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Postcards From The Edge . . . OF CONNECTICUT!
- More from The Gardow and Ralphie!
Lead up to the Album:
- The last Whitesnake album we reviewed was 1997’s “Restless Heart” which was truly a David Coverdale solo album.
- On Christmas Day in 2002 David Coverdale announced “The Snake Rides Again” on the Whitesnake website.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030201085722/http://www.whitesnake.com/index2002H.html
- Tommy Aldrich
- Marco Mendoza
- Reb Beach
- Doug Aldrich
- Timothy Drury
- This lineup performed live and the live album “Live . . . In The Still of the Night.” Marco Mendoza was replaced with Uriah Duffy who joined them for “Live: In The Shadow of the Blues.”
- Tommy was then replaced by Chris Frazier for the recording of “Good To Be Bad.”
- The band continued to tour starting in 2003 to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.
- Coverdale claimed the tour was “just for fun” and wouldn’t be prolonged, the band started coming up with new material.
Core Band:
- Bass – Uriah Duffy
- http://www.uriahduffy.com/
- Born in Rhode Island.
- Worked with Christina Aguilera both studio and touring, Pat Travers, Carmine Appice.
- Drums – Chris Frazier
- http://chrisfraziermusic.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Frazier
- Toured with Eddie Money, Steve Vai, Tia Carrere, Carole King, and more.
- Guitar – Doug Aldrich
- http://www.dougaldrich.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Aldrich
- Auditioned to replace Ace Frehley in Kiss through Eric Carr’s girlfriend (Carrie Stevens?). Was in the band Lion as well. Was offered a part in Slaughter but turned it down. Was also in Bad Moon Rising and Dio before joining Whitesnake.
- Guitar – Reb Beach
- http://www.rebbeach.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reb_Beach
- Went to Berklee in the 80s.
- Worked with Chaka Khan, The Bee Gees, and Twisted Sister.
- Met Kip Winger and formed the group Winger with Rod Morgenstein of Dixie Dregs fame.
- After Winger disbanded Beach had stints in Alice Cooper and also took over for George Lynch in Dokken.
- He joined Whitesnake after this.
- He has since been involved in Night Ranger, the reformed Winger, and the supergroup The Mob with dUg Pinnick and Kelly Keagy.
- Keyboards – Timothy Drury
- http://www.timothydrury.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Drury
- Has worked in The Mob with Reb Beach, with Stevie Nicks, and The Eagles, and Don Henley.
- Vocals – David Coverdale
Technical:
- Legal – Jeffery Light, Myman, Abell, Fineman, Fox & Light
- Management [Business] – David Weise & Associates
- Mastered By – David Donnelly*
- Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich, Michael McIntyre, The Brutal Brothers
- Michael McIntyre has been working with David Coverdale going back to Coverdale / Page and has been involved in all the recent years’ remasters and re-workings of older Whilesnake materia.
- Refers to Coverdale, Aldrich, and McIntyre. Also known as Los Bros Brutalos
- Technician [Assistant Drums Recorded] – Preston Boebel
- https://www.instagram.com/prestonboebel/
- Was engineer at Clear Lake Recording where this was done.
- Engineer [Drums Recorded] – Mike Tacci
- https://x.com/miketacci
- https://www.facebook.com/mike.tacci
- Worked with Bad English, L.A. Guns, Steve Lukather, McAauley Schenker Group, Lynch Mob, Bullet Boys, and more!
- Executive-Producer – David Coverdale
- Booking – ITB
- Booking [Agent] – Rod MacSween
Album Art & Booklet Review
- Artwork, Design – DC*, Hugh Gilmour
- http://ww.gilmourdesign.co.uk/
- Worked with Nazareth, ELP, Black Sabbath, W.A.S.P., Iron Maiden, and many, many more.
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Album Tracks:
All songs written by David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich
- Best Years
- Can You Hear The Wind Blow
- Call on Me
- All I Want, All I Need
- Good to Be BAd
- All for Love
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