Rock singer Doogie White had a conversation with VintageRock Pod, where he talked about his collaboration with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, where he also mentioned that Whitesnake’s David Coverdale success serves as a testament to the transformative power of Ritchie Blackmore’s support.

Heres’s what White said regarding this:

“You know, he’s very good at bringing new people in and taking people – not necessarily off the streets but out of clothing shops or being a coach builder or whatever. Then, he sets you free to do what, you know, he sucks you in, bleeds you dry, and then sets you free, and you can go off, and if you can find your wings, you can fly. Some do, some don’t.

”That’s one of his great gifts to the world of rock and roll. It’s the amount of people who he has given careers that, you would maybe never have heard of.

”We’ve all got to be very grateful for that. I mean, David Coverdale could still be selling suits in Redcar. Ronnie Dio could still be trying to get off to do something. Graham Bonnet could still crooning away in Australia.

”I could still be sweeping somebody’s floor in London. But he gave us all this opportunity to go out there and make something of ourselves. If you grasped it, you grasped it. If you didn’t, you didn’t.”