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David Coverdale
Background information
Born	September 22, 1951 (1951-09-22) (age 55)
Origin	Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
Genre(s)	Hard rock Blues-rock Heavy metal Glam metal
Years active	1973 - present
Associated acts	Whitesnake Deep Purple Coverdale-Page
Website	Official Whitesnake Website

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Career

Coverdale, briefly a student at Middlesbrough Art College in Yorkshire, was largely unknown until he replaced Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan in September 1973. He was living in Marske and working in a clothes shop in Redcar, Yorkshire when Deep Purple received a demo tape of his vocals. Impressed by his deep blues timbre, Coverdale was recruited to the band, sharing vocal duties with bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes. His three year tenure ended in March 1976 when the band finally split up. Moving to Germany, he laid down a vocal track on a multi-artist project organised by Eddie Hardin, released by RCA Records as Wizard's Convention. Cleveland College of Art and Design is a further and higher education art and design college, based in Cleveland, North East England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Marske by the Sea is a large village in East Cleveland, located in the borough of Redcar & Cleveland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the rock band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ...

Unable to perform in England for contractual reasons, Coverdale then recorded vocals for both his solo albums in Germany while the backing tracks were laid down in London. The backing musicians who played on these albums were retained for touring purposes, and effectively became the original line-up of Whitesnake, Coverdale's personal group. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

David Coverdale on the cover of his 2000 solo album Into the Light

According to British heavy metal magazine Kerrang!, in 1982, with Whitesnake's lineup and career in flux, Coverdale was considered for the vocalist position with Black Sabbath following the departure of Ronnie James Dio. Coverdale declined, and Sabbath hired Coverdale's predecessor in Deep Purple, Ian Gillan. Powell joined Coverdale for Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In and tour. There are two versions of this album: the European one having Colin Hodgkinson on bass with long-time Whitesnake member Micky Moody and relative newcomer Mel Galley (joined 1982) on guitar, and the U.S. version having Neil Murray on bass and John Sykes, formerly of NWOBHM band Tygers Of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy's guitarist added his parts to Moody and Galley's original ones. David Coverdale on the cover of his third solo album Into the Light, taken from Amazon. ... David Coverdale on the cover of his third solo album Into the Light, taken from Amazon. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA), is an American heavy metal vocalist who has performed with Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf, and his own band Dio. ... Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. ... Neil Murray is a bassist who has played with over 30 bands including Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, and Gogmagog. ... John Sykes, born July 29, 1959 in Reading, England, is a Heavy Metal/Hard Rock guitarist in the United Kingdom who has played in bands Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Blue Murder and his solo project John Sykes. ... The New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) emerged in the late 70s, in part a reaction to the contemporary decline of traditional heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, all three of which had been submerged by a mixture of personal problems, tiredness and... A New Wave Of British Heavy Metal band originating from Whitley Bay in the North-East of England. ... Thin Lizzy are a hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. ...

Whitesnake recorded a series of blues influenced hard rock records in the late seventies and early eighties, gaining popularity in the UK and Europe. North American success remained elusive though, until the multi-platinum 1987 self-titled Whitesnake, co-written to the most part with John Sykes, hit the racks. Before "1987" (the name as it has become popularly known as) hit the shelves, Sykes and the rest of the recording band had parted company with Whitesnake. With "1987" North America was finally won, the album has sold 8 times platinum since its release, propelled by hit singles such as "Here I Go Again". Through the late 80's and early 90's, caught in the "hair-band" craze era, Coverdale kept Whitesnake going with great success and with changing line-ups until the end of 1991. It is no secret that Coverdale wanted out of the business at that point, he'd grown uncomfortable with the corporate, image driven entity he felt that Whitesnake had become. In a candid period interview Coverdale sums it up in one sentence:

"It got louder and louder, and so did I, to the point now where I have to get dressed up as a "girly man" and tease ones questionable pants or hair and it's all getting a bit ... boring."

Coverdale felt that he'd lost the passion for music, it had all become business. Coverdale took a time-out after the Whitesnake tour of 1991 ended. In early 1992 however Coverdale was offered and accepted to work with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page on what was to become the one-off Coverdale-Page project. David Coverdale was revitalized by this work and the debut album, Coverdale-Page, was released in the spring of 1993. This pairing was ironic given Coverdale had been criticized heavily in the past for on-stage/video emulation of legendary Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant to the extent of earning himself an unfriendly moniker of "David Cover-Plant." Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in September 1968. ... James Patrick Jimmy Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. ... Coverdale Page is an album by Jimmy Page and Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, released by Geffen Records on March 27, 1993. ... Coverdale Page is an album by Jimmy Page and Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, released by Geffen Records on March 27, 1993. ... Led Zeppelin were an English rock band that formed in September 1968. ... Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. ...

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David Coverdale in 2006

Inevitably, you might say, another Whitesnake re-formation was around the corner; though it was not intended as such to begin with. Coverdale's intention was to do a solo album under his own name but the record company executives wanted a Whitesnake album, so Whitesnake it was yet again. Whitesnake's 1997 "comeback" album Restless Heart represented somewhat of a return to Coverdale's R&B heritage. As he told the press on its release, he had tired of the more cartoonish elements of Whitesnake's image: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

"I've had enough of the Tarzan impressions. I wanna sing. Less strain on the old Calvins."

This direction, but to a greater extent, was also pursued on Coverdale's third solo album, Into the Light; although there was also the occasional lapse into hard rock bluster mode. Now settled in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Coverdale looks set to remain a fixture in rock's middle-aged hierarchy. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Area  Ranked 7th  - Total 110,567 sq mi (286,367 km²)  - Width 322 miles (519 km)  - Length 490 miles (788 km)  - % water 0. ...

In December 2002, Coverdale re-reformed Whitesnake again for an American and European tour, with Tommy Aldridge on drums, Marco Mendoza (bass), Doug Aldrich (guitar), Reb Beach (guitar) and Timothy Drury (keyboards). In 2004-2005 saw Whitesnake embark on a tour of the U.S., South America and Europe. A live DVD, shot during the 2005 tour at the legendary Carling Apollo (better known as the Hammersmith Odeon) in London, was released in February 2006. In June 2006 David Coverdale signed a new record deal with Steamhammer/SPV. The first release under the new contract was the double live album Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues (released Nov. 27th 2006), the album also contained 4 brand new studio tracks signed Coverdale/Aldrich.

Band history

David Coverdale has been in many different well known musical movements other than the one he is best known for (Whitesnake).

• Deep Purple (1973-1976)
• Solo (1976-1978)
• Whitesnake (1978-1982)
• Whitesnake (1984-1991)
• Coverdale/Page (1991-1993)
• Whitesnake (1994)
• Whitesnake (1997-1998)
• Solo (1999-2001)
• Whitesnake (2002-present)

Personal life

Mural depicting David Coverdale on the wall of an apartment block in Kavarna, "the rock capital of Bulgaria"

David Coverdale was first married in 1974 to Julia, and their daughter Jessica was born in 1978. Coverdale's second marriage was to actress Tawny Kitaen, from February 17, 1989 until their divorce in April 1991. Kitaen was known for her "provocative" appearances in Whitesnake's music videos for "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love." Currently he is married to Cindy Coverdale (they married in 1997), a renowned author of books (most recently The Food That Rocks) and have a son, Jasper (b. 1996). Coverdale is also a proud grandfather to daughter Jessica's two children. On March 1st 2007 David Coverdale became a U.S. citizen, in a ceremony in Reno, and now holds dual US/UK citizenship. Report on David Coverdale becoming a US Citizen Image File history File links Size of this preview: 497 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1038 × 1251 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 497 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1038 × 1251 pixel, file size: 1. ... Kavarna (Bulgarian: Каварна) is a Black Sea coastal town in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria. ... “Spouse” redirects here. ... An expecting couple with their daughter A daughter is a female offspring; a girl, woman, or female animal in relation to her parents. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Julie Tawny Kitaen (born August 5, 1961, in San Diego, California) is an American actress, and media personality in Southern California. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Authorship redirects here. ... A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. ... A son is a male offspring; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Children” redirects here. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries (whether it is recognized by all countries or not). ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning British citizenship and other categories of British nationality. ...

Guitarists

Over his 30 year career, Coverdale has worked with many of rock music's most accomplished guitar players. The list of collaborators reads like a "who's who" of guitar giants.

• Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) - in Deep Purple (1973-1975)
• Tommy Bolin (The James Gang, Deep Purple) - in Deep Purple (1975-1976)
• Micky Moody (Juicy Lucy, Whitesnake, Company of Snakes, M3) - in Whitesnake (1977-1982, 1984)
• Bernie Marsden (UFO, Whitesnake, Bernie Marsden SOS, Company of Snakes, M3) - in Whitesnake (1977-1982)
• John Sykes (Tygers Of Pan Tang, Badlands (UK), Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Sykes) - in Whitesnake (1984-1987)
• Vivian Campbell (Sweet Savage, Dio, Whitesnake, Riverdogs, Shadow King, Def Leppard) - in Whitesnake (1987-1988)
• Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake) - in Whitesnake (1988-1991)
• Adrian Vandenberg (Vandenberg, Whitesnake, Manic Eden) - in Whitesnake (1988-1991, 1994, 1997-1998)
• Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Firm, Coverdale/Page, The Yardbirds) - in Coverdale/Page (1992-1993)
• Warren DeMartini (Ratt) - in Whitesnake (1994)
• Earl Slick (David Bowie, John Lennon, Phantom Rocker & Slick) - in David Coverdale solo work (2000)
• Doug Aldrich (Lion, Hurricane, Bad Moon Rising, Burning Rain, Dio, Whitesnake) - in Whitesnake (2002-present)
• Reb Beach (Winger, Dokken, Alice Cooper, The Mob) - in Whitesnake (2002-present)

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Discography

With Deep Purple

• Burn (1974)
• Live in London (1974)
• Stormbringer (1974)
• Made in Europe (1975)
• Come Taste the Band (1975)

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Post-1976 Albums with Deep Purple

• Last Concert in Japan (1976)
• Singles A's & B's (1993)
• On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat: Live in California 1976 (1995)
• California Jamming: Live 1974 (1996)
• Mk. III: The Final Concerts (1996)
• Days May Come and Days May Go, The California Rehearsals, June 1975 (2000)
• 1420 Beachwood Drive, The California Rehearsals, Part 2 (2000)
• This Time Around: Live in Tokyo (2001)
• Listen Learn Read On (2002)
• Just Might Take Your Life (2003)
• Perks and Tit (2004)
• Live in Paris 1975 (2004)
• Burn 30th Anniversary Edition (2004)
• Live in California 74 (DVD) (2005)

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Solo

• White Snake (1977)
• Northwinds (1978)
• Into the Light (2000)

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With Whitesnake

• Snakebite (1978)
• Trouble (1978)
• Lovehunter (1979)
• Live at Hammersmith (1980)
• Ready an' Willing (1980)
• Live...In the Heart of the City (1980)
• Come an' Get It (1981)
• Saints & Sinners (1982)
• Slide It In (1984)
• Whitesnake (1987)
• Slip of the Tongue (1989)
• Restless Heart (1997)
• Starkers in Tokyo (1997)
• LIVE In the Still of the Night (DVD+CD Recorded on the 2004 UK Tour) (2006)
• Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues (2 CD set Recorded during the 2005-2006 world tours) (2006)

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Others

• Various artists - Days of Thunder soundtrack (song "The Last Note Of Freedom") (1990)
• Coverdale/Page - Coverdale-Page (1993)
• Butterfly Ball - Behind The Smile (voice)
• Steve Vai - song "For The Love Of God" (voice at the end)
• Bernie Marsden - And About Time Too (vocals on "Who's Fooling Who (live)" -bonus track on CD)

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See also

• Whitesnake
• List of bands/musicians from North East England