WHITESNAKE: ABSENCE OF THE LORD
Detroit has special meaning for singer David Coverdale. "It’s the first place I ever played in America with Deep Purple. A great fucking town! I think I saw a few children of mine out there tonight. And I haven’t seen that Boy Howdy thing in years!”
WHITESNAKE: ABSENCE OF THE LORD
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Detroit has special meaning for singer David Coverdale. "It’s the first place I ever played in America with Deep Purple. A great fucking town! I think I saw a few children of mine out there tonight. And I haven’t seen that Boy Howdy thing in years!”
We talked to Coverdale after the show, a show that featured sing-a-longs, hello Detroits, state-of-the-art mike stand juggling, the Uzi rattatat drumming of Cozy Powell, a truly ethereal guitar solo by John Sykes—who later said half his effects had gone out in the middle—and a lot of good feeling.
The audience participation?
“It’s so important to me,” says Coverdale. “You see, when I was with Purple I never met any of the people who were actually buying the records. I was wrapped in fucking security blankets...all I met was the heads of record companies and or that particular song meant to somebody. One of the most magnificent things I’ve ever experienced is really sharing a song with 10,000 people.”