Message from Doug
2004
2004.12.30
Resolutions for '05, got one?
I don't know yet....I think I should learn
to spell!
2004.12.24
Merry Xmas
Just thought i'd put this on a new post.
Thanks so much to everybody here.
I wish ya'll a really Happy Christmas to
you and all your family members.
I wish we could celebrate in person, but
its really cool that we still can be together
here.
Right now i am having my first
Rootbeer Jack and I salute you guys!!!
Have a great Xmas......DA
2004.12.05
Back in LA
Hey you guys, Well made it back to LA....
Our trip home was really really long. We
left Glascow to go to Birmingham at about
8am...Our flight was delayed because of fog
in London???? Then we were going to Paris
from Birmingham but we missed our flight
in B-Ham...We caught the next one to Paris
though....
By this point we were already pretty burnt...We
had already traveled like 6 or 7 hours and
two flights.... Next was the long one Paris
to LA...
I was walkin to the gate in Paris and ran
into Eric Singer the drummer from Gary Moore
and Kiss. We talke for a while and then got
on the flight to LA. Everything was cool
with the flight until we landed.
The plane stopped at the end of the runway
and then police cars started rolling up with
the lights on...
Well, they told us that we and all our baggege
including carryon stuff needed to be screened...
They loaded us off the plane and into buses.
We put our carry bags on the ground and left.
It was obvious they were looking for something
and all we could think was that we wouldn't
be home for a while!
Finally, they drove us back out to the plane
and we got our carry on bags back..... By
the way, The only, and I mean the ONLY bag
that was allowed to be taken with us was
my guitar.... I told the police that I couldn't
leave it so he inspected it and gave it back
to me before we got on the bus....
After all this we still had to clear customs
which went good...Then while waiting for
our checked bags we found out what happened.....
Apparently the French airport police had
been doing some security testing with a bag
of exposives in a case that had been lost...
They were real explosives but did not have
a detonation device to set them off....
I guess the test was a failure cause they
never found them and then they thought they
were on our flight!!!
I don't know if they were ever recovered,
but finally, I rolled up to my door after
a long day...
Now I am watching some football on TV and
just starting now to comprehend that the
Europe tour is now history!!! Although my
team is kicking ass and I got a few beers
in me, I still miss the tour....
I made so many new friends on this tour and
met some really amazing people..... I really
feel blessed and so lucky for this.
Thanks to everyone that spent time with us
and saw the shows on this Europe tour...
It has been one of the most fun tours that
any of us have ever done.
I don't know what else to say but thanks
for making this tour so cool....And thanks
for supporting David and all of us.. We did
have some really really killer shows....
I have only been home for a day and i'm ready
to come back!!!!!!
Take care you all....I'll be talking to you
soon..... Doug
2004.11.24
Hey Y'all
Just a quick one cause I gotta go check out
of the hotel....And i'm on dial up so it
is a slow connection.....We are at a nice
place in Hythe Uk and ready to play tonight...Everything
is good here, but just wanted to say hi to
everyone....We are off in Nottingham tommorrow
so i will come back then for sure.....talk
to ya soon....Doug
2004.11.12
Moscow
Hi to everyone......just got back from the
show and it was really a cool night.....but
first i gotta tell you about my day off here
yesterday.....We flew in from Belarus in
the early (early for me) morning. It was
band and crew on the same flight so that
is always interesting. I got a bunch of cool
photos of the guys but how do I post them
on here????
Anyway, I missed breakfast and by the time
we got to the Moscow hotel, I was seriously
hungry!....In this situation,,,,,i always
say to the guys,
" I could really go for two chicken
enchiladas, rice and beans from Casa Vega"
Everybody always says yea cool.....But after
checking in....My guitar tech Rudy said,
hey i'm gonna go eat...I say, yea me too,
but what are you gonna have?....He says,
well I know this Mexican resteraunt just
behind Red Square......I couldn't believe
it!!!!!! He said, it aint like home but it
comes close......So guess what I had for
dinner??!!
it was SOOOOOO killer to eat that after like
10 weeks on the road! And I had about 4 or
5 Margueritas as well!!!! Amazing!
So then we went to a hotel that rudy said
all the Spies used to hand at and we had
a beer....Then we went back through the Square
to our hotel....I passed out at 9pm and woke
up at 12am....Then watched a movie and fell
back to sleep at 5.....This was a GREAT day
off!.....
Today, I woke up...Had my coffee...and then
Tommy and I went back to Red Square for more
photos..but it was ice cold out and Tommy
lost his scarf, so he was bummin......we
came back and then just hung around until
we had to go for the show....
This was a couple days when everything just
worked out perfectly...you know what I mean?
And the show was great...Great crowd and
everyone had a good time.... After, we had
Japanese food at the hotel for dinner and
IT was KILLER!!! My two favorite foods on
two consecutive days.....
So thats my story....It is 2:25am and we
are flying in the morning early so I gotta
go...But When I think of Moscow,,, I will
be remembering all the stuff these past two
days, and missing it for more than just being
a really amazing city......See ya...Doug
2004.11.05
From Whitesnake Official Site
Hey, just wanted to say hi to everyone...Goin
for dinner now but before I go....99% of
you know this, but rest asured that this
band needs NO help musicly or vocally from
any tape CD or computer....Everything you
hear is real and performed by the guys onstage.
You got my word on this...........Gotta go
but thanks to everyone who have been at the
shows with us........See ya...Doug
2004.10.27
Quakes
Hope everyone in Japan is OK. I heard about
the big guakes there a few days ago.....I
think it was centered outside Tokyo....Now
they are having big aftershocks.....I know
how scary a big quake is so I am thinking
about those guys...Hang in there....
The Quireboys
Oh yea, just wanted to say how much I loved
the Quireboys...they are so great and really
cool guys...They are my most favorite band
that we have toured with...That includes
my time with Dio too....Mainly because I
love their music....the guitarists Guy and
paul are fuckin bad ass and Keith adds amazing
keys. They let me play drums with them at
their Newport sound check!!!! I hope somebody
got a photo of that! Pip played bass and
Nigel sang...Spike was missing for that.....I
guess my drumming leaves alot to be desired
cause I didn't get an offer from them.....
Anyway, I wish them the best and look forward
to seeing them again.....
2004.10.24
London was great!
Thanks to everyone for coming to London last
week...It was great to see the Family and
so many friends there....Glad everyone got
home safe...And extra thanks to Fritz and
AI for helping with everyone...
Annamieke, Burt, Helga and I had some time
around London that was great. We took the
Tube to a couple spots and ended up in a
pub....
Anyway, can't wait for the next family reunion!
Also, Thanks Helga for saving my camera!!!!!
She will explain.....
See ya all later.....Doug
In Belfast Today
Hi....just wanted to say hi to everyone...We
got to Belfast this morning on EAST-JET.....but
they gave us a hard time...It wasn't easy....They
were not happy about the extra baggage and
stuff, but we got everything on...Then the
lady comes and says i need to put my guitar
in the belly of the plane....GREAT! ....So
first I said .."Thanks so much but NO"
Then she said I had too. She put a tag on
it and said I could take it to the plane
but they would decide at the plane....So
I walked away and when she wasn't looking,
I removed that tag sharpish!!!
So we are walking on the runway towards the
plane, and i am just about to go up the stairs
when this guy comes up and said no no no..You
have to check that guitar....So I said "No
I can't, it is worth more than the plane
itself...atleast to me" He still said
no....Now I have NEVER checked my guitar
without a hard case, and I always can find
a place for it...But the guy was not gonna
move...So I said OK thanks but I'm not gonna
fly on this plane then.....Thats when Kevin,
Our tour manager came over to my rescue....He
is really intimadating and he right away
got the guy to say yes!! David was there
and he helped too....Those guys know how
I feel about my guitars...This was my Sunburst
one with "JP" on the back so there
was no way it was gonna go in the belly....
Talk to ya later...DA
2004.10.01
Madrid
Just wanted to check in and say Madrid was
killer!! What a great crowd.....We played
in an old Bull fighting arena. David ended
the show on his own doing Soldier of Fortune
and it must have been really special for
him cause he only does that once in a while...Anyway,
we need to catch an early flight to San Sebastien
so I will talk to you guys later.
Take it easy...Doug
2004.09.13
WS TOUR
Hey you guys....Well I had to register to
get on here...Is that new?
Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and thanks
to everyone I have seen so far on the tour.
Annemieke and Helga..I am so happy to have
met you finally!!! You are so beautiful...i
feel like I have known you both for a long
time....thanks for being so great to me..I
hope I will see ya again on the tour. Marco...thanks
alot bro..you are my little brother.. Fritz
and Thomas you guys are great. Fritz, that
CD has amazing stuff on it and Thomas, I
wore the Jordan Jersey two days in a row...Killer.
Amourrio you are so sweet...Thanks. I met
Michael and a bunch of other people and all
I can think is how lucky I am to have people
like you all in my life..
Well we get our bus tomorrow which will be
cool. We had rental cars for the last two
weeks and it was cool. Reb and i got our
car up to 225 kph....which was pretty fun...That
was the max it could go. The roads in Germany
are like glass. just made for speed......
I got flashed twice by the police cameras
so I am expecting some big speeding tickets.....From
what i'm told they take a pic of the front
of the car..which will be interesting to
see me and Reb toolin down the autoban. Anyway,
we turn the cars in tomorrow. Our car is
still in perfect shape...can't say the same
for Tommy and Marco's car. Tommy beat that
car up good. Timothy and our Tour Manager
Kevin had the other one and they blew up
the GPS on theirs. David has a pro driver
drivin him so he is gonna be OK...But the
bus will be a good change.
My internet is running out...but i'll talk
to ya soon...take it easy..DA
2004.05.19
Riff of the Month
Hey you guys, I know there havent been any
updaates yet for Riff/Month, but just wanted
to let you know that i did a thing for Guitar
World in this months issue. And you can hear
it on the GW site. www.guitarworld.com
I will also try to get it and the Tab up
here too soon.
See ya, Doug
2004.05.04
From Whitesnake Official Site
Hey y'all. Just wanted to say hi and hope
everyone is doing well. I came up last week
for a few days to listen to the live tracks.
It sounds amazing and I can't wait for it
to be out. All the shows are great but David
and I picked the song versions with the coolest
vibe...absolute gems! Then Timothy came over
on his way to Sacramento. Since then we have
been having some R&R and catchin up on
The Last Samurai and Master & Commander!..........Nah,
actually T-D and I are lost somewhere in
the Casa and havent seen David since Sunday!
Please let David know about this..........I
gotta get back to LA!.....Hopefully see ya
soon..................... Take it easy...
2004.03.15
Food That Rocks-LA
Hey, as you all know Cindy and David are
coming to LA this week for Cindy's FTR's
Book signing.
I'm gonna go and say hi and hang out for
a bit.
And, ya know if there is a stove, I might
just cook up some of my specialties. Maybe
Cup O Noodles or toasted Peanut Butter Sandys!
Normally I don't like to "show off"
in the kitchen, but I got some wicked skills!!
A lot of people can't describe my cooking.....
They have no words!
Don't miss it. Maybe I'll see a few of you
guys.
See ya and take care...D
2004.03.12
Madrid, Spain
Hey I just heard about the terrorist attack
in Madrid.
I just want to say that I feel real sorry
for the people of Madrid and Spain. I had
the chance to go there in Oct 2002 and the
people there were really cool. Spain is one
of the favorite places that I have had the
chance to go.
My heart goes out to the victims and all
the people there.
As for the people responsible....I just don't
see how this helps their cause what ever
it is. I just hope they get caught somehow.
@#%$, This @#%$ makes my blood boil.
Anyway, there are those people that are just
cowards and they do this stuff and they run
away.. They will get theirs......
2004.02.22
b day
hi, just want to say thanks to everyone for
remembering my birthday. it was really nice.
i especially want to thank Yuki and Kyoko
for the cards on their sites and everyone
who signed them. they are really killer sites!
better than mine! also Lisa H you are really
growing up!
OK see ya ......from the old man (laugh)
2004.02.14
Happy Valentines Day!
Hi you guys, just wanted to wish everyone
a great Valentines Day. Hope you all are
with someone special whether it is family
or friends.
Happy Birthday Yuki!!! This is gonna be your
best year yet!
Take care everyone, love Doug
2004.01.28
trip to tahoe
Hey you guys, just checking in... I just
got back from seeing David and the family.
Well, we had a great week. They took good
care of me as well. Actually, it was like
a vacation although we did work. I have stayed
some amazing hotels, but I would definitely
choose to be DC's house guest anytime.
We had great writing sessions and jammed
on things that we were both into. Very inspiring.
I'll tell ya, DC was wailing. He would start
singing and it was like "chicken-skin"!
He is one of, if not the best blues rock
singers of all time. I wish you could hear
the licks I heard last week. Plus he was
playing some bad ass guitar also!
Anyway, i'll keep you posted. For now, I
have a bunch of work at the home studio.
Ok, take it easy. D