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Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (born c. 1951) is an English rock drummer from Driffield, Yorkshire, best known for his work with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars. He played on Bowie's
albums The Man Who Sold the
World (1970), Hunky Dory (1971),
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from
Mars (1972) and Aladdin Sane (1973).
Woodmansey was replaced in The Spiders from Mars by Aynsley Dunbar,
who played on Bowie's next album, the 1973 covers album Pin Ups. Woodmansey
re-formed The Spiders from Mars for one
album, along with bass player Trevor Bolder. This necessitated a change
of personnel, with Dave Black on lead guitar due to the fact that
Mick Ronson was
unavailable and Pete McDonald supplying lead vocals. Guest
keyboardist was Mike
Garson, who had been a major part of Bowie's line-up from the
Ziggy Stardust days. Bowie paid no contribution to the album which
was named The Spiders From Mars.
After the final disbandment of the Spiders, he formed his own
band, Woodmanseys U Boat, releasing a debut album U Boat
in 1977.[1] The
album was subsequently re-released in 2006 as Woody
Woodmansey's U-Boat (Castle Music
ESMCD895).[2].
Woodmansey has also played with Art Garfunkel.[3]
He played in the band Cybernauts,[4] and
currently features as drummer with 3-D.
Discography
With David
Bowie
With Dana
Gillespie
- Weren't Born a Man (1974)
With
The Spiders From Mars
With Woody Woodmansey's
U-Boat
- Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat (1977)
With
Cybernauts
With 3-D
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