DAVID LEE ROTH NEWS - ODDS & ENDS

**Dave's Dreidel** · 11.19.19, 11:46 AM

Good for DLR, I fear for him in that it will be a disaster giving the status of his voice. Hopefully, he uses some help, gets some back up singers, something.

His voice is simply not good enough to be up on stage live without a net. And this is coming from a Dave guy. Plenty of artists do it (use vocal help), and are up front about it. As much as I despise Roger Waters, at least he is up front about it, paraphrased "I've lost my singing voice, but I still like to perform, so, I use technology to help me put on a good show. If you don't like that...stay at home."

**Darrin Stephens** · 11.19.19, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

Good for DLR, I fear for him in that it will be a disaster giving the status of his voice. Hopefully, he uses some help, gets some back up singers, something.

His voice is simply not good enough to be up on stage live without a net. And this is coming from a Dave guy. Plenty of artists do it (use vocal help), and are up front about it. As much as I despise Roger Waters, at least he is up front about it, paraphrased "I've lost my singing voice, but I still like to perform, so, I use technology to help me put on a good show. If you don't like that...stay at home."

100% agree on a pair of back up singers but as of last time I checked that is still a no. Reverb on his mic as well, it has a thing for being natural. I think it is stubborn AF on his part.

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**Dave's Dreidel** · 11.19.19, 01:47 PM

He had female backup singers on his 99 tour supporting Bad Company, and it helped a lot.

**It's Mike** · 11.19.19, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

He had female backup singers on his 99 tour supporting Bad Company, and it helped a lot.

More bands should do this. Tom Keifer does this and it helped the sound greatly.

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**Darrin Stephens** · 11.19.19, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

He had female backup singers on his 99 tour supporting Bad Company, and it helped a lot.

Yeah I know and agree

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**RRvh1** · 11.19.19, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by It's Mike

More bands should do this. Tom Keifer does this and it helped the sound greatly.

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Tom Keifer is a great singer/songwriter/musician!
He gets online grief from some for being the Cinderella guy, yet he is the real deal.

**Dave's Dreidel** · 11.19.19, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by RRvh1

Tom Keifer is a great singer/songwriter/musician!
He gets online grief from some for being the Cinderella guy, yet he is the real deal.

Agreed. Like DLR, he had a unique singing style that really cost him his voice in the long run, but he's a talented dude. Long Cold Winter is a great disc.

**It's Mike** · 11.19.19, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

Agreed. Like DLR, he had a unique singing style that really cost him his voice in the long run, but he's a talented dude. Long Cold Winter is a great disc.

Yeah he had throat surgery soon after the band hit it big. I saw him back in October (he happened to be playing the night we were at a Casino) and I was really pleasantly surprised at how good the show was.

**Dave's Dreidel** · 11.19.19, 06:34 PM

He's super talented.

I sometimes wonder if guys like him wouldn't be better off writing songs for some shitty modern country act like Florida Georgia Line, you know, the 2010's version of hair metal...bro country.

Would probably make some good coin.

**Darrin Stephens** · 11.19.19, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

He's super talented.

I sometimes wonder if guys like him wouldn't be better off writing songs for some shitty modern country act like Florida Georgia Line, you know, the 2010's version of hair metal...bro country.

Would probably make some good coin.

He has done some of that. His 2 solo records are so much better than anything from Cinderella in my view

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**RRvh1** · 11.19.19, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Darrin Stephens

He has done some of that. His 2 solo records are so much better than anything from Cinderella in my view

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Haven't heard them, yet this echoes my Richie Sambora sentiments...
His solo albums make my fur rise!

**Darrin Stephens** · 11.19.19, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by RRvh1

Haven't heard them, yet this echoes my Richie Sambora sentiments...
His solo albums make my fur rise!

Take your word for it no need to send me pics of your "fur" rising. Nothing personal it's you not me.

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**Heisenberg** · 01.26.20, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Dave's Dreidel

He had female backup singers on his 99 tour supporting Bad Company, and it helped a lot.

Say What now?

I did not know that. I have the live in Finland show & maybe 1 audio bootleg. Never noticed female backup singers

I just took a quick peek typing DLR 1999 into YT search & this popped up....same House Of Blues venue in Las Vegas....

But quickly scrolled through looking for backup singers & didnt see any....

**Dave's Dreidel** · 01.27.20, 08:27 AM

He had female backup singers on stage during our show in Washington DC, at least my brain remembers it that way.

As I have admitted on here, my memory is starting to fade a little bit, so take it with a grain of salt.

**DFVH5150** · 01.17.21, 04:06 PM

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/da...s-brian-wheat/

DAVID LEE ROTH Wanted To Manage TESLA, Says BRIAN WHEAT

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, TESLA bassist Brian Wheat reflected on the experience of touring with David Lee Roth on the VAN HALEN singer's "Eat 'Em And Smile" tour in 1987. Asked what David was like on the road, Brian said (hear audio below): "Well, he's always in David mode. But to be quite honest with you, I only spoke to him one time the whole tour. We walked in a room, and it was all David mode, and it was all that whole, 'Hey, it's Dave TV.' Yeah, he was like that. That was my take on him. But, like I said, I only got to spoke to him one time, and he wanted to manage [TESLA]. Talk about coming out of fucking left field. He was just, like, 'Hey, I really like you guys. I really wanna manage you.' We were, like, 'Whoa! Okay, well, we've got this management company, Q Prime. You've heard of them?' So that was it. But, yeah, he was that way."