Exclusive: WHITESNAKE - Acoustic Showcase In New York City; Report, Photos Available
April 11, 2008, 16 years ago
As part of an industry-only showcase for the forthcoming Good To Be Bad, WHITESNAKE legend David Coverdale stopped into the Big Apple to promote the excellent new album. Claiming that the reformation is something of a "mission from God" and imploring the assemblage to heed the "gospel of the Snake," comedian turned frontman entertained an intimate gathering at the Cutting Room, in Manhattan, accompanied by guitarist Doug Aldridge. Taking questions between songs, the re-vitalized Snake performed (in order): 'Give Me All Your Love', 'Can You Hear The Wind Blow', 'All I Want , All I Need', 'Lay Down Your Love', 'Fool For Your Lovin', 'Deeper The Love', (great old-school blues of) 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City' ("We need bongos!") and a rousing, audience participation 'Here I Go Again'. Coverdale played the jester, something between Monty Python & Shakespeare, ad-libbing, "Let's do ('All I Want, All I Need') in Renaissance style, in honor of (former DEEP PURPLE cohort) Ritchie Blackmore. Shakespeare DID write Slide It In." Then adding the absence of a drummer, despite a kit being provided, "Thanks for the drummer not showing up. Where the fuck is Carmine (Appice)?"
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