Whitesnake's New Bassist

[uwe]

Yes, and for not realizing and valuing that, I believe that David Coverdale is just not very deep (no pun intended).

[Basvarken]

Did you know he studied graphic design before he became a professional bass player?
And he owned a (lo-z) Les Paul Bass in the early seventies.

So he must be a great guy

[uwe]

 

Thank God he wasn't also Dutch, two things in common is bad enough!

 


This is a great interview with him, really in depth and not just bass playing and bands either:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/neil-murray-whitesnake-black-sabbath-bassist-1211886/

And the most telling part about DC is this here, kind of heart-wrenching:

"When’s the last time you spoke with David Coverdale?

Probably a few months ago. I didn’t speak to him for many, many years. I went to see Whitesnake a few times when I wasn’t in the band. And he’d even say onstage, “Oh, I hear Neil Murray is in the audience. I hope he’s going to come backstage afterwards.” And I wouldn’t do that simply because there would be such a difference between their level of success and what I was doing at the time, which would be virtually nothing or something very obscure. I’d just be very uncomfortable.

But we’ve had a few conversations. We aren’t really on the same wavelength anymore, I’d say. He’s lived in America since 1985. He’s been married to two different American women. The whole success in terms of the post-1987–and-onwards career has been so focused on that style of music. Even though he has great affection and nostalgia for the earlier albums, he doesn’t ever try to play that style of rock anymore.

I don’t know. If someone is a multi-millionaire, and I’m the opposite, no matter who they are, whether you know them or worked with them or whatever, there’s such a huge gulf between your lifestyles that it’s kind of hard to get on the same page.

I get on fine with him, but it’s very much on his terms. If you read interviews with him, you don’t really get to the heart of David. It’s very much, “Here’s the same quotes and stories I’ve told everybody else.” I don’t know him well enough now to get beyond that. He’s had more contact with Bernie (Marsden) over the years because of the huge success of “Here I Go Again.” It keeps getting reused for movies and adverts and whatever. They’ve both done extremely well out of that song.

The thing is, if that song sells a few more Whitesnake albums and I’m going to make a little bit of money from it, that’s great. But I haven’t been with any bands where I’ve really had the sort of payday that some of the guys in the band have had. It’s partly just timing. I was with Sabbath where nobody was particularly interested."

[Basvarken]

Thank God he wasn't also Dutch, two things in common is bad enough!
 

Neil Murray seems like a down to earth and honest kind of guy.
Not the same blood group as Coverdale for sure.

Great interview, nice read.