Douglas "Doogie" White (born 7 March 1960) is a Scottish rock vocalist who currently sings for La Paz and

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. He has also notably sung for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow,

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's Rising Force,

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and

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Early life and career

White was born in

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

. He formed

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with guitarist

Chic McSherry Charles "Chic" McSherry (born 22 November 1958) is a Scottish rock guitarist, songwriter, author and businessman. In his music career, he has written five studio albums with Doogie White and the band La Paz. In his business career, he is on t ...

in 1984, playing around Scotland for four years and releasing two albums on

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, before in 1988 joining melodic rock combo Midnight Blue, cutting one album (released on Zero Records exclusively in Japan). A trip to Japan in 1991 singing with

in a

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revival tour followed.Perkins, Jeff (2011) ''Rainbow – Uncensored on the Record'', Coda Books

Career

Rainbow

After a demo tape forwarded to

Ritchie Blackmore Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. He is prolific in creating guitar ...

's management sat in a box for a few years,

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discovered it and presented it to Blackmore when he was looking for singers to audition for

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. Consequently, White was asked to audition for Rainbow, subsequently joining the band in 1994.Bloom, Jerry (2008) ''Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore'', Omnibus Press, , p. 309 He had also auditioned for metal bands

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and

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, losing out to Wolfsbane's

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. To indicate how quickly 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 hotdogs in the lobby. Just before the Rainbow job, White had been busy laying down tracks with

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and Neil Murray for a solo Powell project.

Other professional activities

After the end of Rainbow in 1997, 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

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tribute ''Snakebites'' (2000), and several tracks included on ''666 Number of the Beast'' (2004) a two-volume tribute to Iron Maiden out on Deadline. White also guested on

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's conceptual ''Nostradamus'' 2001 release. A contribution to

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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 White's creative input. White also joined Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, touring through South America in late 2001, while ''Attack'' (2002) was White's first studio effort with the Swede. ''Once Upon Our Yesterdays'' (2003) was the next Cornerstone album, and a set of dates for the band across Europe marked their live debut. In 2003, White was once again hired by

to provide vocals for half of the songs of their album ''The Journey Goes On''. In 2005, White fronted another Malmsteen opus, titled ''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

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personnel monikered White Noise. A DVD from their support stint in the UK with Uriah Heep featured a live airing of "Tarot Woman" as well as other Rainbow tracks. Doogie White - MSG

in July 2007 he auditioned to lead sing for the israeli project

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but lost the part to

Mats Levén Mats Leven is a Swedish singer. Some of his most notable collaborations have been with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, symphonic metallers Therion and doom metallers Candlemass. In 2011, due to family issues on the part of Firewind's lead singer A ...

In 2007, the fourth Cornerstone album, ''Two Tales of One Tomorrow'' was released. Later the same year, White replaced Tony Martin as the frontman of the German band Empire. Empire released their fourth album ''Chasing Shadows'' in November, with White handling all vocal duties. On 26 February 2008, White announced on his website that he would no longer be a member of Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force. On 20 December 2008, White was announced to be the new singer for

band

. Tank's first album with White as lead singer is titled ''War Machine'' and was released in October 2010. In 2009, White was performing with La Paz again, as well as Tank. He has also recorded the vocals for an English version of the latest album by Argentinian rockers

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. He performed with

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twice, stepping in for Lord's regular singer

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. On 1 September 2009, White sang vocal parts in Lord's ''

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'' at the opening night of the Fall Arts Fest in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. On 23 June 2010 he performed with Lord again, this time in Luxembourg during the Classic Rock Night with Big Band Opus 78. In 2010, White participated in a tribute album titled ''Mister Bolin's Late Night Revival'', a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by

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prior to his death in 1976. The CD included other artists such as HiFi Superstar, Eric Martin,

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, Jeff Pilson,

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, Rachel Barton,

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, and

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. A percentage of the proceeds from this project will benefit the Jackson Recovery Centers. In 2011, White released an album with original material with German band Demon's Eye, titled ''The Stranger Within''. White released his first solo album, titled ''As Yet Untitled'' in October 2011. He also completed an album of new material and reworked old songs with his first band La Paz. This album was called ''Granite'' and was released in February 2012. Tank released a second album with White on vocals, ''War Nation'', in 2012. A La Paz album with all new songs titled ''The Dark and the Light'' was released in May 2013. White has recently recorded an album with

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titled ''Bridge the Gap'', to be released in November 2013. He recorded an album with

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, Marco Mendoza and Iggy Gwadera in 2014. In 2015, White released another album with Demon's Eye, titled ''Under The Neon'' and collaborated in the second Stardust Reverie Project album titled ''Proclamation of Shadows'' singing the tunes "410 Chelsea Street" and "Bring me the Hat of the Wizard from the West" (Doogie appears in the video made for this song). White recorded two albums with Michael Schenker under the Temple of Rock moniker. Schenker reinvented his band as Michael Schenker Fest in 2017, which included various vocalists who had previously sung for it, including White. In 2020, White joined

, replacing original vocalist

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, with whom he had been part of Michael Schenker Fest. His most recent project is an album with Persuader guitarist Emil Norberg under the name Long Shadows Dawn.

Band timeline

* La Paz (1984–1988, 2009–present) * Midnight Blue (1994) * Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1994–1997) * Chain (1997) * Cornerstone (2000–2007) * Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force (2002–2007) * Liesegang / White (2005) * The Company of Snakes (2005) * Empire (2007) * Solo (2008–present) * Tank (2008–2014) * Rata Blanca (2009–2010) * Demon's Eye (2011–2015) * Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock (2011–2016) * WAMI (2014) * Michael Schenker Fest (2018–present) *

(2020–present)

Discography

Guest sessions

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: ''

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'' (2003) ;*

Takayoshi Ohmura Official Site, ''"Profile"'' is a Japanese musician and songwriter. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his first instrument was the piano, which he began playing when he was three years old. By the age of 11, he had started to play acoustic guitar, mov ...

: ''Nowhere to Go'' (2004) ;* Takayoshi Ohmura: ''Emotions in Motion'' (2007) ;* Anphoria's Empire: Singl
''"Believe in the Mothercorn"''
' (2009)

'' ;* Sebastien: '' Tears of White Roses'' (2010) ;*Roadway: ''ROADWAY'' (2011)

Cornerstone

Cornerstone is a

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band formed by former

vocalist Doogie White and former

bassist Steen Mogensen. Other musicians have been added to that core including guitarists Jacob Kjaer, Kasper Damgaard and drummer Allan Sorensen. The band has put out four studio albums and one live double compact disc release.

Discography

* '' Arrival '' (2000) * '' Human Stain '' (2002) * ''Once Upon Our Yesterdays'' (2003) * ''In Concert'' (2005) * ''Two Tales of One Tomorrow'' (2007)

Videography

* White Noise: ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'' (2004) * ''Deep Purple Rock Review 1969–1972'' (2004) * ''Inside Black Sabbath'' (2004) * ''Inside Rainbow'' (2004) * M 3: ''Rough an' Ready'' (2006) * ''Guitar Gods – Ritchie Blackmore'' (2007) * Rainbow: ''Black Masquerade – Rockpalast '95'' (2013)

References

External links

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LaPaz website

Demon's Eye website

Doogie White discography and album reviews, credits & releases
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