LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 22, 2019- HAPPY 68TH BDAY TO DAVID COVERDALE. COVERDALE IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD SINGER AND FOUNDER OF WHITESNAKE. BEFORE WHITESNAKE HE WAS THE THIRD LEAD SINGER OF DEEP PURPLE. THIS GUY CAN FREAKIN’ SING.
WHEN DEEP PURPLE DISBANDED IN MARCH OF 1976 AT THE END OF A LONG TOUR, COVERDALE WALKED OFF IN TEARS. AROUND 1978 COVERDALE FORMED WHITESNAKE, AND AFTER MODERATE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, TOOK SOME TIME OFF TO TAKE CARE OF HIS SICK DAUGHTER AND PUT THE BAND ON HOLD. WHEN HE BROUGHT BACK A REVAMPED WHITESNAKE, HIS COMEBACK WAS HUMONGOUS. THE SELF-TITLED ALBUM FROM 1987 PRODUCED TWO HUGE SINGLES ‘IS THIS LOVE’ AND THE CHART-TOPPING ‘HERE I GO AGAIN’. THE ALBUM TO DATE HAS SOLD OVER 10 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE.
DAVID COVERDALE, I KNOW YOU LISTEN TO US ONLINE IN TAHOE, THIS IS FOR YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
photo thanks-Greg Heywood
