This is the WHITESNAKE week on radio TANGRA MEGA ROCK. The band has just released its 12th record The Purple Album – a set of reimagined takes on material from David Coverdale’s time as Deep Purple frontman.
The follow-up to 2011’s Forevermore came out on May 15 and it’s the band’s first with new guitarist Joel Hoekstra, who replaced Doug Aldrich last year.
WHITESNAKE have launched a video for their version of Stormbringer – view it below.
COVERDALE, who fronted the Mark III and IV versions of PURPLE from 1973 to 1976, says: “It’s a tribute – a homage. It’s a huge thank you from me to DEEP PURPLE for the opportunity I was given over 40 years ago.
“I said to Ritchie Blackmore, ‘You guys set me on an incredible journey that continues today and I couldn’t have asked for better teachers.’ The university of Deep Purple is an extraordinary, amazing school to learn from. We can’t wait to play these songs in concert.”
DISCOGRAPHY:
Trouble (1978)
Lovehunter (1979)
Ready an’ Willing (1980)
Come an’ Get It (1981)
Saints & Sinners (1982)
Slide It In (1984)
Whitesnake (1987)
Slip of the Tongue (1989)
Restless Heart (1997)
Good to Be Bad (2008)
Forevermore (2011)
The Purple Album (2015)