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.
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This guy is quite the shredder. Not only was he on TMS as a guest guitarist he also is with Trans Siberian Orchestra. Coverdale knows how to get awesome shredders.
happy birthday dana! I thought I’d check out another room at this party, but I see some of the same cool people from the kiss room are here too. all good.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANA!!!
Stupid
vivan campbell
john sykes
Adrian van denberg
steve vai
george lynch
Or warren demartini shoulda got this gig
James,
That’s a good list, but John Sykes is who created the most iconic work with Coverdale. It’s too bad they hate each other, I’d like to see them bury the hatchet and work together again.
Warren was already in Whitesnake years ago,for a while.
Obviously he has the chops, and having Whitesnake on your resume’ is always good. The questions is, will the songs be there? And on another note, what’s the word on the new John Sykes record? I’m really interested in what he’s up to.