Band-members, Musicians and Performers
- David Coverdale - lead vocals, piano, percussion
- David Coverdale – Vocals
My shelves have plenty of loudmouths, but few singers can swing from blues grit to arena-sized drama as naturally as Coverdale.
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David Coverdale, the kind of frontman who makes a chorus feel like a marching order, first sharpened his pipes in local outfits like Vintage 67 (1966–1968), The Government (1968–1972), and the Fabulosa Brothers (1972–1973) before stepping into the big-league furnace as Deep Purple’s lead singer (1973–1976). After Purple imploded, the story didn’t get smaller—it got craftier: two solo moves (1977–1978) to keep the blues-blood flowing, then the real flag-plant with Whitesnake (founded 1978), where that husky, soul-soaked roar turned into a signature brand of hard rock theatre. Later, during Whitesnake’s early-90s break, the plot swerved into supergroup territory with Coverdale•Page (1990–1993), proving he could still pick a fresh fight with the gods of volume without losing his melodic nerve.
- Micky Moody - guitars, percussion, backing vocals
- Micky Moody – Guitar, slide guitar
My kind of guitarist: the slide sings, the rhythm bites, and the notes smell faintly of backstage smoke and bad decisions.
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Micky Moody never struck me as a “guitar hero” in the mirror-polish sense—more like the guy who actually knows where the blues is buried, and keeps a shovel in the van. The early graft runs through Juicy Lucy in the early 1970s (those records from 1970–1972 tell the story), then into Snafu (1973–1975) where the groove got funkier and the guitar got meaner without losing its human pulse. By 1977–1978 he’s right there on David Coverdale’s solo run (White Snake and Northwinds), and when Whitesnake properly unfurls in 1978, the slide work becomes part of the band’s DNA—blue-collar riffing with enough grit to sand down the shiny bits of hard rock. Later chapters keep him busy and stubbornly alive in the scene: The Snakes (formed 1997) and, decades on, Snakecharmer (2011–2015), because some players don’t “retire”—they just keep turning up with a guitar case and a look that says, “Yeah, this’ll do.”
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Simon Phillips – drums
Power and finesse in controlled bursts.
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Simon Phillips contributes drums that add weight and authority where needed. I hear his style in the more forceful passages, where clarity and impact matter most. His precise technique complements the album’s layered production, reinforcing key moments without overwhelming them, and giving certain tracks a harder, more physical edge. That power and control come from a career spent performing with artists and bands like Deep Purple, Nazareth, Michael Schenker Group, Jon Lord, Mike Oldfield, Peter Gabriel, Pete Townshend, and many others.
- De Lisle Harper - bass, percussion, vocals
- Tim Hinkley - organ, percussion, vocals
- Ron Aspery - saxophone, flute
- Roger Glover - bass, percussion, melodica, vocals, production
- Roger Glover – Bass, Producer, Songwriter
If the groove feels like a tank with manners, his name is usually somewhere nearby. Read more... Roger Glover is one of those credit lines I trust on sight: a Welsh bassist, producer, and songwriter who helped define the heavyweight “engine room” of classic hard rock. I mainly tag him to two eras that just refuse to die: Deep Purple (1969–1973, 1984–present), where his bass and writing instincts locked in with that Mark II bite, and Rainbow (1979–1984), where he wasn’t just playing low-end—he was also steering the sound as lyricist and producer. He came up through Episode Six, then spent the 1970s stacking production work and side projects like it was a second career (because, yeah, it basically was), but those Purple and Rainbow years are the real “mythology in the liner notes” stuff.
- Liza Strike - backing vocals
- Helen Chappelle - backing vocals
- Barry St. John - backing vocals
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