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David Bowie leaves the Lower Third

Joe — Sat, 29 Jan 1966 18:00:36 +0000

David Bowie left the Lower Third on the evening of Saturday 29 January 1966. They had been due to perform at the Bromel Club in Bromley, Bowie’s home turf. The venue was the ballroom at the Bromley Court Hotel on Bromley Hill. As had been the case for some weeks by then, Dave travelled separately with Ralph in the Jag, no doubt adding even more fuel to the ‘them and us’ anger that was swelling. We were in the car park unloading the equipment when Ralph and Dave pulled up, seemingly unprepared for what was about to follow. It felt

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London

Joe — Sat, 29 Jan 1966 13:00:24 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third performed for the eleventh time at London’s Marquee Club on Saturday 29 January 1966. This was an afternoon performance. Bowie and the Lower Third are known to have performed at the Marquee Club on 11 occasions. It was also Bowie’s final performance with the band. That evening they were due to play at the Bromel Club in Bromley. However, the Lower Third had become increasingly frustrated by Bowie being given sole billing at their shows, and manager Ralph Horton’s almost exclusive focus on the frontman. On Saturday, 29 January 1966, we were to play

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Town Hall, Stevenage

Joe — Fri, 28 Jan 1966 20:00:22 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third performed at the Town Hall in Stevenage on Friday 28 January 1966. This was Bowie’s only appearance at the venue, which was situated on Orchard Road.

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London

Joe — Sat, 22 Jan 1966 13:00:19 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third performed for the tenth time at London’s Marquee Club on Saturday 22 January 1966. This was an afternoon performance. Bowie and the Lower Third are known to have performed at the Marquee Club on 11 occasions.

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Cedar Club, Birmingham

Joe — Wed, 19 Jan 1966 20:00:45 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third performed at Birmingham’s Cedar Club on Wednesday 19 January 1966. This was the band’s only known appearance at the venue, which was situated at 67-99 Constitution Hill, Birmingham. Also known as the Cedar Ballroom, the Cedar Club was open from 1960 to 1982.

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London

Joe — Sat, 15 Jan 1966 13:00:57 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third performed for the ninth time at London’s Marquee Club on Saturday 15 January 1966. This was an afternoon performance. Bowie and the Lower Third are known to have performed at the Marquee Club on 11 occasions.

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UK single release: Can’t Help Thinking About Me

Joe — Fri, 14 Jan 1966 09:00:07 +0000

David Bowie’s second single with the Lower Third, ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’, was released in the United Kingdom on Friday 14 January 1966. The b-side was another Bowie composition, ‘And I Say To Myself’. As with its predecessor, ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’, the single failed to chart. I think the first song I ever wrote – there might be others but this is the only one that sticks out – was called ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’. (breaks up laughing) That’s an illuminating little piece, isn’t it? It was about leaving home and moving up to London.

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London

Joe — Sat, 08 Jan 1966 13:00:26 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third appeared for the eighth time at London’s Marquee Club on Saturday 8 January 1966. They had played at the venue only the night before. This time, however, it was an afternoon performance for Radio London’s Saturday Show. New Year 1966 marked our return to the Marquee and our first evening gig at our ‘home’ venue in a while. This was followed the next afternoon by the return of the Saturday afternoon Radio London Inecto shows. These appearances would not only be the last of these promotional afternoons gigs, they were among the last-ever shows

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Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London

Joe — Fri, 07 Jan 1966 20:00:24 +0000

David Bowie and the Lower Third appeared for the seventh time at London’s Marquee Club on Friday 7 January 1966. The were on a bill with Gary Farr and the T-Bones, with whom they had previously performed at the same venue in 1965.

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Launch party for Can’t Help Thinking About Me

Joe — Thu, 06 Jan 1966 18:00:03 +0000

Ahead of its 14 January 1966 release, a launch party for the Lower Third’s single ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ was held at the Gaiety Bar in London. The venue was in the Victoria Tavern at 10a Strathearn Place near Hyde Park in Bayswater, London. The single was released eight days later on Friday 14 January 1966. The guests included John Lennon’s father Alf, who had recently released a single, ‘That’s My Life (My Love And My Home)’. The party cost £95, and was bankrolled by businessman Raymond Cook, who in November 1965 had agreed to fund Bowie’s work. There

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