Dave Dowle
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David 'Duck' Dowle (born 20 October 1953[1] in London, England) is an English drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner,[2] Midnight Flyer,[3] Bernie Marsden.
Biography
Dave Dowle started his career when he was 13: he joined his first band, Canterbury Glass, playing alongside future
Reinforcements
album in 1975.
In September 1976, Dowle joined the
Charlie Whitney, Bobby Tench and Micky Feat
released a studio album, 'Vicious But Fair' in January 1977. By the end of '77, however, the band had run out of steam, and a live album, released in December 1977, proved to be their final release.
In January 1978, Dowle joined ex-
Pete Solley. The rest of the band was Coverdale on vocals, Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden on guitars and Neil Murray on bass. This line-up recorded the 'Snakebite' EP, which was released in June 1978. By June 1978, another change of keyboard player was announced with Coverdale's old Purple buddy Jon Lord adding his considerable experience to the band. This line-up undertook a major UK tour in October and November 1978 and released an album Trouble in October of that year. Whitesnake then undertook a world tour, which served notice of a major new band on the scene. Another album, Lovehunter, was recorded, but in August 1979, even before the album was released, Dowle was replaced by Ian Paice, yet another ex-member of Deep Purple. Dowle's final appearance on a Whitesnake recording was on two sides of Live... in the Heart of the City
released in November 1980.
After departure from Whitesnake, Dowle continued to play on sessions. "I was really a session player. With any band I was working with I'd always carry on doing sessions."[citation needed]
Discography
With Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Reinforcements
With Whitesnake
- Snakebite (1978)
- Trouble (1978)
- Lovehunter (1979)
- Live At Hammersmith(1979)
With Runner
- Runner (1978)
With Midnight Flyer
- Midnight Flyer
- Rock 'n' Roll Party
With Mark Zed
- My Calculator's Right (1980)
References
- ^ "David Dowle". Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "~The story of Runner~". the-aleecat.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Midnight Flyer". Alexgitlin.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
External links
- Dave Dowle discography at Discogs
