Steve Perry on how Journey has become a soundtrack for sports: ‘I gotta tell you – I got kind of emotional’
Steve Perry says he had no idea before his first Giants game that Journey’s music had become such an integral part of sports.
Steve Perry says he had no idea before his first Giants game that Journey’s music had become such an integral part of sports.
‘Evolution,’ released on April 5, 1979, underscored the hit-making promise that Steve Perry brought to Journey on just his second outing.
‘Infinity,’ released on January 20, 1978, saw Journey add Steve Perry. As ‘Feeling That Way/Anytime’ showed, they’d never be the same again.
When Styx’s “Babe” went to No. 1 at the close of the 1970s, Dennis DeYoung says his former band wasn’t the only one that was changed forever.
As a second vocalist with Journey, Deen Castronovo says he’s partially patterned his performances on Steve Perry.
Jimmy Barnes is, off these shores anyway, a stone-cold legend — and an all-star cast including Joe Bonamassa, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain gives him his due here.
Issued in September 1979, Journey’s first-ever Top 20 hit found Steve Perry playing a surprising role.
The foundation a series of mindboggling 1980s successes was there before Perry arrived.
They offer unique insights into Journey’s first Top 20 single, and one of its last.
Cain boasts a huge appreciation for Perry, despite their lengthy time apart.