Whitesnake

Artist:  Whitesnake
Origin:  Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

David Coverdale:  Vocals
Bernie Marsden:  Guitar
Micky Moody:  Guitar
Neil Murray:  Bass
David "Duck" Dowie:  Drums
Brian Johnston:  Keyboards (shortly replaced by Peter Solley)

Whitesnake is a British Hard Rock Band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after he left from Deep Purple with his backing band The White Snake Band on his solo album tour White Snake, after 2 solo albums, he decided to formed Whitesnake Band was made up of David Coverdale (Vocals), Bernie Marsden (Guitar), Micky Moody (Guitar), Neil Murray (Bass), David "Duck" Dowie (Drums) and Brian Johnston (Keyboards), Johnston would soon be replaced by Procol Harum Organ Player and Keyboards Pete Solley.  Whitesnake had moved to more commercial Hard Rock Style and four of the band's earliest albums reached to top 10 in The UK Charts and worldwide commercially successful songs: "Here I Go Again", "Still Of The Night", and "Is This Love".  In 1988, Whitesnake was nominated for the Brit Award for The Best British Group and in 2005, Whitesnake was named the 85th Greatest Hard Rock Band of All Time by VH1.

Title:  The Purple Album (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD) (2015)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Frontiers Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  CD:

 1.  Burn   (6:56)
 2.  You Fool No One (Interpolating Itchy Fingers) (6:23)
 3.  Love Child  (4:13)
 4.  Sail Away  (4:54)
 5.  The Gypsy  (5:30)
 6.  Lady Double Dealer  (3:55)
 7.  Mistreated  (7:37)
 8.  Holy Man  (4:41)
 9.  Might Just Take Your Life  (4:15)
10. You Keep On Morning  (5:07)
11. Soldier Of Fortune  (3:19)
12. Lay Down Stay Down  (3:51)
13. Stormbringer  (5:17)

Bonus Tracks:

14. Lady Luck   (3:02)
15. Comin' Home  (4:16)

Disc 2:  DVD:

 1.  Lady Double Dealer (Music Video)
 2.  Sail Away (Music Video)
 3.  Stormbringer (Music Video)
 4.  Soldier Of Fortune (Music Video)
 5.  Purple Album Behind The Scenes  
 6.  Purple Album EPK

Personnel:

David Coverdale:  Lead Vocals
Reb Beach:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Joel Hoekstra:  Guitar, Backing Vocals
Michael Devin:  Bass, Harmonica, Backing Voals
Tommy Aldridge:  Drums, Percussion
Michele Luppi:  Keyboards, Backing Vocals

The Purple Album is the 12th studio album by Whitesnake, was released on April 29, 2015 by Frontiers Records, contains remakes of songs from Deep Purple Band line-up Mark II and Mark IV albums that David Coverdale appeared on, Burn, Stormbringer and Come Taste The Band, is a respectful tribute to Coverdale's former colleague who started him on his musical journey over 40 years ago.