Post by Pina on Jul 5, 2003 21:48:13 GMT
PART 4:
Bob: There you go, Charles. Thank you for calling us tonight. He got past the nervousness and did a good job there. We’ll talk to Stella now in Joplin, Missouri. What’s up, Stella?
Stella: Hello. Can you hear me?
Bob: Yes, we can both hear you.
David: I can feel you, Stella. We can feel you.
Bob: (laughs)
Stella: OK. I have a question for you David. How did you come up with the… with the… I’m so nervous I can’t remember my question. That’s terrible.
David: Oh, that’s ok sweetie. It’s nice to hear you.
Stella: Do you have new band members?
David: Yes, Tommy Aldridge. You’ll remember him from the ’87 and ’90 tours. He’s back with me on drums. On bass, is the Rudolph Valentino of rock, the sexiest man on three legs, Marco Mendoza. On keyboards is Timothy Drury. On guitar, Reb Beach, and the other guitar, Doug Aldrich. It’s a fine, fine band. It’s the United Snakes of America!
Bob: (laughs) You have an Aldridge and an Aldrich. Boy!
David: I know! You try announcing them after a couple of cocktails!
Bob: Yeah, I don’t think I want to do that at all! (laughs) We’ll take a time out. We’ll let you talk with David Coverdale, and the encore question is coming up. And more of your phone calls too (…) Rockline!
(go to commercials… fade out with “Slide It In”)
Bob: Welcome back to Rockline. I’m Bob Coburn. We’re with David Coverdale of Whitesnake fame. (…) Time now for the Rockline encore question, left by one Jackson Brown.
Jackson: Yeah, David, hi. This is Jackson Brown. I’m just wondering if you’ve ever done any benefits. And if not, why? Or if you have, which ideas or causes you may have lent your talents to in the past?
Bob: There you go.
David: Well, I do contribute to a lot of environmental aspects. But I have never been asked, for some reason. I don’t know whether it’s the cache that comes with the hard rock identity, but it’s interesting to me that I have never been asked by any of those Farm Aids, Live Aids, Gatorades, or whatever. It’s always been a disappointment to me.
Bob: (laughs) Now appearing at Gatorade… it’s David Coverdale. (laughs)
David: So, yeah, so, whatever those things, throw them at me, baby. Invite me.
Bob: If the right thing presented itself, would you?
David: Oh, precisely! Absolutely!
Bob: Good. Good. Good to know. Let’s hit the phones again here. We’ll talk to Christa this time around in Savannah, Georgia. Christa, you’re on Rockline with David Coverdale.
Christa: Hi!
David: Hello, Christa. How are you?
Christa: All right. How are you doing?
David: I’m doing very well. Thank you.
Christa: (laughs) OK. What have you found that has maybe changed the most since you last toured the States 11 years ago?
David: Yeah, it’s the underwear.
Bob: (laughs)
David: For about 12 years I’ve had the happily-married-daddy underwear and now I’ve got to slip into something distinctly more uncomfortable.
Bob: (laughs)
David: You can’t wear those pants on stage, baby, with happily-married-daddy underwear, I’ve gotta tell you.
Bob: (laughs) No, no, that doesn’t work. (laughs) So you’re gonna opt for the underwear, huh? (laughs)
David: As my wife leaves the studio…<br>
Bob: (laughs) Now, what is your wife up to? Is she involved in any literary projects right now? What’s going on?
David: Yes. Hopefully, it’s going to be released in February, a book that’s called “Food that Rocks”. It’s a collection of recipes from the hottest kitchens in contemporary music.
Bob: I’d be ready for that right now. I could go home and prepare something after the show this evening. Christa, thanks for calling. Thanks for being part of the show tonight. Nelson from Farmington, New Mexico, your turn to speak with David Coverdale on Rockline. Welcome.
Nelson: I think you’re cool. I think you’re the king of cool, man.
David: Thank you, Nelson.
Nelson: This is a loaded question, but, would you consider doing another project with Jimmy Page? Do you still keep in contact with him? What do you think of the latest “How the West Was Won” CD release?
David: Well actually, I got into trouble last night, Nelson, to be honest. My wife came down and busted me for playing the DVD far too loud. Apparently, I woke up the house. I felt like a teenager at 51. It was pretty good, actually, getting busted by the old girl, and in trouble. Pagey came down to see me in the UK about 4 weeks, 5 weeks ago, in a place called Brighton. He looks fantastic. He was just starting out the promotion trip for the “How the West Was Won” project. He looks great. I love Pagey, yeah. I wouldn’t close any doors to working with him again.
Bob: He was on the show recently, obviously promoting the triple CD and DVD.
David: Oh yeah. Didn’t he look great? He looked really refreshed, didn’t he?
Bob: He looks phenomenal. He looks 15 years younger.
David: Yeah. I thought he looked about 15! (laughs)
Bob: (laughs) He looks great. He’s got all his hair. He’s trim. He’s fit. He’s smiling. He’s happy. And he’s really enjoying talking about Led Zeppelin again. It’s really great to see.
David: I know. It was lovely. And I saw that. I was watching the first disc until I got bollocked last night. (laughs) They were live at the Royal Albert Hall. I was really enjoying it man, it was so cool, so cool.
Bob: When was the last time someone entered a room where you were sitting and said, “Turn that stuff down?” (laughs)
David: Oh, geez. I was about 9! (laughs) But I mean, to be 51 years old and to be David Coverdale and be told to turn it down. It was great. (laughs)
Bob: Fly on the wall for that one. Thanks for sharing. We’ll talk to Rusty in Nacogdoches, Texas. Welcome to Rockline, Rusty.
Bob: There you go, Charles. Thank you for calling us tonight. He got past the nervousness and did a good job there. We’ll talk to Stella now in Joplin, Missouri. What’s up, Stella?
Stella: Hello. Can you hear me?
Bob: Yes, we can both hear you.
David: I can feel you, Stella. We can feel you.
Bob: (laughs)
Stella: OK. I have a question for you David. How did you come up with the… with the… I’m so nervous I can’t remember my question. That’s terrible.
David: Oh, that’s ok sweetie. It’s nice to hear you.
Stella: Do you have new band members?
David: Yes, Tommy Aldridge. You’ll remember him from the ’87 and ’90 tours. He’s back with me on drums. On bass, is the Rudolph Valentino of rock, the sexiest man on three legs, Marco Mendoza. On keyboards is Timothy Drury. On guitar, Reb Beach, and the other guitar, Doug Aldrich. It’s a fine, fine band. It’s the United Snakes of America!
Bob: (laughs) You have an Aldridge and an Aldrich. Boy!
David: I know! You try announcing them after a couple of cocktails!
Bob: Yeah, I don’t think I want to do that at all! (laughs) We’ll take a time out. We’ll let you talk with David Coverdale, and the encore question is coming up. And more of your phone calls too (…) Rockline!
(go to commercials… fade out with “Slide It In”)
Bob: Welcome back to Rockline. I’m Bob Coburn. We’re with David Coverdale of Whitesnake fame. (…) Time now for the Rockline encore question, left by one Jackson Brown.
Jackson: Yeah, David, hi. This is Jackson Brown. I’m just wondering if you’ve ever done any benefits. And if not, why? Or if you have, which ideas or causes you may have lent your talents to in the past?
Bob: There you go.
David: Well, I do contribute to a lot of environmental aspects. But I have never been asked, for some reason. I don’t know whether it’s the cache that comes with the hard rock identity, but it’s interesting to me that I have never been asked by any of those Farm Aids, Live Aids, Gatorades, or whatever. It’s always been a disappointment to me.
Bob: (laughs) Now appearing at Gatorade… it’s David Coverdale. (laughs)
David: So, yeah, so, whatever those things, throw them at me, baby. Invite me.
Bob: If the right thing presented itself, would you?
David: Oh, precisely! Absolutely!
Bob: Good. Good. Good to know. Let’s hit the phones again here. We’ll talk to Christa this time around in Savannah, Georgia. Christa, you’re on Rockline with David Coverdale.
Christa: Hi!
David: Hello, Christa. How are you?
Christa: All right. How are you doing?
David: I’m doing very well. Thank you.
Christa: (laughs) OK. What have you found that has maybe changed the most since you last toured the States 11 years ago?
David: Yeah, it’s the underwear.
Bob: (laughs)
David: For about 12 years I’ve had the happily-married-daddy underwear and now I’ve got to slip into something distinctly more uncomfortable.
Bob: (laughs)
David: You can’t wear those pants on stage, baby, with happily-married-daddy underwear, I’ve gotta tell you.
Bob: (laughs) No, no, that doesn’t work. (laughs) So you’re gonna opt for the underwear, huh? (laughs)
David: As my wife leaves the studio…<br>
Bob: (laughs) Now, what is your wife up to? Is she involved in any literary projects right now? What’s going on?
David: Yes. Hopefully, it’s going to be released in February, a book that’s called “Food that Rocks”. It’s a collection of recipes from the hottest kitchens in contemporary music.
Bob: I’d be ready for that right now. I could go home and prepare something after the show this evening. Christa, thanks for calling. Thanks for being part of the show tonight. Nelson from Farmington, New Mexico, your turn to speak with David Coverdale on Rockline. Welcome.
Nelson: I think you’re cool. I think you’re the king of cool, man.
David: Thank you, Nelson.
Nelson: This is a loaded question, but, would you consider doing another project with Jimmy Page? Do you still keep in contact with him? What do you think of the latest “How the West Was Won” CD release?
David: Well actually, I got into trouble last night, Nelson, to be honest. My wife came down and busted me for playing the DVD far too loud. Apparently, I woke up the house. I felt like a teenager at 51. It was pretty good, actually, getting busted by the old girl, and in trouble. Pagey came down to see me in the UK about 4 weeks, 5 weeks ago, in a place called Brighton. He looks fantastic. He was just starting out the promotion trip for the “How the West Was Won” project. He looks great. I love Pagey, yeah. I wouldn’t close any doors to working with him again.
Bob: He was on the show recently, obviously promoting the triple CD and DVD.
David: Oh yeah. Didn’t he look great? He looked really refreshed, didn’t he?
Bob: He looks phenomenal. He looks 15 years younger.
David: Yeah. I thought he looked about 15! (laughs)
Bob: (laughs) He looks great. He’s got all his hair. He’s trim. He’s fit. He’s smiling. He’s happy. And he’s really enjoying talking about Led Zeppelin again. It’s really great to see.
David: I know. It was lovely. And I saw that. I was watching the first disc until I got bollocked last night. (laughs) They were live at the Royal Albert Hall. I was really enjoying it man, it was so cool, so cool.
Bob: When was the last time someone entered a room where you were sitting and said, “Turn that stuff down?” (laughs)
David: Oh, geez. I was about 9! (laughs) But I mean, to be 51 years old and to be David Coverdale and be told to turn it down. It was great. (laughs)
Bob: Fly on the wall for that one. Thanks for sharing. We’ll talk to Rusty in Nacogdoches, Texas. Welcome to Rockline, Rusty.