Me and Mr. Jones

My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars

By: Suzi Ronson

Narrated by: Suzi Ronson

From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying memoir taking listeners behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.

Suzi Ronson was working in an English hair salon in the early 1970s when Mrs. Jones came in for her weekly shampoo and set. After being introduced to her son, David, and his wife, Angie, she soon finds herself at the Bowies' bohemian apartment and embroiled in their raucous world.

Having crafted his iconic Ziggy Stardust hairstyle, Suzi becomes the only working woman in David's touring party and joins The Spiders from Mars as they perform around the globe. Amid the costume blunders, parties, and groupies she meets her husband-to-be, Mick Ronson, and together they traverse the absurdities of life in rock & roll, falling in with the likes of Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed along the way.

Dazzling and intimate in equal measure, Me and Mr. Jones provides not only a unique perspective into one of the most beguiling stars in the history of pop music but also of a world on the cusp of cultural transformation.

©2024 Suzi Ronson (P)2024 Tantor

Hopefully There Will Be a Part 2

Excellent narration and performance! Suzi you definitely need to write another book focusing on the years with Mick from 1977-1993.

Wonderful glimpses into times and places

Evocative is the word that comes to me when I think of what I liked best about this book and the performance. She has a talent for creating her London in the sixties, as well as her experience in the rock world of the 70s.
I loved hearing about her first job as a hairdresser, her relationship with her mom and family, and how they reacted to her as her life changed.
Describing what it was like to be a part of something as exciting as the Ziggy Stardust phenomenon couldn't have been easy to approach. There have been so many books. But none of those are her experiences.
The ways she adapted to the life altering excitement and that drive to do more, be more, experience more than what was expected of her is captured perfectly. It's like you were there..
I loved it.
I've heard more is coming, and I certainly hope so. I didn't want this book to end.