WHITESNAKE - The Real Story Behind "Here I Go Again" (An Audio Documentary) 

That’s me. Just read it. RIP.

@@bobbbobb4663 Yeah I'm here too. Just found out last night searching for music to listen to. RIP Tawny.

Heartbreaking rip beautiful Tawny

I'm here 2024 and always

She was a severely addicted woman

I was 11 and I subscribe to your thoughts.

Pour some sugar on me was another song from the 80’s that really made a mark on music from that era.

@@shannonsmith2642 It made a huge impact on the sales for Hysteria.

@@wolfgang548 it's still hard to believe the drummer was able to play that well w one arm. He was amazing.

Me too

Me too... music sucks these days. I'm always jamming to the older stuff -when bands worked hard playing live to perfect their craft. Take me back please! :)

@@mayrarosa2223 Me 3

Yes, truest statement!

@@5954ldydi I don't even consider the garbage of today as "music". It's just random noises string together. The 80s had GREAT music. There was literally a hit song every month in almost every genre.

Check out John Sykes' Magnum Opus,Blue Murder! The self titled album is an absolute masterpiece where John writes,sings and plays the sht out of the guitar! Carmine Appice on drums and Tony Franklin the fretless wonder on bass. Every song is killer IMO.

I prefer the original version of this song, I think David was being morw honest when he played along with Lord, Marsden, Moody, Murray and Paice!

​@@ankihansen2489Definitely.

Whitesnake would have gone no where without Sykes. That may be a little over harsh, but the album that made Whitesnake blow up was because of Sykes.

Thank you so much!

Totally agree.

100% agree! John Sykes is the total package. An incredible songwriter who can absolutely wail when he sings (just as good or better than Coverdale live imo) and who absolutely destroys the guitar with his own unique style,wide AF vibrato and instantly recognizable tone. Had the first Blue Murder album been released in 1987 it would've blown TF up just like WS1987 did thanks to John's "Wall of Sound". I love Steve Vai and enjoy some of the heavily processed,super slick songs on SOTT,but compared to the stripped down,raw AF & massive John Sykes guitars on Slide it in & WS 1987 it's night and day IMO.

Bernie Marsden is the guy who truly deserves the praise.

uncleelmer thank you so much!!!

I agree. He has an amazingly beautiful voice. So deep but still very melodic.

Paul Dianno no they both complemented each other. Cloverdale has been around too long, he used to be with deep purple. He was here way before she was

I'm not sure that's saying much given that he was pretty much broke according to this account prior to the videos.

George, That's the way the music industry works. 90% of all rockstars, even the "successful" ones are broke.

Isn't there a video? I don't want to listen for 48 minutes, am I missing something here?

Lacy Lynn, No video. Just audio interview. Great to listen to while driving.

He's full of shit, can't take this guy seriously!

Two sides to every story. Coverdale was suffering from a sinus infection while attempting to Record what would become the 'whitesnake' album released as 1987 in US. Sykes was impatient and made the error of saying that they should continue recording with new singer if necessary. Naturally , Coverdale took this as a betrayal and had no compunction about showing Sykes the door. A Great shame how things ended up.

@@adamwarlock5286 Sykes is the total package,has the rock star look,an excellent voice and can absolutely wail on vocals and guitar live! Lol,probably helped him get fired by an obviously threatened Coverdale who absolutely screwed John out of his due on that WS'87 tour and show appearances where even 2 very talented players in Viv & Adrian couldn't hold a candle to John live.

From what I've heard and read, OJ Simpson was banging the hell out of her around this time, how would you like to find out the woman you're dating is screwing around on you?

@@ricpel9975 that’s not true at all, Tawny Kitain had a year long affair with OJ when she was in an open relationship with Robbin Crosby of the band Ratt. She and Robbin met in high school when she was 16 and moved to LA with him. She’s on the first 2 Ratt album covers. This was years before she met David Coverdale.

@@imaretromillenial1990 Robbin Crosby was afraid of OJ, that's why it was an open relationship. He even said in an interview, I'm a good size guy but OJ was used to running over guys bigger than me. I was pretty disappointed to hear him say that. Of course that's not the only reason they were in an open relationship, Robin was in his prime and he had all kinds of beautiful women chasing after him, some just as hot, or hotter than Tawny, but she was hot back then.

@@imaretromillenial1990 I always heard that she was cheating on DC w OJ. I can believe it. She seems like that type.

@@mrsx7944 she went on tour with him/WS for 18 months, so I don’t think so. She and OJ had an affair for a year when Nicole was first pregnant in 1984.

People who I know who has met him, said he's a great guy.

87/88 were great yrs for music.

Totally agree. Coverdale's whole "successful" career stands on that 1987-album.

Brilliant video. Never new so much. Can't believe he gave Marty a pic of him and Tawny 😮 after making him million s from those videos.

Well to be accurate, it was co-written by Marsden-Coverdale

Bernie wrote the second verse.....just another heart in need of rescue etc then left the band ,it wasn’t until Bernie joined them at the Hammersmith odeon for a oncore a few years back that they played here I go again together for the first time A recording is on utube check it out

tarkusuk So you're saying all he wrote was a few words, not even any music? Are you sure?

Gus Flannagan he 100% wrote the second verse ,will find out if he had any other involvement in the song

So DC wrote all the music, lyrics to first verse and chorus. BM just wrote lyrics to 2nd verse. Interesting!

Me too...saw the show at the Spectrum in Philly

They're entertainers... somehow the narcissism surprises you!?!? lol

It's not even narcissism. He doesn't know what "narcissism" is.

Dark Shadow II Not in the slightest mate!😁👍

Al Strange, whatever?

Thank you. Without Coverdales vocals that would've been just another regular rock video. They give her way too much credit imo.

Coverdale wrote the words and Marsden wrote the music

Um, and Coverdale.

She drank like a fish. I was back staged once, and she drank two Bottles of Champagne.

exactly

I just looked it up... number 34 in the UK and number 56 in Australia. Didn't chart anywhere else.

NO, not really. Great song, not #1

Weird that you say early 80s when this song wasnt in rotation until 1987-1988

"Here I Go Again" was first released in 1982.

Ok....you got a man that exudes Sexiness, sex oozes out his pores...then you've got Tawny who like David is drop dead gorgeous/ sexy ...just beautiful !!! My old man who is now my husband, was gaga over Tawny...green eyes, auburn hair, great moves ..Loved her , and I ofcourse appreciate a fine man, like Mr.Coverdale..so of course we weren't the only ones...so yes, egos were gonna explode ..Sandi Page ,thanx you for reading this.💋💜🤗

He had run through all of his money by the time he had lunch with Marty Callner. The 1987 album took at least 2 years to make, and in the meantime he had relocated to LA and there was no touring money coming during this time.

LOOOVE those 2 songs!!!!! To the bone.

I thought that! Hilarious!! Literally the most nasal voice I have EVER heard!!

She and OJ both have egos the size of a small country. Probably why they clicked.

Esoteric Mystery And signed Sonic Youth and Nirvana in the '90s! 😊

She was on Out Of The Cellar. She was doing Robin Crosby. The had dated since HS.

but it had its lows, like incorporating Katie Maloney's (essentially revealing herself a gold digging narcissist groupie) comments towards the end. Like her babble had some actual connection to the subject?

Didn't she get arrested for dui?

@@Luvie1980 driving while on drugs perhaps?

@@Luvie1980 prescription drugs.

@@fireice2999 she was a big drinker and coke sniffer tho.

@@mrsx7944 she didn’t drink alcohol at all, she did coke for 4 months after her second divorce when she was dating some real estate guy. She took prescription meds for anxiety/depression/insomnia.

I agree. She sounds so incredibly self-absorbed and full of herself.

Hi - yes, Kalodner was responsible for getting Sykes in the band. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Micky Moody: “A: "I think right after the Saints & Sinners record. David started listening to a lot of American industry people... especially John David Kalodner from Geffen. This guy was ruthless and I’ll tell you why... he last time that I played with Whitesnake was in October 1983. While, I was playing... I think it was in Hamburg.. John Kalodner was standing at the side of the stage and he was taking notes. I thought that 'this is sinister... this is dark'. By the end of the show, he went straight to David and he showed him the notes... it was obvious that John Kalodner did not think much of me. Here’s a story after that incident... we were at a hotel in Germany... on the same tour... and David was sitting with John Sykes. Without any specific reason, he turned to me and he said: 'Don’t you ever turn your back at the audience during the show'. He said that in front of John Sykes and it was evident that Sykes was really embarrassed. I didn’t say anything, but I remember thinking 'Fuck you'! I am sorry to tell you this, but this is the truth. He had embarrassed me in front of another musician, but David had already decided to bring John Sykes in the band. After the last gig in Belgium, I asked the tour manager to go and get all the members of Whitesnake in my room to announce my decision to leave the band. Everybody came in my room except Coverdale... Cozy - being a truly honest guy - said to me: 'Good decision'! Jon Lord started crying.. cause Jon is always very emotional. A week later, David called me and said, 'Oh, you’re leaving the band...'. That’s the story guys!"

Thank you. I figured that might have been the case. The way he says it in this particular interview (the audio documentary - which I LOVE, by the way) it sounded like, "Hey David, meet John Sykes.He's going to write the new album with you." It's like he skipped the, "he should replace Micky Moody and tour Slide It In...and then write the new record with you." I was familiar with the Micky Moody interview so I had to listen a few times to see if I just missed something. Thank you for your reply! (Man I wish this were a video documentary!!!!)

Randy Willcox thank you Randy!! I️ know, I️ wish I️ could have made a full filmed doc. Totally understand what you mean - unfortunately I️ had to leave out info on the previous Whitesnake regime

It's all good. Great job!

Thank you!

I'm probably in the minority but I much prefer the original version. I still regularly listen to Saints n Sinners.

@@gitaneVYS491R i prefer that version too. notably for jon lord's keyboards.

How was he embarrassed by her?

@@sl4983 Robin Crosby, John Sykes, Tommy Lee etc.etc.

@@sl4983 She was cheating on him.

@@digenesakritas1107 she didn’t date John Sykes. She dated John Taylor of Duran Duran. Robbin Crosby was her high school sweetheart that she dated since she was 16.

@@fireice2999 It was rumored that she had a fling with him! One of the many reasons David and John didn't get along!

I know, it's a horrible nasally twang.

yeah,he took david coverdale to a nose and throat doctor and got his surgery to fix his voice he should have fixed his own while he was at it...definately not easy on the ears

John Kalodner = SuperJew A n R Man.... he's actually one of the hottest shits you'll ever meet IRL lol

Ooooo, pawdon meee - a lil triggered ?

You are pardoned

I always considered "Slide It In" the last real Whitesnake album. It was as good as "Saints and Sinners" in my eyes. After they (re; Coverdale) moved to L.A. and teased his hair and became another mindless hair-metal/poser/sell-out band, they were dead to me. (Don't forget they re-released "Fool for Your Lovin'" again, too. Seems a lot of the creativity left with his "cut-'em-out-of-my-life" people) Letting Murray, Marsden, and Moody go was the worst decision ever made.

Opinions are different. Musically, skills wise, the band on the '87, and even the touring band were better than any incarnation previously.

Yeah i totally agree with you on that one. Unfortunately David was swayed by the American market. But i will always hold high their bluesy years with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. Was really glad when Marsden and Moody brought out solo bluesy stuff of their own in later years. Whitesnake became run of the mill instead of sticking to their roots and being known for their bluesy slide guitar sound.

Ray Mew Big fan of am incarnations of the might Snake. But the top of my list is the 87 import, for us in the states, Slide It In, Good to Be Bad, and Forevermore. Ready an' Willing kicks ass too. Love "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" and "Blind man"

im a whitesnake fan thats in the middle about stuff. Love 1987, but dont like the remake of here i go again, though i love how John Sykes added to Crying In The Rain. Love the early stuff, Neil Murray is definitely a better bassist than Rudy Sarzo, and Ian Paice is probably a better drummer than Aldridge to some extent, it's closer with them though. Anyone thinking Sarzo's better than Murray should listen to Colliseum II and then get back to me. Amazing bassist. I like 1987, but prefer the 1984 lineup to the lineups after the 1987 album. Even if Coverdale was going metal that was the peak of that version of Whitesnake, culminating in the 1987 album and then downhill from there. Slip of the Tongue isn't my cup of tea though, I think Vai is great but not for Whitesnake, and the songs veer too much into AOR territory but definitely not in a good way. Btw, I love Lovehunter, it's my second favorite after 1987, yeah I'm a bitt different in that i like both periods of Whitesnake, except after he fired John Sykes

I understood it as they met while he was making the album. The video came after the album was finished.

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She met him during the making of the album, before the videos. She was dating him when they went to Marty Callner's house. She didn't sit in in the recording of HIGA, but uses the lyrics of the songs to illustrate how one would go about comping vocals, which is also something that happens more in the mixing phase.

The video/single version of "Here I Go Again" was recorded after the "Whitesnake/1987" album was completed and being mastered for release and distribution. Kolodner corralled guitarist Dann Huff and a few other players to re-record a poppier take on the song more that was more likely to become a hit on Top 40 AM radio and MTV. That had to be the session for which Kitaen recalls being present.

I'd been buying Whitesnake albums for years B4 tha album w/ Sykes...when that album came out I thought it was some kind of comeback album they'd already been around so long.

Not only that but during the same summer/fall of '80'81, when I was buying my Whitesnake albums from a local record store, I heard the radio DJ announce that Deep Purple were reuniting to tour again. I freaked out. Didn't know which line up was going to tour. This was highly unexpected news. Whitesnake with Lord and Paice were doing fine. Blackmore with Glover were fine. Ian Gillan was doing alright in the UK. Hughes had fallen off the face of the earth. Would it be some mixture of these two Purple's. All the way up to the day of the show, no press. None. Nothing! Showed up. The opening band was named Myst. Good a good laugh. An 8000 seater music hall was at a feverous pitch. Deep Purple were about to come on stage and people were going nuts like I'd never seen. The band comes out and begins Highway Star. Sounds a bit off. Maybe it's rust, give them some more time. Man, still sounds awful. What's up? Im fact it doesn't sound nor look like Deep Purple. Audience was mad. I though I recognized one Purple member though. Oddly it was Rod Evens, Purple's original singer who sang on Hush, and he, they and It were horrible. They butchered the music. Didn't even sound like the songs. That's hard to do! I remember, "This one's "Might Just Take Your Live." The organ intro was all wrong, the groove awful, It was BAD BAD BAD. A garageband made up of 12 year old musicians with only a month of practice could have given them a run for their money. As weird as it was as I was, and pissed too, I'm still glad I got to see it because I got to see and hear Rod Evans, and I think it helped start Purple's reunion, even if it was just a small part. But it's truly sad that Coverdale and Hughes couldn't get it together with Blackmore before Lord died for the much anticipated MKIII reunion. Yeah, MKII is the more definitive version, but as of now exulding Paice of course, all of the MKIII musicians are better than the MKII musicians. (both Glover and Hughes are great bassists for totally different reasons). MKIII has said in the past that they wanted to make that "Machine Head" heavy MKIII 3rd album that they never got to make. That would have been awesome because Hughes can still sing and play just as well or better than in '73, Coverdale has lost quite a bit but if he stays down in his baritone he sounds fine. Lord is always ready. Blackmore would have gone nuts with that powerful lineup. Especially if Paice would have done it. The other abomination of "Deep Purple" with a few good songs granted, have done nothing interest since Blackmore left. It's really now the Ian Gillan band. That's why I hope Blackmore can finally reach a deal with Coverdale and Hughes, maybe a Wakeman kid on keys and Ian Paice on drums, to show the world just who made Deep Purple. Wouldn't take long that's for sure. There's your story of the day!

zAp Why did Coverdale fire the great musicians that made that record great.