Did Peter Frampton play with David Bowie?

English-American guitarist and singer-songwriter, Peter Frampton worked with popular singer and actor, David Bowie for years.

He was recruited by Bowie in the late ’80s to play guitar on his 17th studio album, Never Let Me Down. He was also part of Bowie’s band and went on the 1987 Glass Spider Tour with him.

Frampton once shared that playing guitar for Bowie helped his career a lot.

“Bowie said, ‘Can you come and play some guitar for me?’ That’s when I went to Switzerland and we recorded Never Let Me Down. Then he asked if I would be one of the guitar players on the Glass Spider tour, which blew me away. Finally, having been on the same stage the same evening many times before, I was going to be Dave’s guitar player. He could have chosen anybody. He’d had Steve Ray Vaughan on the album before, but he chose me,” he shared.

“David inviting me to do the album and tour changed my credibility. I got my credibility back that I felt I’d lost when I’m In You came out. A teenybopper star, his length of career is about 18 months, whereas a musician’s career is a lifetime. I’m a musician first and foremost. Dave gave me back that credibility to continue and bring people back to me,” he added.