Wonderful article. Seriously, thanks. Lots of food for thought, I definetly haven't spent enough time on early Bowies.

David Bowie has always been a wild card to me. I've always thought of it as Phish's own Dark Star. When I wrote my fantasy setlists for Woosta '12, Bowie was in the second song second set placement (FWIW: Set II: Curtain With -> Bowie -> Piper -> Mist, La Grange -> Walk Away -> Slave E: Julius, Show of Life). I too have been craving a truly exploratory Bowie. And there's not a damn thing wrong with that. Many great comments here about other/newer great jamming vehicles. That is great, I love those all as well. I happen to agree with the @Dog Faced Boy 's sentiment ... that it is high time that we get to experience David Bowie in all it's glory through a modern lens. That's not living in the past, that's wanting a new experience with an old friend.