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I had the pleasure of playing piano in the All-Stars for about a year and a half or so. Among the many fun gigs we played, the most memorable was at the High Line Festival curated by David Bowie. Yes, David Bowie booked the All-Stars to play on a triple bill at a rock club in NYC (called the High Line - of course). We were second that night on a bill that included The Legendary Stardust Cowboy and Daniel Johnston. The LSC Cowboy played first. This bawdy, rowdy, rockabilly singer (touting a sizable beer belly) was the guy who, in the late 1960's, inspired David Bowie to create a different persona for himself - Ziggy Stardust. With a southern drawl, he belted out tunes about his spaceship trips to Mars and other intergalactic pursuits, in addition sticking his butt out toward the audience and rubbing it with a towel, the way one might dry themselves after getting out of the shower. Quite a sight! Daniel Johnston played right after our set. His music is pretty much the exact opposite of what the All-Stars played that night - very simple, naive songs that he sang by himself playing acoustic guitar. He was the headliner and most of the audience packed into the club was there to hear his songs. He stood on the stage alone, wearing dirty sweatpants pulled up really high. His lifelong struggle with mental illness was clearly evident. During each tune it was as if the entire audience was there supporting him the way parents would be in watching their child in a school play with rapt attention. He had devoted fans. There were a couple men in the front row crying during some of his tunes. For our set, it was "And now for something completely different!" We kicked into Andreissen's "Worker's Union" - about 16 minutes of pounding unison rhythms. If you're a Bang fan, I'm guessing you've probably heard it. It's a total blast to play. There are no notes written, just intense, pounding rhythms. After about 10 minutes, you could hear the Daniel Johnston crowd audience thinking to themselves (and out loud), "What IS this!?) I played the keyboard with the distortion pedal cranked - It was a blast serving up a type of music that most of the audience had probably never even knew existed. And doing it really LOUD! After the concert, we all hung out backstage and David Bowie came back to say hello. Pencil-thin, wearing a a black tuxedo, his huge mouth smiling ear to ear - not the rock star you would imagine, but more like a dapper maitre'd at a fancy restaurant cheerily thanking us for playing. "The music you played was delightful! What would you CALL that?" After a moment, David Lang answered, "I guess you'd call it European Post-Minimalism." Bowie cheered, "Oh, wonderful. Just delightful!"