British guitarist John “Hutch” Hutchinson, a key collaborator in David Bowie’s early career who performed on the original version of “Space Oddity,” died over the weekend after a long illness, acco…
Bowie and Hutch decided to continue as a Simon & Garfunkle-style folk duo and performed and recorded several songs together, including an early version of “Space Oddity”; many of these recordings were released in 2018 as part of a deluxe reissue of Bowie’s 1969 album, which was originally his second self-titled album but later reissued as “Space Oddity” after the song became an unlikely hit.
However, Hutch decided that working as a duo with Bowie would take too much time away from his young family and left. Just months later, Bowie’s solo version of “Space Oddity” became a surprise Top 10 hit in the U.K. and parts of Europe and launched his career; it also became a hit in the U.S. in 1973 upon its reissue.
By that time Bowie was a superstar in the U.K. and enlisted Hutch as a rhythm guitarist and backing singer for the final tour of his “Ziggy Stardust” era in the first half of 1973. The tour covered the U.S., Japan and England before Bowie “retired” — he actually retired the Ziggy character — and the band split.
Hutch worked for several more years as a solo artist and bandmember, releasing a single in 1979 with his band American Echoes. He then worked in the oil industry and as a jazz guitarist. He published a memoir called “Bowie & Hutch” in 2014; Bowie died after a battle with cancer in 2016.
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