DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ

DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ - New Details Of Forthcoming Album




As previously announced, British band DOOGIE WHITE & LA PAZ will
release their sophomore album in late spring via Metal Mind. The album
entitled The Dark And The Light is set to be released on May, 27th in
Europe and June, 4th in USA. The drums and most of the bass guitar parts
were recorded in Gorbals Sound in Glasgow. The guitars, additional bass
parts and keyboards were recorded at The Farm owned by Chic McSherry,
while the vocals will be recorded at Kinman Studio in London. Mixing was
done again by Rolf Munkes at Empire Studios in Germany. Chic McSherry
and Doogie White (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW, CORNERSTONE, TANK) comment
the writing and recording process:






Chic: “After ‘Granite’ was finished and released I went on holiday
in Mexico, near La Paz actually. I was out on the Pacific Ocean for a
few days and the constant thrum of the boat engine was just morphing
into all sorts of noises and beats in my head. The beer probably
contributed to that as well… When I got back from the trip the earworms
just wouldn’t go away so I eventually called Doogie and said ‘I got some
ideas man, I think I will make up a couple of demos.’ To my surprise he
immediately said ‘Yeah – why not? Send them down when you’re ready and
I’ll take a listen.’ I started to record the basic framework ideas and
emailed them to Doogie as I finished them, and he kept coming back and
saying 'Yep – that’s good, what else you got?' Over three weeks I wrote
11 pieces of music, 10 of which have made it onto ‘The Dark And The
Light’. After Doogie and I had agreed which ones we would work on
further, the demos then went to the other Flying La Paz Brothers and
they immediately started adding their unique and distinctive styles and
ideas to them to bring the final work together.

This is the real heart of the thing for me - I have no ambition to
be judged amongst the virtuoso guitar players out there, many of whom
Doogie has worked with and is still working with on other projects. I
have no illusions about where I stand next to those guys, many of whom
are my heroes! I have just been lucky enough to write a lot of songs
with Doogie, songs that we both really enjoy and are proud of, and then
we get to play them with the great musicians in La Paz. I guess that if
you believe that music is an art form, you could think of me as the guy
who makes the canvas upon which others can create some magic! ‘Granite’
was a great album for us to do, but in a lot of ways we were playing
music that we already knew really well. This was much more of an
exploration of new territories for everyone and we all have had SUCH a
blast putting it together.”



Doogie: “Chic is very driven, creatively and emotionally, and I get
bored when I am not working. It therefore makes for the most wonderful
combination for us to write songs together. I personally never thought
that La Paz would never record another album. I knew we had at least
another one in us. It’s a natural thing we have. Chic knows, I know,
and together we both know that between us we can write a song or two.
Then when you add in the solid foundation of Big Al and Wee Paul it’s
all there. Of course ‘Posh Boy’ Andy has his part to play on the
keyboards to make it really become La Paz. Chic’s songs for this album
have ‘traditional’ La Paz influences but we are older and more travelled
and his ideas outwit the great traditions of what La Paz should sound
like, shines a new light on the music we write. It was challenging for
us both to write it, but we knew what we needed. For some people, a few
of the songs may be challenging and unexpected, both musically and
lyrically. But that’s the joy of La Paz. We came from nothing and we
may return to nothing but the road we ventured on has been so satisfying
and creative. We may even send each other Christmas cards this year! I
think we have made ourselves proud with this record. ‘Granite ‘ was
easier as it was taking old ideas and revamping them. Then we added some
twists on the new songs. ‘The Dark And The Light’ is different but when
all five of us are working together like that it fair brings a smile to
one’s face.”


Doogie White & La Paz line-up:

Doogie White - vocals

Chic McSherry - guitar

Alex Carmichael - bass

Andy Mason - keyboards

Paul McManus - drums



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