I always find this "guy" underrated. Maximum respect: he joins the Purple (one of the top three most important and famous bands in 1973) as a nobody and an "amateur" singer, and immediately finds himself touring alongside legends. Furthermore, he joins with Glenn Hughes (who was supposed to take on the dual role from the very first discussions); Glenn has natural talent to spare, but he brings out soul and guts, and before long, he takes over not only the vast majority of the singing but also becomes the author or co-author of most songs. As I said, he doesn’t have a voice technically on par with others (especially in terms of range), but damn, he has a blues soul that is hard to match. And then he’s the classic macho frontman who’s tough enough. The masterpiece "Mistreated" is his "masterpiece"; listen to it sung by RJ Dio... brilliant, technically superior, but let’s not kid ourselves, that’s a song only he sings with the suffering, the raspy tone, and perfect blues! And he’s a good person, which is always a plus. Ah, I almost forgot about the first live of his Whitesnake, stunning! Great Dave!
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