{"name":"David Coverdale","title":"David Coverdale","id":1263,"slug":"david-coverdale","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1263/?format=json","bio_short":"David Coverdale (born September 22, 1951 in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England) is a rock vocalist most famous for his work with the British hard rock band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Deep+Purple\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Deep Purple</a>, and his later band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Whitesnake\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Whitesnake</a>.  Coverdale was largely unknown until he replaced <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Deep+Purple\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Deep Purple</a> vocalist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Ian+Gillan\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Ian Gillan</a> in 1973. He was a Boutique clerk in Redcar, Yorkshire when he sent in an old Boy Scout picture of his along with a demo tape to <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Deep+Purple\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Deep Purple</a>.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/DavidCoverdaledc.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":24689,"title":"Burn","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/burn/"},{"id":24312,"title":"Fool For Your Loving","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/fool-for-your-loving/"},{"id":25271,"title":"Guilty of love","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/guilty-of-love/"},{"id":1723,"title":"Here I Go Again","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/here-i-go-again/"},{"id":1181,"title":"Is This Love","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/is-this-love/"},{"id":1415,"title":"Soldier of Fortune","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/soldier-of-fortune/"}]}