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'''Mike Garson''' (born Michael David Garson on 29 July, 1945) is an American pianist who has collaborated with [[David Bowie]] and [[Nine Inch Nails]], among other well-known acts, throughout his career.
==Work with NIN==
He has performed as a live guest several times with the band during the [[Wave Goodbye Tour]] in 2009 and the [[Cold And Black And Infinite Tour]] in 2018. He guested in the studio on "[[Ripe (With Decay)]]", "[[The Way Out Is Through]]" and "[[Just Like You Imagined]]" from 1999's ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]''. He also appeared on "[[Just Like You]]" from the ''[[Gone Girl Soundtrack]]'' and co-wrote/performed "[[Trust In The Law]]" from Volume 02 of ''[[Watchmen (Music From The HBO Series)]]''.
In 2021 he accompanied [[Trent Reznor]] and [[Atticus Ross]] for covers of David Bowie's "[[Fantastic Voyage]]" and "[[Fashion]]" (with [[Mariqueen Maandig]] on "Fashion") for [[2021/01/09_Los_Angeles,_CA|A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!]], and made an appearance on the Halsey track outtake "People Disappear Here", which was produced by Reznor and Rossduring the sessions for ''[[If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power]]''.[https://mikegarson.com/discography/if-i-cant-have-love-i-want-power-halsey/] In a 2014 interview with allmusic.com[https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/mike-garson], Garson revealed that he recorded parts for fifteen tracks on ''The Fragile'':<blockquote>On the ''Fragile'' album I actually played on 15 tracks, I wish he’d release those sometime as instrumental, because the piano playing on the tracks he had me play on was phenomenal, but he only used three. I asked him why, and he said that they were, from his point, so Bowie-influenced, which means they were so Mike Garson in style, because I had the style before I played with Bowie, but he said it’s so connected with Bowie that it takes away from his individuality, so he thinks it’s a liability to him. I said that I respect his viewpoint, but I’m pissed off because I’d worked so hard, I went to New Orleans and did all these tracks and he loved them.</blockquote>
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