Austin Welcomes Whitesnake To ACL - Live

On Sunday, August 9, 2015 a packed house of fans proved that Classic Rock and Roll is still alive and well and appreciated here in the "Live Music Capital of the World," Austin, Texas, when Whitesnake took to the stage at ACL - Live at the Moody Theater . Whitesnake is on The Purple Tour in support of their 12th studio album, The Purple Album, featuring re-imagined songs from lead singer, David Coverdale's time with Deep Purple. This was Whitesnake's 44th stop on the 48 city U.S. tour before traveling to Japan and Europe later this year.

Whitesnake at ACL - Live at the Moody Theater

Whitesnake features lead singer and founding member, David Coverdale. After playing with several small, local bands in England, Coverdale joined Deep Purple in late 1973, singing lead vocals and helping to write many of the tracks included on the Burn and Stormbringer albums until March 1976 when he embarked on a solo career. In 1978, Coverdale formed the successful hard rock band Whitesnake.

David Coverdale of Whitesnake

David Coverdale

During the band's 37 years of recording and performing, Whitesnake has seen a fair amount of musicians come and go, but the guys performing together on the ACL - Live stage on Sunday night played like they have been together forever. Working with Coverdale, were five other extremely talented and very experienced musicians.

Joel Hoekstra, Michael Devin, and Reb Beach of Whitesnake

Rocking the front of the stage with Coverdale were two guitarists any band would be lucky to have: Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra. Before joining Whitesnake in 2002, Reb Beach worked with Winger, Alice Cooper and Dokken, to name a few. Guitarist and vocalist, Joel Hoekstra toured with Nightranger and was a guitarist in the Broadway musical, "Rock of Ages." This past Christmas season, we saw Hoekstra rocking the stage with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Not to be out-done by his bandmates, Bassist Michael Devin, formerly of Lynch Mob, added a great power and energy to the show.

Reb Beach of Whitesnake

Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake

Michael Devin of Whitesnake

Since first joining the band in 2002, Drummer Tommy Aldridge has left and then returned to the band multiple times, the latest in 2013. Over the years, Aldridge has worked with many greats including Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Thin Lizzy, and Ozzy Osbourne. For a 65-year-old man, this guy didn't miss a lick on those drums and is better than most drummers half his age. The newest band member, keyboardist and backup vocalist, Michele Luppi from Italy, joined the band this year. His resume includes Secret Sphere, Killing Touch, and Vision Devine.

Whitesnake

With Whitesnake playing a mixture of tracks from The Purple Album and some of the hits from their eleven previous studio albums, the audience had ample occasions to sing as well as rock along with the band. Fans of Whitesnake had plenty to love about this show: awe-inspiring guitar solos, non-stop rocking drums beats, powerful vocals, and the ever popular wildly-flying rocker hair. If you love good old classic rock and roll,  take a chance and experience Whitesnake live on this tour. You won't be disappointed.

For album and tour info: http://www.whitesnake.com/

David Coverdale

Michael Devin

Reb Beach

Joel Hoekstra

Setlist:
Burn - DP cover
Slide It In
Love Ain't No Stranger
The Gypsy - DP cover
Give Me All Your Love
You Keep On Moving - DP cover
Forevermore
Guitar solos - Reb Beach Joel Hoekstra
Mistreated - DP cover
You Fool No One - DP cover
Drum solo - Tommy Aldridge
Is This Love
Bad Boys
Here I Go Again

Encore:
Still Of The Night