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Coverdale inteviewed in Norway
As the Whitesnake’s 2009 tour kicked off in Norway, the local public broadcaster NRK has published an interview they did with David Coverdale:
OSE: On our weekly radio show «Radio Rock», the one song by Deep Purple people want to hear over and over again, is «Soldier Of Fortune».
COVERDALE: Yeah, there’s an interesting story to that song. Ritchie and I really enjoyed the song. But the musicians in Deep Purple were very reluctant. They didn’t buy the song at all. So Ritchie and I made a demo to present the idea. With just the two of us standing there, performing the song, they didn’t get it. So we made a demo, and they went: «Oh, OK. Let’s do it.» But that was something that was very difficult for Ritchie. He said: «That’s the last time we’re ever gonna do anything like that». And I think that was the big seed of him wanting to leave. I love the song, and it’s another one that’s developed a life of its own.
Read the interview at NRK.no.
Thanks to Roy Hilmar Svendsen for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Yeah guys, thats our Ritchie who we know him …
He doesn’t like any bullshit and if it’s even so happend,
then he is the allways known “incalculable mystic man in
black” who gaves his wayward honor his special reputation.
A very short time after that, he kick ass DEEP PURPLE to
make his own Rainbow thing … we know …
I remember his son Jürgen Blackmore tells a story about a
studio session with the MARK II lineup.
Everyone of the Purple-guys wanted to have more output,
because no one of this individual guys can hear enough his
own instrument … !!??
If I had read this, I’m wondering about the success of the
BAND Deep Purple over this many years.
But – I enjoy it all the time – especially RITCHIE and his
own music (incl. today with his excellent guitar work at/with
Blackmore’s Night).
-kraatzy-
May 27th, 2009 at 01:18I personally rate Soldier of Fortune above ie. Mistreated,
just because it’s so goddamn emotional(eerie even),
beautifully composed/played/sunged piece of brilliance.
Yep.
June 1st, 2009 at 20:30hi,
great interview..
I’ve forgotten how to post new posts/topic, but anyways
coverdale was interviewed whilst here in sweden.
it was a 12 min long interview without subtitles.. here’s the url for it:
http://svtplay.se/v/1577581/vasterbottensnytt/se_en_lang_intervju_med_whitesnakes_coverdale?cb,a1366518,1,f,104714/pb,a1366516,1,f,104714/pl,v,,1577575/sb,k104714,3,f,104714
they’ll remove it soon I believe
June 2nd, 2009 at 18:53I adore this song by fav deep purple song i wish Whitesnake would do the whole thing live and not just acapello
June 26th, 2009 at 12:48