George Murray

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Lore & Background

George Murray's role in the D.A.M. Trio alongside drummer Dennis Davis and guitarist Carlos Alomar defined the rhythm section for David Bowie's most adventurous 1970s work. From 1975 to 1980, this trio provided the backbone for albums like Station to Station, Low, "Heroes", and Lodger. Murray's bass playing was a constant through Bowie's shift from the soul-funk of Station to Station to the experimental landscapes of the Berlin Trilogy. In 2025, Carlos Alomar put together a new touring band that included George Murray, Kevin Armstrong, Tal Bergman, Michael Cunio, Lea Lórien, and Alex Tosca. This band, called the D.A.M. trilogy B2B (Back to Berlin), aimed to honour David Bowie and Dennis Davis. They played "only the fast tracks" from Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy" (Low, Heroes and Lodger) as well as encores from Station To Station and Scary Monsters, starting a European tour in Berlin's Metropol on Friday 7th November 2025.

In Their Own Story

The D.A.M. Trio—George Murray on bass, Dennis Davis on drums, Carlos Alomar on guitar—was the engine room for David Bowie from 1975 to 1980. Five years of locking into grooves that spanned Station to Station's locomotive pulse, Low's fractured art-rock, and Lodger's worldbeat experiments. Murray had come from touring Europe, South America, and Canada with George McCrae, and from Broadway pit orchestras for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and Your Arms Too Short to Box with God. Decades later, in 2025, Alomar reassembled the rhythm section for a new project: the D.A.M. trilogy B2B (Back to Berlin). With Murray back on bass, plus Kevin Armstrong, Tal Bergman, Michael Cunio, Lea Lórien, and Alex Tosca, they hit the road playing only the fast tracks from Low, Heroes, and Lodger, plus encores from Station to Station and Scary Monsters. The tour kicked off at Berlin's Metropol on Friday 7th November 2025, honouring both Bowie and the late Dennis Davis.

Reader's Guide

George Murray's recorded legacy with David Bowie spans the key albums of the late 1970s. His bass appears on Station to Station (1976), the live release Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (released 2010), Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977), Stage (1978), Welcome to the Blackout (Live London '78) (released 2018), Lodger (1979), and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980). He also played on Iggy Pop's The Idiot (1977) and Jerry Harrison's The Red and the Black (1981). Before Bowie, Murray recorded on Weldon Irvine's Cosmic Vortex - Justice Divine (1974) and In Harmony (1974). As of 2017, Murray works at a school district in California, living with his wife Teresa Woo-Murray and son Marcus. In 2025, he rejoined Carlos Alomar for the D.A.M. trilogy B2B tour, playing fast tracks from the Berlin Trilogy plus encores from Station to Station and Scary Monsters.

Did You Know?

• George Murray was part of David Bowie's rhythm section, the D.A.M. Trio, for five years from 1975 to 1980.
• Before working with Bowie, Murray toured Europe, South America, and Canada with George McCrae.
• Murray performed in the Broadway plays Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope and Your Arms Too Short to Box with God.
• As of 2017, Murray works at a school district in California with his wife Teresa Woo-Murray and son Marcus.
• In 2025, Carlos Alomar's new touring band D.A.M. trilogy B2B included George Murray and played only fast tracks from Bowie's Berlin Trilogy.