Message
From David Coverdale "Ladies
and Gentlemen...Boys and Girls...It gives me the greatest pleasure...OOO-ER!!!...to
present the new members of Whitesnake... Cue the music!!! ...Doug Aldrich...
Guitar/Vocals... (Dio...Lion...Burning Rain) ...Reb Beach... Guitar/Vocals...
(Alice Cooper... Dokken...Winger)... Timothy Drury... Keyboards/Vocals...
(Eagles...Don Henley)... Marco Mendoza... Bass/Vocals... (Ted Nugent...
Thin Lizzy... Blue Murder...)... and wait... for... it... Please...
put yer hands together... on drums... the Mr. Tommy Aldridge!!! ...YEAH!!!...
(Whitesnake...Ozzy Osbourne...Thin Lizzy)... and, of course... yours
truly... DC on vocals... (...er...Whitesnake... Deep Purple... Coverdale
Page...) ...Well... I thank you for Your support through all this...
and I am sorry to have kept You All in suspenders... but... as most
of You are aware, 'Teasing' is my middle name, (is it not, Mother???)
...I personally couldn't ask for a more charming bunch 'o' exceptional
players/singers... and genuinely NICE people, with whom I will be honoured
to perform an agreeable assortment of Whitesnake music All Over This
Wonderful World of ours... Rehearsals will commence on January 2nd 2003,
10:00am... prompt, in LA, California... and the 'mmm...Nice Package
Tour' ...will begin in Jacksonville, Florida on January 29th, 2003...
Whitesnake will be co-headlining with the Very Excellent Scorpions...
and will be very special guested by the Fab Dokken... I repeat...mmm...
'NICE PACKAGE' tour!!!... More tour details will be forthcoming...so...
Be There... Or Be Square, Baby!!!... Merry Christmas to You and Yours...
(singing)... "...I'm dreaming of a Whitesssnake Christmas..." ...love
and LIGHT... DC... PS... This tour will be sponsored by PEACE...LOVE...LIGHT
and JOY!!!..." Let the trumpets sound... Let the Angels sing... YEAH,
BABY!!!" |