Shamefully so and not just for the singing, I do like Coverdale Page. I have tried to fight it, seriously. I prefer it to late 80ies Whitesnake for being more adult, never mind the overdone grandeur of the production. Jimmy Page productions always sound like they were recorded in the mountains of
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dor, lack of sonic clarity does compensate for sloppy playing, you know, not everyone is a Ritchie Blackmore who can risk an unforgiving dry sound.
That bassist must be Babies/Bad English/Ted Nugent/Styx-man Ricky Phillips, he played on the album (just two songs and not the one backed by the above vid) and had long hair = looked the part for the video. Guy Pratt (not looking the part, but a wonderful bassist) only played the short Japanese tour.
http://www.guypratt.com/wp-content/gallery/pictures/Guy-Pratt-and-Jimmy-Page.jpgThe mainstay bassist on the album was Jorge Casas - he did not have long hair and was hence not deemed suitable for the vid by
His Vanity & Superficiality David Coverdale, though he actually played on the track. Pity as he had some really good dance moves (even matching Gloria's!), I believe
most of you should have seen and heard him before in a, say, somewhat more ethnic (and undeniably catchy and butt move-enticing) environment with a P-Bass ...
