OK, this is interesting. The new Whitesnake album [out in Europe on May 15th, the UK on May 18th and in North America on May 19th] is called The Purple Album and is a re-imagining/covers album of Deep Purple songs from David Coverdale’s time as lead singer.
“It’s not rock ‘n’ roll anymore anyway,’’ he said. “What we used to call rock ‘n’ roll – the original term, defined by DJ Alan Freed – meant to refer to a certain kind of music that Chuck Berry and Little Richard and Elvis [Presley] were playing, and it was distinguishable from ‘popular music’ at that time ...What you have now is a pop music hall of fame, and I don’t care if I’m in the Pop Music Hall of Fame or not’’ Todd on why he's not especially a fan of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame as told to the Plain Dealer
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