“44 YEARS AFTER DAVID COVERDALE WROTE IT FROM A DIVORCE, ‘CRYING IN THE RAIN’ JUST GOT PLAYED WITHOUT HIM — AND IT STILL HIT HARD.” Dino Jelusić walked up to the mic at NAMM 2026’s JAMM Night in Anaheim, with Doug Aldrich on guitar and Marco Mendoza on bass right behind him. Three former Whitesnake members, about to play a song David Coverdale wrote after his divorce back in 1982 — “Crying in the Rain.” But here’s the thing. Coverdale wasn’t on that stage. The band officially ended in 2025. And yet Dino sang it like the song never stopped being theirs. Doug played every note like he was still on tour, not 12 years removed from the lineup, and Mendoza held down the bass like it was a sold-out arena, not a charity jam. With Mike Mangan on keys and Joe Travers on drums, it stopped sounding like a tribute and started sounding like a band. The David Z Foundation filmed the whole thing professionally — and you can tell these guys weren’t just performing. They were remembering.
44 Years After David Coverdale Wrote It From a Divorce, “Crying in the Rain” Still Hit Hard at NAMM 2026…