David Coverdale announces his retirement

David Coverdale announces his retirement

ByJohn

The 74 year old David Coverdaleformer frontman of Whitesnake And Deep Purpleannounced his retirement with a video on YouTube. “After over 50 years of an incredible journey with you, with Deep Purple, with Whitesnake, Jimmy Page. Over the last few years it has become clear to me that the time has come to hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and my skinny jeans. It’s time to say enough is enough. I love you with all my heart. I thank everyone who has helped and supported me on this incredible journey: all the musicians, the crew, the fans, the family. It’s amazing. But it’s really time for me to enjoy my retirement, and I hope you can appreciate it.”

The short announcement was followed by a video with the highlights of his career, to the tune of the song by
Whitesnake
,
“Do Thee Well”
.

When the singer
Ian Gillan
left i
Deep Purple
Coverdale auditioned to replace him and got the role in 1973. He remained until 1976, when the band broke up. After a brief solo career, Coverdale formed i
Whitesnake
in 1978 with the guitarists
Bernie Marsden
And
Micky Moody
the bass player
Neil Murray
the drummer
Dave Dowie
and the keyboard player
Brian Johnston
.

John
John

With an untamed passion and deep, eclectic knowledge of music, John is the soul of RadioWise UK. Having worked in the music industry for over two decades, his vision was to create a platform that embodies the love and respect for music. John is known for his great attention to detail and insatiable thirst for discovering new talents and music genres.