David Bowie performed at the Seminole Turf Club in Casselberry, Florida on 3 July 1974.
It was the 17th date of the Diamond Dogs Tour, which had kicked off in Montreal on 14 June. This was Bowie’s only performance in Casselberry.
The musical director was Michael Kamen, who also played electric piano, Moog synthesizer, and oboe. Earl Slick played guitar, and Mike Garson was on piano and Mellotron. The bass guitarist was Herbie Flowers, and the drummer was Tony Newman.
The backing singers were Geoff MacCormack (billed as Warren Peace) and Gui Andrisano. The line-up was completed by David Sanborn and Richard Grando on saxophone and flute, and percussionist Pablo Rosario.
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The setlist
- ‘1984’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
- ‘Sweet Thing’
- ‘Candidate’
- ‘Sweet Thing (Reprise)’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Aladdin Sane’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me’
- ‘Watch That Man’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Future Legend’
- ‘Diamond Dogs’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘Big Brother’
- ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
- ‘Time’
- ‘The Width Of A Circle’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
Also on this day...
- 2002: Live: Quart Festival, Kristiansand
- 1996: Live: Park HaYarkon, Tel Aviv
- 1989: Live: Tin Machine, Forum, Livingston
- 1987: Live: Parc de La Courneuve, Paris
- 1983: Live: National Bowl, Milton Keynes
- 1973: Live: Hammersmith Odeon, London – Bowie breaks up the band
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London
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