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Steve Augeri,

Some advise, Stick to your songs and quit butchering the true voice
of Journey!

Steve Perry is, was and will always be the voice of Journey!

You do have a good voice, but ya just cannot hang with Perry! I
noticed in concert how you would cut short on the wails thatPerry
would let out! And thank god for bottled water! I saw how much you
were drinking during and even after the songs you sang. I guess your
vocal cords were sore trying to imitate a Legend!

I have an Idea, invite Steve perry to lead the band again and both
sing? Worked well with Gregg Rollie!
Hell Perry can even play guitar and Piano......lol

And if you go that way, Kick Dean out! He sucks!  Steve Smith was
the man!  If not get Dunbar back!





--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@yahoogroups.com,
awaiting_steve_augeris_arrival <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Deep Down Inside
>
> I wouldn't have left you in the dark
> When you needed a helping hand
> In my life, you've left your special mark
> So, right beside you, I will stand
>
> [BRIDGE]
> Daddy's sorry now; he's seen the light
> Daddy knows he didn't treat you right
> Isn't it a shame that he's too late
> No need to worry; you can't change fate
>
> [CHORUS]
> I know that deep down inside
> You had lost all of your pride
> And I know within your soul
> You had lost all self-control
> But, I know deep down inside
> You persisted and tried
> To fight off the demon
> And be the perfect son
> But, you always kept those tears you cried
> Deep down inside
>
> You didn't have much self-esteem
> Always feeling sad and low
> You tried to hold onto your dream
> But, you had nowhere to go
>
> [BRIDGE]
> You would have made your daddy proud
> If only, he would have allowed
> You to make your own, personal decisions
> Instead of making you live up to his visions
>
> [CHORUS]
> I know that deep down inside
> You had lost all of your pride
> And I know within your soul
> You had lost all self-control
> But, I know deep down inside
> You persisted and tried
> To fight off the demon
> And be the perfect son
> But, you always kept those tears you cried
> Deep down inside
> And even though your body died
> Your spirit's still alive…deep down inside
>
> [Dedicated to the one and only, Stephen "Steve" Maynard Clark.]
>
> --- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
> <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Please do!!!! I have written things, Stories.Poems.
> > All about Robert!!! I'd love to read some of yours.
> >   Julie

A LETTER FOR STEVE AUGERI!

Steve Augeri,

Some advise, Stick to your songs and quit butchering the true voice
of Journey!

Steve Perry is, was and will always be the voice of Journey!

You do have a good voice, but ya just cannot hang with Perry! I
noticed in concert how you would cut short on the wails thatPerry
would let out! And thank god for bottled water! I saw how much you
were drinking during and even after the songs you sang. I guess your
vocal cords were sore trying to imitate a Legend!

I have an Idea, invite Steve perry to lead the band again and both
sing? Worked well with Gregg Rollie!
Hell Perry can even play guitar and Piano......lol

And if you go that way, Kick Dean out! He sucks!  Steve Smith was
the man!  If not get Dunbar back!

95.5 WPLJ has the following poll up this week "With  Valentine's Day
coming soon what's your favorite 80s love song?" and Bon Jovi is
winning.  We need to get over there and vote for Journey.

www.wplj.com

Liberty ;-)

Hello I was was writing to tell you about a Journey Tribute CD that
just came out on URININE Records.  It's called 'No Escape: a tribute
to Journey' and according to the sticker on the CD is 'a no-star,
new-rock homage paid by: Traindodge, Houston, wafflehouse* & Ohms
(featuring members of Shiner)."  Sorry if this is considered SPAM, I
figured it might be of interest to you folks.  You can listen to
Traindodge's 'Only the Young' on the URININE website at
http://www.URININE.com/.

Hey Brette,
heres a link to Roberts new
Video.....http://65.45.90.98/events?14060xy132

   Juli

Hi again,
Hey whoever emailed me...I need your name!
Yes...Robert's new album is called DREAMLAND!
I have heard darkness, Darkness on the radio and it's great!
Call up your Station and request it!

Hi Everyone!!!!
I have not been here for a while!
I'm the Robert plant fan, Even though I love Journey too!
Robert is on tour this summer with a new CD coming out so I have been
very busy trying to make some money to go to all the concerts I can!
I hear Journey is touring?
That would be a nice concert to go to too!!!!!
I must tell ya all....I miss the ole STEVE!!!!!
Juli

From: "Lori Ringley" <ringley@...>

  Journey has no business playing this piddly street festival.
--
Picabo
Golden Girl, I'll keep you forever....

from - http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Neal%20Schon%202002%20Interview.htm

Jeb: I am very honored to be talking to a 2001 Grammy nominated instrumental
guitar player.

Neal: (chuckling) It was cool just to get a nod from everyone.

Jeb: Still no win for either Journey or you!

Neal: That just means that there are more years down the line for me!

Jeb: I have been listening to your solo album Voice and the song that struck me
the most was the Annie Lennox tune “Why.”

Neal: I like that song too. Every song on there has been stuck in my head for
years.

Jeb: Some of the songs on here kind of surprised me. You would not think that
Neal Schon the hard rock guitar guy would be listening to some of this stuff.

Neal: I listen to everything. I have a lot of different sides to my playing. If
people have listened to the bulk of my  work since I was 15 then they have to
know that by now. People who have not -- some people prefer my hard rock stuff
and some people prefer some of the softer stuff I do with Journey. It is all
different. This is a record where I was on tour and I was basically trying to
think of a way that I could knock out a record while I was on tour and would not
have to be there for writing purposes. It was an idea of mine to do a bunch of
cover tunes of some of the biggest ballads. I really like the Andrea Bocelli
stuff. Those two songs of his are my two favorite songs on the album. Doing the
opera stuff just took the record a step further, I think. Pop tunes have been
done with saxophones or whatever but I think this is really the first time
somebody has done a record like this -- where the songs are known and done with
pretty much stadium style guitar playing. Had I played the songs very quietly
and jazzier then Higher Octave (the record label that released Voice) would have
been happier because I would have gotten more radio airplay. I really didn’t
want to do that because I was afraid it would end up sounding like Musak. I
wanted to keep intact my voice on the guitar and emulate these vocals the best
that I could.

Jeb: Whose voice did you find the most inspirational when you were making the
album?

Neal: I am really listening to melodies. They are all great singers and I can’t
really pick one. My favorite voice of all time is Aretha Franklin. I didn’t do
any of her songs. When I first heard the song “Hero” I thought, “Man, I really
want to play a guitar solo on the song. I could just really soulfully attack
that thing.”

Jeb: Were there more than ten or did the list come really quickly?

Neal: I had about seven that I decided I really wanted to do. My ex-manager
Herbie Herbert came over and suggested that I do “Killing Me Softly.” I thought
“Why not” so I tried it. He also suggested I do the Bryan Adams song.

Jeb: The opening song “Caruso” really is a good example of how you could have
made a song Musak but didn’t.


Neal: From the first time I heard that song, when Andrea Bocelli’s album came
out, I was thinking to myself that it sounded European. I thought it would
translate well to guitar. That was a couple of years before I did this record. I
love the changes in the song and the way that the melody fell onto the changes.
I put a little drum time to it and gave it more of a Blow By Blow production.

Jeb: Is this a one time thing or are you thinking of doing another one?

Neal: I am not even thinking of doing another one. My solo instrumental records
are pretty much a one off. Higher Octave was very interested in me recreating
Beyond The Thunder because it did very well. It got massive radio acceptance and
sold a lot of units. They wanted me to do another one just like that but I
didn’t want to do that. Instead, I came up with Electric World, which was a much
more progressive and musical record. It was not a better record; it was just
different. It was more out there and more like Miles Davis. Still, it was a very
cool record but radio just snubbed it and they didn’t know what to do with it.
When I do these records, I am not thinking of radio at all. I am just thinking
about what I want to do. I have gotten off of Higher Octave, which I really am
glad about. They were all right to work with but they really didn’t understand
my music that much. They didn’t really know what to do with it. There was no
radio genre for it. If they don’t have a radio station to play it then they are
lost. I was like, “Come on guys, Journey has got this documentary on VH1 that
millions of our fans are going to watch so why don’t you make a TV commercial?”
They said, “Well that costs money.” Of course it does but sometimes you have got
to spend money to make money, you know? I actually have another record that is
in the can with the tentative title of Eye On You. It is pretty much done; it
just needs to be mixed. I think I am going to release it on Steve Vai’s Favored
Nations label. The guy has been a friend of mine for years and he really
understands guitars. We have been talking on and off for the last few months. I
really think it is going to be a great place to do my solo ventures. Every one
of my solo records that I have done for Higher Octave I have had to keep in the
back of my mind that there are limitations of what I can do. It is a very soft
format. Even though my stuff is very melodic, it is way to heavy for them. It
wasn’t even heavy if you know what I mean. It was orchestrated and had soulful
type soloing but because it wasn’t acoustic or jazz sounding they said it was
too heavy.

Jeb: I think Favored Nations would be an excellent place for you to be. Some of
the stuff that is coming out of that label is really cool.

Neal: Absolutely. Steve is more like, “This is a place where you can experiment
and do whatever it is you want to do.” That is really where I want to be for my
solo records. I am not thinking about being commercial. I am thinking about
being expressive and artistic.

Jeb: Another song that I have not heard but was asked to ask you about is called
“Saving Grace.”

Neal: I wrote that with Paul Rodgers years ago. He actually released it on one
of his solo records. I wrote a couple of tunes with him 7-8 years ago. He just
pulled it out and started playing it with Bad Company. Apparently, they just got
a new record deal and they really liked it so they are releasing it as a single.

Jeb: I really like Paul and even call him and his fiancé friends of mine. She
wanted me to ask you about this song  called “Saving Grace” and now I know why!

Neal: Paul Rodgers is one of the greatest singers of all time. They guy has
definitely still got it. He is one of the best, if not the best! He sings like a
record every night. I had a blast playing with those guys recently. They played
in Conocti, California. I drove up there to jam with those guys. I had a great
time and then he (Paul) invited me to go down to LA, where they were shooting
more of their DVD, so I went down there. It was Slash and myself. I hope it
makes it on there because that audience went off.

Jeb: What did you guys play?

Neal: I came on first and I played “Saving Grace” with them. At the end of the
night, Slash and I went on and played a blistering version of “Wishing Well.” As
soon as we walked off stage people were immediately stomping on the floor. I had
not heard that since the early days when I used to play Winterland in San
Francisco when Journey was a jam band and we used to electrify people. It was
great to get that kind of reaction so we had to come back and play another tune.
We did a really great version of “Crossroads.” I hope some of that stuff makes
it on the DVD. I have not talked to Paul yet so I don’t know what he has
considered and what he hasn’t.

Jeb: You are amid the rumor mill again with the news of a new band that you are
putting together.

Neal: It is not a rumor; it’s true.

Jeb: I have heard it is called Planet Us.

Neal: That is the working title.

Jeb: See if this is correct: Neal Schon, Sammy Hagar, Deen Castronovo and
Michael Anthony from Van Halen.

Neal: That is right.

Jeb: There were some rumors that Slash was going to be involved but then I heard
that it faded off.

Neal: We wanted to record some stuff that I had written with Sam immediately and
Slash couldn’t make the recording sessions. We recorded without him and now
everyone is digging it. We don’t know what will happen in the future. We are not
going to go on full steam with this until the fall. Sammy might or might not go
out on tour this year but I am already committed to doing to a Journey tour. I
am in the studio right now with Journey and we are writing some blistering new
stuff. We are not signed to Sony any more and it is really kind of cool. Now we
get to do what we want to. I am a free agent and I love being in that position.
We (Journey) are going to go out this summer. We are going to come out with a
mini EP. I want to come out with a teaser. I want to come out with the three
hottest songs that we can add to our set immediately. We are going to sell them
on a CD at our shows only. It is sort of the concept from the early days. You
know, people would hear an EP from Van Halen before the record came out. It
would be three songs and it would help get the buzz out about something new that
you are doing. This stuff is rocking so hard and it sounds pretty good.

Jeb: I love to hear artists that are really into their music.

Neal: It was my idea. I went to the guys and I told them that it was not going
to be about pop music. It was going to be about getting creative. I wanted to
put on our musical hats and get creative. Let’s jump off the cliff and see if we
can fly, that is sort of what we are going for. We’re not thinking about radio.
I am thinking strictly about playing live and what I think the audience is going
to dig.

Jeb: How did you get the wild hair up your ass to get with Sammy and Anthony?

Neal: Sam and I go back to the ‘70’s. We go back to the early days of Montrose.
We have always gotten along really well like brothers. I have a lot of material
that I have written through the years that is on the heavier side. It has not
found a home. A lot of which were songs that were intended to be a Hardline II
record, which never happened. I have taken a lot of my music from that and
revived it. I have re-written it. Sammy knew exactly what to do with it
immediately. Him and I are very, very quick in the studio-- that is another cool
thing. When things are very inspired and start flowing very fast then it is
usually happening for real. When you have to sit there and scratch your head and
go, “I don’t like this” then it is not the same. We have a very inspired
situation and we have gotten off to an ass kicking start with the two songs that
we have done, “Vertigo” and “Peeping Through A Hole.” Michael Anthony: I just
threw out some names. One of the names I threw out was Slash. I had played with
Slash before and I knew that we were compatible as two guitar players. I threw
out Michael Anthony’s name. Whatever I am doing, Deen will be part of it. I am
used to him. He is a great talent. He is an amazing drummer and an amazing
singer. Deen is lead singer material. He is amazing and he actually sounds a lot
like Perry!

Jeb: No shit!

Neal: No shit. He has a full voice with an incredible range. When I get off tour
then I will take a little vacation in Hawaii to kind of clear out my brain and
get ready to work again and then I am going right back in the studio with Sam
and the guys. We are going to finish this record out and then we are going to go
out and play some dates. It is going to be very fun. We are going to play a
couple of Van Halen tunes and we will probably play a couple of Journey songs
and who knows, Deen might even be singing the Journey tunes.

Jeb: I am going to hit you up for another interview when this all comes about.

Neal: Yeah, when there is more to talk about. That is about all I can tell you
because that is all that has gone on right now.

Jeb: I am just glad that it is happening. I think hard rock needs a kick in the
ass and maybe this will get people listening again.

Neal: Believe me, this stuff is kicking hard. Everyone who hears it is just
blown away. They are like, “This sounds like Zeppelin and the Beatles and Ozzy
Osbourne.” Michael Anthony sings high like Deen and everybody goes, “This kind
of sounds like Van Halen.” We have got a lot of cool stuff going on with the
four of us. Michael Anthony is really awesome. I have always enjoyed his playing
with Van Halen and I also enjoyed his voice. He brought a lot of sound to that
band with his back up vocals. They are actually like lead vocals on the hook.
When I sat in the room with Deen and him they sounded like a giant locomotive.
He is also a very solid bass player.

Jeb: I have put some questions together that kind of highlight your career with
Journey. The last time we talked we spoke about when you were with Santana and
how you auditioned with Derek & The Dominoes so this time I am wondering how you
got involved with Journey?

Neal: The Santana thing was over. Gregg quite and I quit. For about a year after
that I was hanging out with Greg Errico the  drummer with Sly & The Family Stone
and was playing with Larry Graham, the bass player from Sly & The Family Stone.
We were going to do a power trio. It sounded very interesting and very cool. At
the last minute, Larry actually got cold feet about it. It was something that
had not really been done at that point. It actually sounded like Mothers Finest
before Mothers Finest came out. He started Graham Central Station. Gregg and I
played with him. I was enjoying it because I was learning some new things about
guitar playing. I was hanging out over in Oakland and Freddie Stone was giving
me rhythm guitar lessons. I was learning how to play funk, which I really didn’t
know a lot about. It was all great fun until we played a few shows and it was
time for me to take a solo. I would start blowing and people in the audience
were starting to get off and Larry would cut me off like, “Four bars is enough.”
I was like, “What are you doing? This is live man, let the shit fly.” He was
like, “No, we are not doing that here” so it was pretty much over for me. That
was clearly not what I wanted to do. I didn’t want to be confined to a
four-measure solo. I was a free man and I didn’t know what I wanted to do.
Herbie Herbert approached me about letting him manage me and building a band
based around my guitar playing --that was the beginning of Journey.

Jeb: How did you know Herbie?

Neal: He was the guitar tech for Carlos (Santana) and myself when we were in the
band together. He had taken on numerous jobs when he was with Santana including
mixing out front to stage-managing to managing he band. I felt like he was able
to take it on and become my manager. Basically, I believed in him. He hooked me
up with George Tickner and Ross Valory. I really wanted to play with Prairie
Prince because I had seen him with The Tubes and thought he was amazing. Shortly
after the four of us started playing Gregg Rolie was thrown into the picture.

Jeb: Journey did not start out as a pop band at all.

Neal: No, not at all.

Jeb: How long did it take for you guys to get the jamming groove together?

Neal: The jamming groove came together immediately. George Tickner had very cool
insights to instrumental music. He had some very unusual chords and tunings that
he would use on the guitar that I had never seen before. He wrote a lot of that
early material. The beginning was really George’s take on what we were going to
do. I was pretty much improvising over the top of it.

Jeb: I have read where you guys were selling a lot more concert tickets than
records.

Neal: That is actually very true. It was the type of music that people liked to
see live. It was like the Grateful Dead on steroids! It was a rock n roll
version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. I was a big fan of John McLaughlin and Jan
Hammer.

Jeb: Was it true that after three albums your record company said, “Get a singer
or we are going to drop you.”

Neal: Our records sales decreased with every record we put out even though we
were selling more tickets than we ever had live. We were a headliner in about
7-8 different states where we were actually selling out auditoriums. We were
selling no records and the record company didn’t care about our live shows! They
were going to drop us. Looking at it now, if they had dropped us it would have
been no big deal. I have to admit that it was getting very tiresome. We had been
on tour, and I mean grueling type touring for five years. I am talking like all
of us crammed with our road crew into two station wagons. We upgraded to a
Winnebago that would break down every two hundred miles. It took us a long time
to get to the place where we got a bus.

Jeb: Steve Perry was not your first singer.

Neal: Actually, Gregg was. The record company felt that we needed a front man.
At that point, Robert Fleischman was brought in. We wrote some songs with him.
We wrote “Wheel In The Sky” with him and we wrote “Winds Of March.” He is a
great songwriter. His melody ideas and his lyrical content are great. It just
didn’t gel. It was good but the personalities were clashing then. It didn’t seem
like it would last and it didn’t last. Herbie Herbert had brought in a tape from
a singer named Steve Perry who I had met before and didn’t even realize it.

Jeb: Infinity was totally different than the other three records you had done.
Your label must have wanted to break you because you had a top name producer
come in by the name of Roy Thomas Baker.

Neal: We had already done much of the work before Steve Perry came into it. We
had done the heavy touring that puts peoples eyes on you. Now we had a voice
that was going to be acceptable on the radio. It was all timing. When Greg Rolie
left, we had done so much touring with Steve, as well as with the old band, that
when he felt that he had enough of touring and wanted to take time off to be
with his family it was like a complete set up for Jonathan Cain to come in with
his writing talents. That record was just that much bigger. We had momentum that
was just building and building.



Jeb: You and Perry wrote some great songs.

Neal: I think there is some valid stuff there.

Jeb: “Feeling That Way” and “Anytime” are two of my favorite Journey songs. Is
there any story or inspiration behind them?

Neal: God, you know… I don’t remember much about it. We went into rehearsal and
we kicked stuff around and how ever it ended up was how it ended up.

Jeb: I am kind of an old school Journey guy. The 78-83 era of the band was just
amazing. I am not going to hide it: I am a Neal Schon fan.

Neal: It’s wild; I guess I never got over the thought of how it changed so
radically into pop music. I have to be completely honest; I was never a big fan
of pop music. I love the Beatles. I love all of the stuff that was coming out of
England like The Who, Hendrix or Cream. I loved early Jeff Beck, late Jeff Beck,
any Jeff Beck. I loved Led Zeppelin. That is more what my thing was and what I
was attracted to. It was all pretty much blues. I love Albert King and BB King.
John Lee Hooker was a friend of mine. I had eaten at his house when I was 13. I
played in the studio with him and he asked me to go on tour with him. I was
like, “John, I’m 13!” I had really deep blues roots and I had rock blues roots.
When I heard the first wave of English blues rock guitarists come out I was
blown away. I was totally into that stuff. I also listened to a lot of jazz
fusion. Part of me is still true to where I came from. Probably most of me is. I
am finding myself going back there further in a lot of new stuff that I am
writing. I can’t go into pop anymore. When Journey goes out and plays we have a
repertoire of material that we have to play for our fans; that it is enough.

Jeb: When in your opinion did Journey become too pop?

Neal: I think Infinity was a very musical record. There were a lot of different
flavors on that record but I thought it was very musical. The same with
Departure. I think that every record we made from Infinity on became more pop.
Jonathan Cain comes from a pop background and is a great pop writer. With the
addition of him when Gregg left, all of a sudden you had “Who’s Crying Now” and
you had “Open Arms” and songs like that. They are great songs but they are pop
songs. It was harder for me to get used to playing on them. The kicker for me is
when most people are asked, “What’s your favorite Neal Schon solo?” And they go,
“Who’s Crying Now.” It was the least favorite thing that I think I ever played.
You try to evaluate yourself and you go, “Man, I don’t get it?”

Jeb: Sometimes I talk before I think…

Neal: That is especially bad when you are doing interviews (laughter)!

Jeb: No shit (laughing)! Actually, I feel the same way that you do and I grew up
with your music and to be honest with you, by the time you got to Raised On
Radio I was like, “This is way to pop for me.”

Neal: I wasn’t even there for that record. Steve and Jonathan had written that
whole record with a drum machine. I wasn’t interested in sitting in a room with
a drum machine when we had a great band. It was the first record that was ever
made like that where they sat in a room with a drum machine instead of going to
rehearsal and test driving the shit while we were writing it. That is why it
sounds that way. Some people like it and some people don’t. It is not my
favorite record. There is some good stuff on there but there is also stuff that
I just don’t care for.

Jeb: I think it is a shame that there are songs from that record that you have
to play that prevent you from slipping in some of the older stuff you did. As a
music fan I think that isn’t right!

Neal: That is why I look at it as we have to come up with some new stuff and
there can’t be any restraints. There can be no governor on the motor! I don’t
want to think pop and I don’t want to think radio. We don’t have to worry about
pleasing anybody at Sony anymore. We don’t have to worry about getting our songs
by them. I want to get creative and lay out what I want to do and see if anybody
digs it. If they don’t then it is time to think about what we are going to do if
we are going to do anything at all. So far it is really, really cool and we are
off to a great start. We are rekindling how musical this band really is. You can
only show so much of the musical side of a band in a three and a half minute pop
ditty.

Jeb: Most Journey fans think of Escape as your best album.

Neal: I think Frontiers and Escape are our strongest records.

Jeb: Why?

Neal: For Escape: The diversity of the record. For Frontiers: For the
experimentation value of the record. Now when I listen to those records I go,
“God, why did I put that on there?” We had better stuff that we could have put
on but hindsight is really wonderful. When you are looking back it is easier to
go, “Well, I should have done this.”

Jeb: How did you come up with that little riff on “Don’t Stop Believing?”

Neal: When I listen to a song I try to get a visual of what the song looks like
to me. I just try to be a part of that vision and I try to create something that
is not necessarily emulating anybody. I am just trying to be myself in that
song. I started thinking that about the lyrics and a midnight train going
anywhere. I’m thinking, “What does a train sound like?” (Makes chugging sound) I
got this triplet type feel in my head of wheels turning on a track going faster
and faster. That was my vision.

Jeb: Which album was more exciting for you to make: Trial By Fire or Arrival?

Neal: Trial By Fire was an exciting record to make because we had not been
together for over ten years. It was great to have the old band in the studio
actually playing, writing and working together. It was a pretty fun record to
make but all of a sudden we had the brakes put on because Steve had a health
condition. We couldn’t do anything, which was super frustrating to all of us,
not just me but for everybody. The record came out and we were met with a lot of
over the top success that none of us were really expecting. We had an #1 single
with “When You Love A Woman” and our record entered at #3 on the Billboard
Charts. A lot of green was on the table being offered to us to do 25 shows.
Steve just said, “I can’t do it” and that was pretty much it; we were kaput. We
had all this momentum going for us and after ten years being embraced that way
by our audience and not being able to do anything with it…. Fuck, I wanted to
kill someone!

Jeb: I had actually written here on my notes to ask you, “How angry were you
when Steve Perry backed out of the tour” and I think you just told me.

Neal: I was angry but I was more frustrated. I was more frustrated because there
was nothing that I could do. There was nothing that any of us could do. I think
out of frustration and having just rekindled the band, I was not able to let it
go -- even if Steve Perry was not going to be involved. At that point I went up
to Jonathan and said, “Let’s just move on. We have nothing to lose is the way I
am looking at it. Right now, we don’t have anything.”

Jeb: Was there any reluctance?

Neal: Steve, as you can see on Behind The Music, was very much saying, “Don’t
fracture the name Journey.” I am like, “Fracture what? There is nothing there
anymore. What are you talking about?” It was like we had nothing. We had
something but it was like a big tease. We got together, it was a big tease and
now it is gone already. Screw it man. I was getting ready to do my own band when
Steve Perry got together with Jonathan Cain and talked to him about doing a
record. I think there was clearly other motives at the time he called Jon to do
the record. I know that Steve was not happy being on Sony at the time and I
think they may have made him an ultimatum. This is my own take on it and I don’t
know if there is any truth or validity to it but after thinking about it and
seeing what actually came down, I’m entitled to that. This is America! I think
that they might have made a proposition to where if he did another record with
Journey that they would release him solo wise and from Journey so he could go
elsewhere and do wherever he wanted to do. That is exactly what happened. We
handed in the record and he was like, “No, I’m not touring. I’m out of here.” I
am sure that he had some health issues like we all do. When you get older you
have health issues. I think there is a lot of cover up there.

Jeb: That is just bullshit. It is too bad that things had to happen that way. At
the same time though, you have moved on. Was Jonathan Cain as excited as you
were to move on?

Neal: Everybody was apprehensive. It was a big step to move forward without
Steve. He had become the vocal point of all our music. Had we kept a lot of
where we started and added vocals to it and done it in a different way like Van
Halen or whatever then it would have been much easier to say, “We can do this.”
I was ready to make a move one way or another no matter what direction we went
in. We knew that we were looking for someone to convey the older material. When
we auditioned guys we were looking to see if they could do they older material.
I think that where we missed the boat on Arrival is the fact that we were
actually being led down a road so to speak from Sony concerning what we could do
and what we couldn’t do. They wanted to play it very safe. They wanted the most
Journey sound alike material -- just stuff that sounded like our old stuff. I
think that if we had been able to be creative and allowed to go where we are now
without trying to recreate ourself once again, then it would have been a much
better record.

Jeb: I think you are being a little hard on yourself. The first three songs,
while they do sound more like Frontiers and Escape era Journey since anything
since, are great songs.

Neal: I think that is a good thing but I think we have to make a huge turn here.
We don’t want to freak out our fans; we are always going to sound like we sound
but I think we can get much more creative with our music. Everything doesn’t
have to be girl/boy. We have some really cool things to write about as a lot of
things have happened in our world. All you have to do is look around. There are
so many things out there that you can tap into that are meaningful.

Jeb: You have to admit that Steve Augeri had to have huge balls to step into
Steve Perry’s role and go out on the road!

Neal: Definatly. I would not want to be him! (Laughter) My hat is off to that
man.

Jeb: I have a question that I want to ask you gingerly and I hope that you will
answer it. What if Steve Perry had wanted to put the band together and you did
not want to be in Journey anymore; how would you feel about Journey being out
there on the road without Neal Schon?

Neal: It would be completely fine with me. You can’t hang other people up. I
have to have consideration for my other band mates. They have families and they
have bills to pay. If I didn’t want to do it, I would have to just let go and
say, “I wish you guys all the luck in the world.” There are plenty of guitar
players out there who can emulate me. There is some cat out there who can do me
probably better than I can do myself! I would just have to say, “I can’t do it
anymore and I wish you guys the best.”

Jeb: Neal, I want to thank you for meeting with me and talking about all of
this. We are going to get a belated review of your solo album up on Classic Rock
Revisited in April because you deserve the recognition.

Neal: Thank you.

Jeb: There is a group of us who do a lot of work trying to keep classic rock
alive and well. Our name, Classic Rock Revisited is all about revisiting the
past but at the same time we mean that we have to revisit the musicians of the
past because many are still making great music in the present. We are just
thrilled the way you work with us. I will stop kissing your ass here in a minute
but I am big fan of your music and I want to make sure we have covered
everything that you wanted to cover. Is there anything else you want to talk
about?

Neal: That is pretty much it. I told you about the new stuff that we are working
on with Journey. What is going to be cool is that even though we are playing a
lot of secondary markets -- we are trying to stay out of the primary markets
until we have a full CD out-- We are going to come onstage to something that is
brand new. It is a lengthy piece that is about ten minutes long. People are
going to be getting a taste of the brand new stuff and the new directions that
we are going this year.

Jeb: The first song when you come onstage is going to be a brand new ten-minute
jam? That is ballsy!

Neal: It is pretty happening too. We just finished recording it a couple of days
ago and Steve just finished putting his vocals on it and it is sounding pretty
cool.
Jeb: Are you going to sell your mini EP online or just at the show?

Neal: I think we are just going to sell it at the show.

Jeb: If you want it then come get it huh?

Neal: I love what Anne DeFranco has done with her music and her career. She
sells all her music at her shows and she sells it online. I think with the whole
Napster fiasco and everything else that is out there right now, I just want to
sell the stuff at our shows. Eventually, we will take the three songs and add
seven more and have a ten songs record. The record is only going to have ten
songs on it. We are not going to go and squeeze every frickin’ song on it that
we wrote. I think that is one of the things that killed Arrival for me was that
it had too many songs. The new one will have ten great songs and not too many
ballads. Two ballads and three at the most but the rest of it has to be up-tempo
stuff.

Journey is stating that they will produce and distribute their next album
themselves, through their website and on tour.


Regards,
Russ Blomstedt - http://russblomstedt.cjb.net/

Hi collectors,

I found a number of collectors items at record stores you might be
interested in.
I'm offering all I have this time, so I won't need to bother you with
these kind of
messages anymore. Combine items & save shipping. Sorry for those who
oppose with this
kind of message, but I list this for two reasons: 1. I hate to throw
CDs away and 2.
I'd love to make a fan happy... thanks for reading here are the links:

1 copy When Love & Hate Collide (1995 2track single)
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2 copies Work It Out (1996 2track promo)
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2 copies Slang (1996 1track promo)
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5 copies Breathe A Sigh (1995 1track promo)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=860076165

Best,
Lovedoc-NL

WILL THERE BE MORE TOUR DATES TO COME? I HOPE SO!!!
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., Russ Blomstedt
<greyrider@s...> wrote:
>  New added dates from Pollstar. Here's the internet addy for
Pollstar. http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?
By=Artist&Content=JOURNE&AN=Y
>
> Regards,
> Russ Blomstedt - http://russblomstedt.cjb.net/
> my david gilmour page -
http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/Poco/gilmour.html
> my journey page - http://schonrox.cjb.net/
> my rik emmett page -
http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/Poco/rikemmett.html

New added dates from Pollstar. Here's the internet addy for Pollstar.
http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=JOURNE&AN=Y

Regards,
Russ Blomstedt - http://russblomstedt.cjb.net/
my david gilmour page - http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/Poco/gilmour.html
my journey page - http://schonrox.cjb.net/
my rik emmett page - http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/Poco/rikemmett.html

Hello,

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Hello everyone, I was wondering what songs you would like for me to
upload in the club? I have about 800 mp3s, mostly classic rock, and
you should have received an e-mail b/c I just uploaded 2 rare Steve
Perry songs for all u Perry fans out there. For all u Augeri fans, I
was wondering if any of u would like for me to upload some Tall
Stories or Tyketto songs, I have plenty.....so just let me know. Or
if there is a classic rock or 80s pop song that u like, just ask me
if I have it-chances are, I probably do. lol Thanx ya'll. Take care

Greyrider! It's been so long since I've heard from ya! Thanx for
dropping by! Howz ya been doing?
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., Russ Blomstedt
<greyrider@s...> wrote:
>  With yahoo transfering it's clubs to it's groups, I did an update
on my Journey page (http://schonrox.cjb.net/). For those of you
> who cannot get enough of Journey, here are the latest links to
Journey discussion groups -
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E5C4P3
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JourneyThroughFrontiers
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arockinjourney/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garysjourneyclub2000/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/faithfullyforjourney/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/journeyfansinseattle/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/journeyfanclubinseattle/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/allthethingswewuvaboutsteve/
>
> http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800084012&cf=17
>
> http://forums.delphiforums.com/augshigherplace
>
> http://forums.delphiforums.com/ESC4P3
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostonjourneyfanclub/
>
> http://members.aol.com/DogmanWiz/message/msgboard.html
>
> http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13403
>
> http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=17998
>
> http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13524
>
> http://anyboard.net/et/music/Journey/A0index.html
>
> http://members.tripod.com/~jrnyfan/chat.html
>
> please refer to my page for future updates.
>
> Regards,
> Russ Blomstedt
> home page - http://russblomstedt.cjb.net/

Hello,

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Hello,

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awaiting_steve_augeris_arrival

With yahoo transfering it's clubs to it's groups, I did an update on my Journey
page (http://schonrox.cjb.net/). For those of you
who cannot get enough of Journey, here are the latest links to Journey
discussion groups -

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/E5C4P3

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JourneyThroughFrontiers

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arockinjourney/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/garysjourneyclub2000/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/faithfullyforjourney/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/journeyfansinseattle/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/journeyfanclubinseattle/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/allthethingswewuvaboutsteve/

http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800084012&cf=17

http://forums.delphiforums.com/augshigherplace

http://forums.delphiforums.com/ESC4P3

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bostonjourneyfanclub/

http://members.aol.com/DogmanWiz/message/msgboard.html

http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13403

http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=17998

http://bbs.artistdirect.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13524

http://anyboard.net/et/music/Journey/A0index.html

http://members.tripod.com/~jrnyfan/chat.html

please refer to my page for future updates.

Regards,
Russ Blomstedt
home page - http://russblomstedt.cjb.net/

Hey Julie. I got them! lol OMG that last one really shocked me..I
thought u said he had part of his clothes on but I thought that he
was only missing his shirt or something and then BAM! I open that e-
mail and I'm like omg I didn't know he was gonan reveal that. I am
scared now. lol I have never really seen a pic like that before!
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I just sent you some pictures...BUT they all came back
> sayng I could not email you thru the group?

Let me know if anything got thru

I just sent you some pictures...BUT they all came back
sayng I could not email you thru the group?

Julie, I'm sorry about that but my e-mail addy is not listed, but
it's awaiting_steve_augeris_arrival@...
Sorry for the inconvenience! Take care!
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hey, I don't have your email.
> Tried to find it on the list....But its not there. Do you have mine.

Hey, I don't have your email.
Tried to find it on the list....But its not there. Do you have mine.

Hey Julie! How have u been?? Okay, you can e-mail me the pix and some
of your poems. Do not be so down on yourself. I bet your poems are
very good. Think positively. :-) everyone is creative in their own
special way! :-)
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
> The pictures are not tooo naughty!!! Robert is not naked he is semi
> naked!!!!! I have instant chat....But it frezzes up all the time.
> It would be better till I find out whats wrong just to email em to
> you! Soon as I get time I will send some stuff I wrote. It is not
as
> good as yours,  See ya later.....Ju

Hello,
The pictures are not tooo naughty!!! Robert is not naked he is semi
naked!!!!! I have instant chat....But it frezzes up all the time.
It would be better till I find out whats wrong just to email em to
you! Soon as I get time I will send some stuff I wrote. It is not as
good as yours,  See ya later.....Ju

Well, how naughty is the pic b/c if it is something REALLY bad, then
it would not be a good idea for you to e-mail it to me b/c other
people keep an eye on the computer, if ya know what I mean. lol
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> I'm sorry....I have tried everything!!!!
> The only way I can think of is for me to email em to you and maybe
you
> can get them in a album. If you want send me your email....
>    Juli

Thanks Julie! Do you have yahoo messenger? I do and I think I added u
to my buddy list under my other screen name.........anyway, I will
post more poems/songs later. Would you like to share any of yours?
I'd love to read some, but if they are too personal, that's okay too!
--- In allthethingswewuvaboutsteve@y..., julieray12000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> You write beautifuly, I was very moved!
> Wish I could write so well!!!!!
> Thanks for sharing......Julie

I'm sorry....I have tried everything!!!!
The only way I can think of is for me to email em to you and maybe you
can get them in a album. If you want send me your email....
    Juli

You write beautifuly, I was very moved!
Wish I could write so well!!!!!
Thanks for sharing......Julie