87: Craig's Documentary On Whitesnake & "Here I Go Again"
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🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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I made this audio documentary a few years ago for MEL Magazine about Whitesnake and their evergreen classic "Here I Go Again", featuring interviews with John Kalodner, Marty Callner, Tawny Kitaen, Eddie Trunk & Katie Maloney 💥
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| 0:00.0 | The program you're about to hear was originally conceived from Mel magazine a few years ago, |
| 0:04.8 | but I reposted it in this feed about a year ago at the start of the pandemic because we needed some |
| 0:10.4 | stuff that wasn't about the pandemic. And also, it's a really great documentary if I do say so myself. |
| 0:16.0 | One of the reasons it's so great is because of Tony Ketain, who sadly passed away this morning, |
| 0:21.4 | I believe, at age 59, which is far too young. And Tony was really lovely to me. We taped this |
| 0:28.2 | interview at her house. And following that, we hung out for another 90 minutes, just chatting. |
| 0:34.0 | I had already packed my gear away. We had some tea and just, you know, went through all the stuff |
| 0:38.8 | that, you know, is not fit for publication and some that is. And then after that, we stayed |
| 0:43.8 | in touch via text and a few phone calls. And she was just lovely. Every interaction I had with |
| 0:48.9 | her was great. She always was so positive and so supportive of what I was doing, what I was up to, |
| 0:56.8 | and everything. So I'd like to say rest in peace, Tony. You'll be missed. Thank you again for |
| 1:01.0 | your time, generosity and your lovely spirit. Now, do you want the real story or are you doing a |
| 1:07.1 | puff piece? No, I'm not the real story. Okay. The real story is pretty gnarly. |
| 1:13.0 | When White Snakes here, I go again, hit MTV in 1987. The killer combination of a hard rock anthem, |
| 1:18.4 | a beautiful woman, two jaguars and a shocking amount of hairspray blew everyone's minds, |
| 1:23.5 | sending White Snakes at the top of the charts and crowning singer David Coverdale and |
| 1:27.6 | is soon to be wife Tony Catain, the king and queen of rock and roll. Everyone you know knows this song. |
| 1:33.5 | And from the hood top riding to the reckless driving, I doubt you'll find anyone that can't |
| 1:37.8 | describe what happens in the video, a video that almost didn't get made. As promised, this is the |
| 1:43.6 | real story behind here I go again, a story that starts a few years earlier with the man who |
| 1:48.6 | signed White Snakes at Geffen Records in the early 80s. I'm John Colodner. I formerly was a |
| 1:56.9 | famous A&R guy. Most people know me for aerospace myth and share. Now I'm retired, but I was |
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