The Purple Album [Special Gold Edition] in Bloomington, MN

The 12th studio long-player from the hard rock elder statesman, the
Frontier
s-issued
Purple Album
finds
Whitesnake
offering up new takes on classic cuts from
David Coverdale
's mid-'70s stint with
Deep Purple
(Mark III and Mark IV). It's also the first studio outing since the 2014 departure of guitarist
Doug Aldrich
, who had been with the group since 2002 -- the vacancy was filled by Ex-
Night Ranger
axe slinger
Joel Hoekstra
. ~ James Christopher Monger