It’s 50 years ago this month since the album that was to cement David Bowie’s place in rock history – Aladdin Sane – put him at the top of the UK album charts for the first time.
And the title has more than one meaning for Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey – the last surviving member of the legend’s old band.
Because the part-time drummer was just a hard-up 19-year-old in 1969 when he got a call from the then up-and-coming Bowie inviting him to join his new group.
