Doogie White

Doogie White
Born	7 March 1960 (1960-03-07) Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Genres	Heavy metal, hard rock, power metal, neo-classical metal
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1984–present
Associated acts	Midnight Blue Rainbow Cornerstone Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force Praying Mantis Rata Blanca Tank Michael Schenker
Website	www.doogiewhite.com

Doogie White (born 7 March 1960, Motherwell), is a Scottish rock vocalist, who has sung for Midnight Blue, Rainbow, Cornerstone, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Praying Mantis and Rata Blanca. He is currently the vocalist for British metal band Tank.

Early life and career

White formed La Paz with guitarist Chic McSherry in 1984, playing around Scotland for four years and releasing two albums on cassette, before in 1988 joining melodic rock combo Midnight Blue, cutting one album (released on Zero Records exclusively in Japan).

A trip to Japan in 1991 singing with Praying Mantis in a NWOBHM revival tour followed.

Rainbow

After a demo tape forwarded to Ritchie Blackmore's management a few years earlier sat in a box for a few years, Candice Night discovered it and presented it to Blackmore when he was looking for singers to audition for Rainbow. Consequently, White was asked to audition for Rainbow, subsequently joining the band in 1994. He had also auditioned for metal bands Pink Cream 69 and Iron Maiden, losing out to Wolfsbane's Blaze Bayley.

To indicate how quickly his fortunes had changed in the year since meeting Blackmore, when Rainbow played the Labbatt's Apollo in Hammersmith, London in November 1995, he joked with the audience that the last time he was at the venue only a few years before, he was selling hotdogs in the lobby.

Just before the Rainbow job, White had been busy laying down tracks with Cozy Powell and Neil Murray for a solo Powell project.

Other professional activities

After the end of the Rainbow in 1997, he then worked with former Midnight Blue guitarist Alex Dickson with the intention of securing a solo deal. Sessions on several tribute releases were next, the Whitesnake tribute Snakebites, and several tracks included on 666 - Number of the Beast a two-volume tribute to Iron Maiden out on Deadline. White also guested on Nikolo Kotzev’s conceptual Nostradamus 2001 release.

A contribution to Royal Hunt bassist Steen Morgensen’s solo project Arrival (under the moniker Cornerstone) was released in late 2000. A further series of albums were produced this time with White’s creative input. White also joined Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, touring through South America in late 2001, while Attack (2002) was White's first studio effort with the Swede.

Once Upon Our Yesterdays was the next Cornerstone album, and a set of dates for the band across Europe marked their live debut. In 2003, White was once again hired by Praying Mantis in order to provide vocals for half of the songs of their album The Journey Goes On.

In 2005, White fronted another Malmsteen opus, entitled Unleash The Fury. In this year, he also recorded an album with guitarist Bill Liesegang under the Liesegang/White moniker. He also put together a part-time band with Mostly Autumn personnel monikered White Noise. A DVD from their support stint in the UK with Uriah Heep featured a live airing of "Tarot Woman" as well as other Rainbow tracks.

In 2007, the fourth Cornerstone album, Two Tales Of One Tomorrow was released. Later the same year, White replaced Tony Martin as the frontman of the German band Empire. Empire released their fourth album Chasing Shadows in November, with White handling all vocal duties. On 26 February 2008, White announced on his website that he would no longer be a member of Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.

On 20 December 2008, White was announced to be the new singer for NWOBHM band Tank. Tank's first album with White as lead singer is entitled War Machine and was released in October 2010. In 2009, White was performing with La Paz again, as well as Tank. He has also recorded the vocals for an English version of the latest album by Argentinian rockers Rata Blanca.

White's professional activities also include working with Jon Lord. He performed with former Deep Purple keyboard player twice, stepping in for Lord's regular singer Steve Balsamo. On 1 September 2009, White sang vocal parts in Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra at the opening night of the Fall Arts Fest in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. On June 23, 2010 he performed with Lord again, this time in Luxembourg during the Classic Rock Night with Big Band Opus 78. On both occasions he sang Jon Lord's songs as well as classic Deep Purple numbers.

In 2010, White participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin’s Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976. The CD included other artists such as HiFi Superstar, Eric Martin, Troy Luccketta, Jeff Pilson, Randy Jackson, Rachel Barton, Rex Carroll, Derek St. Holmes, Kimberley Dahme, and The 77s. A percentage of the proceeds from this project will benefit the Jackson Recovery Centers.

In 2011, White released an album with original material with German Deep Purple tribute band Demon's Eye, entitled The Stranger Within. White released his first solo album, entitled As Yet Untitled in October 2011. He also completed an album of new material and reworked old songs with his first band La Paz. This album will be named Granite and will be released in February 2012.

Partial discography

CDs

• La Paz: Old Habits Die Hard / 1985
• La Paz: The Amy Tapes / 1988
• Midnight Blue: Take the Money and Run / 1994 / Zero #XRCN-1117
• Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Stranger in Us All / 1995 / RCA+BMG #743213033723
• Chain: Eros of Love and Destruction / 1997 / G.A.W.D. Music #007
• Cornerstone: Arrival / 2000 / Massacre Records #CD0266
• Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force: Attack!! / 2002 / Steamhammer SPV #085-74602
• Cornerstone: Human Stain / 2002 / Massacre Records #CD0310
• Cornerstone: Once upon Our Yesterdays / 2003 / Massacre Records #CD0374
• Gary Hughes: Once and Future King Part II / 2003 / Frontiers Records #FRCD 162D
• Praying Mantis: The Journey Goes On / 2003 / Frontiers Records #FRCD 145
• Takayoshi Ohmura: Nowhere to Go / 2004 / Yamaha Music, Japan #YCCY-50001
• Liesegang / White: Visual Surveillance of Extremities / 2005 / Escape Music #ESM112
• Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force: Unleash the Fury / 2005 / Steamhammer SPV #99592
• Cornerstone: In Concert (2 CDs) / 2005 / Massacre Records #CD0484
• Cornerstone: Two Tales of One Tomorrow / 2007 / Massacre Records #CD0544
• Takayoshi Ohmura: Emotions in Motion / 2007 / Tricycle TNCH-28/ Japan
• Empire: Chasing Shadows / 2007 / Metal Heaven #00043
• Rata Blanca: The Forgotten Kingdom / 2009 / Tocka Discos
• Tank: War Machine / 2010 / Metal Mind #MASSCD 1402/1403 DG
• Sebastien: Tears Of White Roses / 2010 / Escape Music Ltd.
• Demon's Eye: The Stranger Within / 2011 / MMS / SM 71001
• Roadway: The EP / 2011 / MadFaDa Music Ltd
• Michael Schenker: Temple of Rock / 2011 / Inakustic Records (Europe), King Records (Japan)
• Doogie White: As Yet Untitled / 2011 / Metal Mind #MASSCD 1449 DG
• Doogie White & La Paz: Granite / 2012 / Metal Mind #MASSCD 1457 DG

DVDs

• White Noise: In The Hall Of The Mountain King / 2004 / Classic rock #CRP1790 [Mostly Autumn playing Rainbow]
• M 3: Rough an’ Ready / 2005 / Classic pictures #8052X [Whitesnake members playing Whitesnake]
• Deep Purple Rock Review 1969-1972 / 2004 / [interview with White]
• Rainbow: The Ultimate Review (3 DVDs) / 2005 / Classic rock #CRP1916 [with statements of White]
• Guitar Gods - Ritchie Blackmore (DVD) / 2008 / [interview with White]

External links

• doogiewhite.com
• Doogie White on MySpace
• LaPaz