I have an interview with Michael Schenker tomorrow. Pretty excited for it!!!
Rodrigo, any chance you could ask him about not working with Doogie any more. He made some of the best music of his career with him, and I say that as a Schenker fan, not a Doogie fan.
Maybe you could phrase it like, I noticed you didn't use Doogie White again. Is there any reason you did not? Your work with him was outstanding.
Seriously, I would love to know.
I can ask! I listened to recent interviews where he said that doing the "Michael Schenker Fest" thing is difficult because of the logistics and costs involved. But it's worth clarifying!
So, before the 2 Michael Schenker Fest albums and tours, he made two albums with Doogie White on vocals, Bridge The Gap (2013) and Spirit On A Mission (2014). These are two of his best albums since the early classic MSG period. Doogie did sing on the 2 MS Fest albums, and those were the best songs. My point is they seemed to have a great chemistry and the output showed that.
Doogie did participate on the MS Fest tours, with the other singers. It seems that Michael wanted Ronnie Romero for this album, and I understand Romero is contracted to do the tour. Apparently Romero had quarantine issues so while waiting, Ralf Scheepers was available in Germany. While still waiting for Romero, they somehow got Joe Lynn Turner to do a couple of tracks.
Doogie was his singer up to and including the MS Fest tours. I'm just curious how/why he ended his thing with Doogie.