Walking in the Shadow of the Blues

In Walking in the Shadow of
the Blues: The Whitesnake Story—the first ever full biography of the
band—top music writer Martin Popoff tells the tale of rock legend David
Coverdale, from his Deep Purple roots to the two distinct incarnations of his
mega-popular creation.

Whitesnake
began life as a UK-based blues rock outfit, until the lad from England’s chilly
east coast transported the act to America’s sunny west coast in search of fame,
fortune, big videos and even bigger hair. Coverdale found them all, and 1987’s
self-titled album went eight times platinum in the US alone before the band’s
bright star waned in the face of grimy grunge.

In this book—Popoff
conducted 30 interviews of major characters, including Coverdale himself, to
piece together the band’s roller-coaster history. He follows their story
through the hirings and firings, the splits and reunions and the image changes
which have enabled Coverdale, through his Whitesnake vehicle, to position
himself firmly within the pantheon of hard rock greats.

If you’ve
rocked out to anthems like “Here I Go Again,” “Fool For Your Loving,” “Still Of
The Night” or “Slow An’ Easy,” this is essential reading.

Yes, for the
job at hand, Popoff interviewed (and many of them multiple times), David
Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Micky Moody, Adrian Vandenberg, Steve
Vai, John Kalodner, Doug Aldrich, Keith Olsen, Ian Paice and many others, to
deliver his usual album by chapter, with every song touched upon. So, what are
you waiting for… Come An’ Get It!

Author Biography

At approximately 7900 (with over 7000 appearing in his books), Martin has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned 75 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. He was Editor in Chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, Canada’s foremost heavy metal publication in print for fourteen years, and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com and hardradio.com. Martin has been a regular contractor to Banger Films, having worked on the award-winning documentary Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, the eleven-episode Metal Evolution, and the ten-episode Rock Icons, both for VH1 Classic. Martin currently resides in Toronto and can be reached through martinp@inforamp.net or martinpopoff.com.