvbVQI

David Bowie - It Ain’t Easy - Dana on backing vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnI_ko3_r_c

Dana Gillespie
Move your body Close to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gyMPclV2pA

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