David Coverdale Wants To Invite Former Whitesnake Member In Separation Album

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JAKARTA - When appearing in the latest episode of the podcast "Totally 80s" with host Lyndsey Parker, Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale was asked about his future in the music world.

The 72-year-old British-born singer replied that she would never retire as long as she stated no.

"No. I can't retire from music; it's oxygen for me. I have at least three to five years of planned projects. As soon as we finish this, which is planned to celebrate Purple later this year [The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition], we will start working on DVD separations, farewell albums from the last tour [Whitesnake]," said Coverdale.

"And this band is spectacular. I don't know if you saw it, I have a beautiful woman named Tanya O'Callaghan that I got from Steven Adler on bass - an amazingly beautiful and talented woman. Why I've never had a female personnel at Whitesnake before? I'll never know," he continued.

"We have Dino Jelusick, two keyboard players, two guitar players. Tommy Aldridge is equivalent to six drummers. And the place and audience, all of them are very emotional. So I think we have caught him in recordings and videos for people who can't perform in actual shows. This will be a very decisive thing..."

"On last year's British tour, we used large productions. It will be a choice of Whitesnake material from start to finish. That's pretty cool."

Coverdale went on to say that there are also tentative plans for Whitesnake to work on some new music.

"I will immediately talk to my band about the idea of Whitesnake's farewell studio album and invite some former members to participate to make it more complete Adrian [Vandenberg] possible," said David.

"Michael Devin - everyone I admire, and want to see how it goes. But in my opinion, rather than just saying goodbye to this chapter, this is a breakup to many people who have been involved. This may be interesting."

"I have [guitarist] Joel [Hoekstra] who is coming soon and see what music he has there. These people really inspire me. I'm not interested in trying to do it myself. It's a collaborative band problem. I see an overview. I want the best for all of them."