Dey Street Books

Like so many vital figures in British pop history, from Pete Townshend to Paul Weller, Bowie came from a blurry region of British society that encompasses the educated working class, the socially precarious petite bourgeoisie and what could be called the uncomfortably-off middle class, i.e. professional or office workers whose income didn’t quite match their aspirations.

Lennon was in the midst of his drunken “lost weekend” phase, after Yoko had thrown him out

Carlos Alomar, who went on to become his longest-running musical wingman