Oregon Music News' Ruben Mosqueda has posted a new interview with WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich. A part of the interview can be viewed below:
Q: You’ve been in Whitesnake since 2002. Were you a fan of the band or Coverdale’s work?
A: "Originally I signed up for a two-month tour in 2002. I’ve been a fan since I was about 16. I recall my mother had dropped me off at my friend’s house because we wanted to learn how to play 'Mistreated'. There was no way that I could have played 'Burn' at that time! I’ve been a fan since I was a teenager.
I really love David’s voice. I was definitely influenced by (DEEP) PURPLE and later on by Whitesnake. When David left Purple it would have been easy to do a Deep Purple Jr. kind of thing, but instead he did Whitesnake. The music was very different; it was blues based, it was gutsy, and had a sound that was influenced by bands like SLADE, STATUS QUO, THIN LIZZY and stuff like ALLMAN BROTHERS. As you know, it wasn’t until Slide It In that Whitesnake found success in America, but there were several records released in Europe before that. I was fortunate enough to have been turned on to those records early on."
Q : I’ve seen the clip of your performance in Colorado when David Coverdale blew out his voice. That was a prime tour you were on with Judas Priest. Your stomach must have sunk when that happened.
A : (long pause) Yes, I’ve never seen David in that position before. It’s very rare that you see someone stop in the middle of a song like that. That is way out of character for David; he’s one of those guys that just doesn’t give up. He also doesn’t want to fake it and sell the fans short, so had to pull the plug on it. I said to him, “David take it easy.” He said, “I just can’t — this what I do.” David along with a number of select singers are like race horses; you can’t tell them to slow down. That incident was very unfortunate, but I’ll tell you that he is singing better than ever. The challenge with David has been capturing his voice in a regular microphone. Since I’ve been working with him we’ve not yet captured the full vibe onto a record. If you heard him singing next to you it would be like, “holy shit that’s the tone!” Having said that, I think we got pretty close on this album.
You can read the whole interview at this location : http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2011/07/20/whitesnake-hits-the-beach-qa-with-guitarist-doug-aldrich/
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