'It changed me': Veteran guitarist Carlos Alomar on working with David Bowie

Alomar talks about taking Bowie to Harlem for the first time, and a subsequent partnership that would bear fruit with such albums as Young Americans and Low 

Carlos Alomar, on right, on stage at Wembley Arena, London, with David Bowie and Carmine Rojas in 1983. Picture: Phil Dent/Redferns

No other guitarist enjoyed a longer stint with David Bowie than Carlos Alomar. The Puerto Rican musician first met the singer shortly before the release of Diamond Dogs in 1974, and played with him through the rest of the 1970s, and various periods afterwards into the early Noughties.

Since Bowie's death in 2016, Alomar has kept a low profile and has so far not been involved in tribute shows for the man he co-wrote with, led the band for and enjoyed a creative relationship with sporadically for 30 years. That's about to change when he attends the first David Bowie World Fan Convention in Liverpool in June, where Alomar will discuss his storied career.