Mick Woodmansey

Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (born 4 February 1951, in Driffield, East Yorkshire) is an English rock drummer from Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, best known for his work with David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars. With the death of Bowie in January 2016, he is the last surviving member of the classic Ziggy Stardust lineup.

Career

Woodmansey joined Bowie's backing group The Hype, which later became The Spiders from Mars. He played on Bowie's albums The Man Who Sold the World (1970), Hunky Dory (1971), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) and Aladdin Sane (1973).

Woodmansey was replaced in The Spiders from Mars by Aynsley Dunbar, who played on Bowie's next album, the 1973 covers album Pin Ups. Woodmansey re-formed The Spiders from Mars for one album, along with bass player Trevor Bolder. This necessitated a change of personnel, with Dave Black on lead guitar because Mick Ronson was unavailable and Pete McDonald supplying lead vocals. Guest keyboardist was Mike Garson, who had been a major part of Bowie's line-up from the Ziggy Stardust days. Bowie made no contribution to the album which was named The Spiders From Mars.

Woodmansey

Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 0°23′54″W / 53.826710°N 0.398419°W / 53.826710; -0.398419

Woodmansey is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Beverley on the A1174 road from Hull to Beverley.

The civil parish of Woodmansey consists of the villages of Woodmansey and Dunswell and the hamlet of Thearne. According to the 2011 UK census, Woodmansey parish had a population of 7,109, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 6,497.

The village has a small primary school, Woodmansey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2006.

Opposite the school is the village church of St Peter's which was built to a design by Alfred Beaumont and opened in 1898.

The Warton Arms (pictured) with its thatched roof, is the only pub in the village.

Governance

The civil parish was in the Beverley and Holderness parliamentary constituency until the 2010 general election when it was transferred to the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden.