David Bowie’s 1996 Bridge School Benefit performance of ‘Heroes’ strips the classic down to its raw essence. With just an acoustic guitar, Reeves Gabrels, and Gail Ann Dorsey, he proves that great songs don’t need embellishment—they just need Bowie. Pegi Young recalled his kindness, calling him “an enormously talented yet humble man,” who was content to simply spend time with the kids the benefit supported. “He was an original in every sense of the word,” she wrote, remembering the artist’s generosity and grace.
