"Alice Bowie" is the name of the
character credited with singing the musical portion of the
1974 Cheech and Chong routine "
Earache My Eye (featuring Alice Bowie)."
Cheech Marin was apparently the actual singer. Cheech & Chong had done this
fake-artist before on their
1973 "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" (a takeoff on the pop song "
Love Jones" by the Brighter Side of Darkness). The Alice Bowie name is an obvious reference to
Alice Cooper and
David Bowie, and the lyrics to the song bear this out. "My daddy, he disowned me 'cause I wear my sister's clothes" seems an obvious reference to the early dress-wearing days of Alice Cooper, and "As long as I can have a limo and my
orange hair" brings to mind an image of
Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie. The All Music Guide's Richie Unterberger actually speculates that the fake heavy metal singer was the inspiration for
Spinal Tap.
Sources:
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=81227426521
http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/cheech-and-chong.html
http://www.vgg.com/tp/tp_080700_fakeband.html
http://home.epix.net/~dhnb/bowiecovers/parody.htm
http://www.geocities.com/ccdiscography/upinsmokesndtrack/15.htm