WHITESNAKE ANNOUNCE NIGHT RANGER’S JOEL HOEKSTRA AS THEIR NEW GUITARIST
Whitesnake has officially announced their new guitar player, New York’s own, Joel Hoekstra.
Whitesnake frontman, David Coverdale has posted the following message:
“Ladies & Gentlemen…Boys & Girls…Your Attention, Please…:)
One of the first, if not the first, guitarists to put his name forward after hearing that Doug Aldrich had left the band, was an exceptionally talented musician whom we had met briefly last year when his band opened for Whitesnake in Arizona.
Everyone was very impressed by him, not only for his ability to play amazing guitar, but, also, his very agreeable personality & he was definitely foremost in our minds when we began to search for Doug’s replacement in Whitesnake.
We jammed together & were mutually impressed enough to ask him to join Whitesnake on the spot. This was May 30th. 2014.
Joel is currently fulfilling his remaining tour dates with Night Ranger.
We sincerely thank you all for your patience & understanding…& so, without further ado, we ask you to welcome, as we have done, our exceptionally gifted new Snake Brother…
JOEL HOEKSTRA…Guitarist Extraordinaire
~David Coverdale’
Hoekstra is absolutely thrilled to be a part of the band, is looking forward to rocking with you all soon. To read about all the band’s he has worked with, please click here.
Well, that solves Whitesnake’s problem, but now what about Night Ranger? Wouldn’t it be funny if Aldrich ends up in Night Ranger? It’s a small world, you never know. 🙂
Doug R. this guy is scary, he’s so good.
Aldrich is in a side band with Blades and the Journey drummer. Wouldn’t be a huge surprise if he joined NR.
Intersting! He’s a great talent
Excellent choice! Joel is a beast of a player & a super chill guy. The recent high snake quality should continue w/o interruption. Very best wishes Joel.
James Perkins
Houston, Texas
I like him in night ranger no disrespect but is white snake a step up from night ranger?
I didn’t know much about this guy until he played on TMS and I was impressed. Still, just being an old school fan, it would have been awesome if Coverdale would have at least considered talking to John Sykes. No secret there’s bad blood between them, but that was over 25 years ago.