Bernie Marsden

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bernie Marsden
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	May 7, 1951(1951-05-07)
Age	73
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Bernie Marsden Biography

Bernie Marsden is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on May 7, 1951 in England, England, United Kingdom. Guitarist who played with the band Whitesnake, as well as working as a songwriter, penning the hit “Here I Go Again.”

He has had the opportunity to play with boyhood idol, Paul McCartney.

After playing with local Buckingham based groups. Bernie formed Skinny Cat at the age of 17, Marsden got his first professional gig with UFO in 1972. He next played with Glenn Cornick’s Wild Turkey in 1973, before he joined drummer Cozy Powell’s band Cozy Powell’s Hammer. He then joined Babe Ruth in 1975, and played on two releases for Capitol Records, Stealin’ Home (1975) and Kid’s Stuff (1976), during his time with Babe Ruth Cozy Powell recommended him to Jon Lord who was forming a post Deep Purple band with Ian Paice Paice Ashton Lord in 1976, with Tony Ashton .

After Paice Ashton Lord folded, in 1978, Marsden formed a new band with former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist Micky Moody. The band started as David Coverdale’s Whitesnake, which then became Whitesnake. Bernie played on the first e.p, first five albums and a live album: Snakebite (1978), Trouble (1978), Lovehunter (1979), Ready & Willing (1980), Live In The Heart Of The City (1980), Come An’ Get It (1981) and Saints & Sinners (1982).Contributing many of the songs with David Coverdale and sometimes Moody. Marsden and Coverdale would go on to create Whitesnake’s anthem “Here I Go Again” in 1982, a song that sold many millions all over the world in on Whitesnake ‘1987’. Both writers have received many awards for the song. As of 2018 the song has been counted at 6 million USA radio plays.

He learned guitar by playing along with his mother and father’s records.

Bernie Marsden Net Worth

Bernie Marsden is one of the richest Guitarist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bernie Marsden 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He got his break playing with smaller bands such as Wild Turkey and Babe Ruth.

He began to pursue a solo career in 1979, releasing albums like Bernie Plays Rory.

Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co- written with David Coverdale many of the group’s hit songs, such as “Fool for Your Loving”, “Walking in the Shadow of the Blues”, “She’s A Woman”, “Lovehunter”, “Trouble”, “Child of Babylon”, “Rough and Ready”, and the multi- million selling chart-topper “Here I Go Again”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Bernie Marsden Dating?

According to our records, Bernie Marsden married to Frances Plummer. As of December 1, 2023, Bernie Marsden’s is not dating anyone.

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Bernie Marsden released his autobiography “Where’s My Guitar” in 2017. The book was updated and reissued by Harper Collins in November 2019.

Facts & Trivia

Bernie Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Bernie Marsden celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.

Paul Reed Smith guitars in the USA released a Bernie Marsden Signature Edition guitar, and Gibson Guitars made a limited edition number of his legendary Gibson Les Paul guitar known as “The Beast (Guitar)” His second book,released in 2018 is “Tales of Tone and Volume” and is a very large tome featuring his guitar collection. Bernie contributed a column to Guitarist magazine in 2018/19

Why did Bernie Marsden leave Whitesnake?

Tensions had increased during the making of fifth album Saints & Sinners, and the frontman had admitted to a desire to escape from the situation before a crunch meeting took place with Marsden, Jon Lord, Ian Paice and Neil Murray and manager John Coletta in attendance.

Is Bernie Marsden related to Gerry Marsden?

Yes, of course. So when Paul obviously saw my name on a piece of paper on his desk, the first thing he thought of was, “I wonder if he’s related to Gerry?” So I put that down to how he remembered my name. And you’re not related to Gerry Marsden, are you? No, I’m not.

What guitar does Bernie Marsden play?

Marsden’s ’59 Les Paul is better known as The Beast, and it’s a guitar with an illustrious history. Marsden bought the guitar from Mark Henderson who had bought it from Andy Fraser, from the band Free. Fraser, in turn, had bought the guitar from Paul Kossoff, who had bought it from Eric Clapton.

When was Bernie Marsden in Whitesnake?

At the Sweden Rock Festival in 2011 Bernie Marsden played with Whitesnake for the first time since 1981, thus becoming the only original member of Whitesnake to play with a later line up, this has happened many times since Sweden.

Why did Michael Devin leave Whitesnake?

He later explained that he was in so much pain with arthritis in his knees that it hampered his ability to perform live. WHITESNAKE had been touring in support of its latest album, “Flesh & Blood”, which was released in May 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl.