Doogie White (born 7 March 1960, Motherwell), is a Scottish rock vocalist, who has sung for Sack Trick, Midnight Blue, Praying Mantis, Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and Cornerstone.

Early life and career

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.

Ritchie Blackmore

After a demo tape was forwarded to Ritchie’s management a few years earlier it sat in a box for a few years until Candice Night discovered it and presented it to Ritchie Blackmore when he was looking for singers to audition for Rainbow. Consequently, 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.

To indicate how quick his fortunes had changed in the year since meeting Blackmore, when Rainbow played the Labbatt's Apollo in Hammersmith, London in November 1995, he joked with the audience that the last time he was at the venue only a few years before, he was selling hotdog's in the lobby.

Just before the Rainbow job Doogie had been busy laying down tracks with Cozy Powell and Neil Murray for a solo Powell project.

After Blackmore

After the end of the Rainbow in 1996, he then 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 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.

In 2005, Doogie fronted another Malmsteen opus, entitled ‘Unleash The Fury’. In this year, he also recorded an album with guitarist Bill Liesegang under the Liesegang/White moniker. He also 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.

In 2007, the fourth Cornerstone album, ‘Two Tales Of One Tomorrow’ was released. Later the same year, Doogie replaced Tony Martin as the frontman of the German band Empire. Empire released their fourth album ‘Chasing Shadows’ in November, with Doogie handling all vocal duties.

On 26 February 2008, Doogie announced on his website that he would no longer be a member of Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force.

On 20 December 2008, Doogie was announced to be the new singer for NWOBHM band Tank.

In 2009, Doogie is performing with La Paz again, as well as Tank. He also record the vocals for an english version of the latest album of Argentinian rockers Rata Blanca..

Doogie continues to work on a solo album.

Partial discography

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
• Gary Hughes: Once and Future King Part II / 2003 / Frontiers Records
• 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
• Cornerstone: Two Tales Of One Tomorrow / 2007 / Massacre Records #CD0544
• Takayoshi Ohmura: Emotions in Motion/ 2007/ Tricycle TNCH-28/ Japan
• Empire: Chasing Shadows / 2007 / Metal Heaven #00043
• Rata Blanca: The Forgotten Kingdom / 2009

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]
• Guitar Gods - Ritchie Blackmore(DVD) / 2008 / [interview with Doogie]

References

External links

• doogiewhite.com
• Doogie White on MySpace
• LaPaz