He became a bandsman on the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner. He worked with recorded producers like Mickey Most, Steve Rowland, Shel Talmy, Richard Perry, Tony Visconti, and Gus Dudgeon. One of Flowers’ most famous bass lines was for Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” which became Reed’s only Top 20 hit in the U.S. Flowers has released four studio albums including 2012’s A Jazz Breakfast. He has worked as a bass guitar teacher at Ardingly College. As a member of T. Rex he recorded hit singles “Hot Love”, “Get It On”, “Telegram Sam”, and “Metal Guru”. With Blue Mink he recorded the hits “Melting Pot”, and “The Banner Man”.
