David Bowie: Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me

Charting a lifelong friendship• Photographic memoir of untold stories and nearly 150 candid photos, many shown for the first time. Afterword by David BowieDavid Bowie: Rock n’ Roll with Me is Geoff MacCormack’s remarkable photographic memoir, charting his lifelong friendship with David Bowie. Images bring MacCormack’s stories to life, showing the places he and Bowie inhabited, the people they met and the adventures they shared. Beginning at Burnt Ash Primary school in the mid-1950s, the years go by in a whirlwind of discovering and making music. The book contains nearly 150 photos taken by MacCormack throughout the years, some never seen before: from touring the Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane shows and sailing to New York on a world tour, to Bowie’s first major film The Man Who Fell to Earth and the recording of Station to Station and his Thin White Duke persona. David Bowie: Rock n’ Roll With Me is an incredible story, told with wit and candour. A must for all Bowie fans, it sheds a rare insight into a friendship where two men shared their love for music from the moment they met to their final goodbyes.

Editorial Reviews

This stunningly illustrated memoir charts that friendship with the man who later became David Bowie. It contains nearly 150 photos taken by MacCormack, some never seen before: from touring the Ziggy Stardust shows to Bowie’s first major film, The Man Who Fell To Earth (pictured on set).
– The Daily Mail

Geoff MacCormack’s remarkable photographic memoir charts his lifelong friendship with David Bowie…A rare insight into a friendship and the real life of an enigmatic superstar.
– Arts & Collections Magazine

David Bowie was an artist of many phases and faces, and photographer Geoff MacCormack was there to capture all of them… In his new photo-driven memoir, MacCormack reflects on his travels with the late musician and allows fans to look at never-before-seen images of Bowie at work and play, from the Ziggy Stardust era up to his New York residency with Iman.
– Yahoo! Entertainment

A photographic memoir like no other, David Bowie: Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me published by ACC Art Books chronicles MacCormack’s sixty years of friendship with Bowie, told with wit, humor, and candor
– Eye of Photography

And now David Bowie: Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me is out in the world – perhaps the closest you’ll get to being on tour with Bowie in that era without a time machine and a backstage pass
– Insidehook

[MacCormack’s] new book is about what the rock star was really like behind closed doors in an intimate memoir, which contains 150 images of their adventures, some of which are published for the very first time.
– WGN Chicago

David Bowie’s Lifelong Friend Revisits ’70s Adventures with Rocker in Rare and Never-Before-Seen Photos.
– People, March 9, 2023 – Rachel DeSantis

Singer, songwriter and producer Geoff MacCormack was by David Bowie’s side from their primary school days to touring the world. His new photographic memoir gives a unique and intimate insight into the man who changed music.
– The Huck Magazine

His photographic memoir reveals untold stories and nearly 150 candid photos.
– The Guardian