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Doogie White
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Doogie White (born March 7, 1947[1], Motherwell), is a Scottish rock vocalist, who has sung for Sack Trick, Midnight Blue, Praying Mantis, Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and Cornerstone.
Doogie formed La Paz in 1984, playing around Scotland for four years, before in 1988 joining melodic rock combo Midnight Blue, cutting one eponymous LP of AOR (released on Zero records exclusively in Japan.)
A trip to Japan in 1991 singing with Praying Mantis in a NWOBHM revival tour followed.
After a demo tape was forwarded to Ritchie’s management a few years earlier White was asked to audition for Rainbow, subsequently joining the band in 1994. He had also auditioned for metal band Pink Cream 69 and Iron Maiden, only losing out to Wolfsbane’s Blaze Bayley.
Just before the Rainbow job Doogie had been busy laying down tracks with Cozy Powell and Neil Murray for a solo Powell project.
After Rainbow folded Doogie 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. Doogie also guested on Nikolo Kotzev’s conceptual ‘Nostradamus’ 2001 release.
A contribution to Royal Hunt bassist Steen Morgensen’s excellent solo project ‘Arrival’ (under the moniker Cornerstone) was released in late 2000. A further series of albums were produced this time with Doogie’s creative input.
Doogie also joined Yngwie Malmsteen's band, touring through South America in late 2001, while 'Attack' -released in late 2002- was Doogie'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.
Doogie has recently fronted another Malmsteen opus, and 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 features a live airing of ‘Tarot Woman’ as well as other Rainbow tracks.
Doogie is working on his own album at present.
CDs:
- 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: Attack!! / 2002 / Steamhammer SPV #085-74602
- Cornerstone: Human stain / 2002 / Massacre Records #CD0310
- Cornerstone: Once upon our yesterdays / 2003 / Massacre Records #CD0374
- Takayoshi Ohmura: Nowhere to go / 2004 / Yamaha Music, Japan #YCCY-50001
- Liesegang / White: Visual surveillance of extremities / 2005 / Escape Music #ESM112
- Yngwie Malmsteen: Unleash the fury / 2005 /Universal #UICE 1078
- Cornerstone: In Concert (2 CDs) / 2005 / Massacre Records #CD0484
DVDs:
- White Noise: In the hall of the mountain king / 2004 / Classic rock #CRP1790 [Mostly Autumn plays Rainbow]
- M 3: Rough an’ ready / 2005 / Classic pictures #8052X [Whitesnake Members play Whitesnake]
- Rainbow: The ultimate review (3 DVDs) / 2005 / Classic rock #CRP1916 [with stunning statements of Doogie]
- Official website
- http://www.yngwiemalmsteen.org
- http://cornerstonemusic.dk
- http://classicwhitesnake.com