re: Rip Tawny Kitaen

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Whitesnake originally released it in 1982. It barely made a blip on the radar. They redo it in 1987, make it sound a bit heavier, and release the Tawny Kitaen video; boom it’s thier biggest hit and puts Whitesnake on the heavy metal map as a headline act.

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I must have heard that early version on the classic rock station a few weeks ago. It was pretty terrible.

Damn, Tawny did them a solid, rubbing all up on that car to the harder version of the song. RIP

I have two things to add to this thread.

First, Tawny had an affair with OJ in the 1980s. This was around the same time she was dating Robbin "King" Crosby (RIP) of Ratt. She confided in Robbin that OJ had a problem with uncontrolled rage and was prone to violent jealousy. Nicole Brown Simpson would be murdered years later after leaving OJ and dating other men, proving Tawny sadly prophetic.

Second, with respect to her second band, Whitesnake, the reason why there were two versions of Here I Go Again was Geffen's brilliant A&R man John Kalodner. In the early 80s Whitesnake was a middling rock band fronted by David Coverdale, who was Deep Purple's third lead singer. Kalodner saw the potential, signed the band, overhauled its lineup and sound, and had them re-record a couple of their better early tracks, including Here I Go Again. The rest, as they say, is rock and roll history.