4 December 1974 4629 Views
David Bowie performing ‘Footstompin’ on The Dick Cavett Show, 5 December 1974.
‘Footstompin’ was originally cut by The Flares in 1961, and , and paired this with ‘I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate’ on the Diamond Dogs tour. The riff developed by Carlos Alomar would later morph into ‘Fame‘, for which Alomar received a writing credit alongside Bowie and John Lennon.
The backing singer strutting her stuff is Ava Cherry.