Archive for July 13, 2008

the “I sang for Journey” club… I’ll never get in

{ Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ 11:12 pm } · { concerts and bands }
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so i was thinking about this today while listening to various different songs from Journey…  i have actually seen Journey in all of its carnations except in the early days pre Steve perry..  but since that time i have had the pleasure of seeing the band with each front man…

first with Steve Perry – this band i had seen several times on tour supporting various albums ( yes i said albums) such as Infinity, Evolution, Departure, and so on… then in recent years since the “departure” of Steve Perry, there have now been 3 replacements including the most recent Arnel Pineda.

First there was Steve Augeri who did an amazing job although he was no Steve Perry… from a distance he even looked like Steve Perry with a perm.

Then there was Jeff Scott Soto who in my opinion had no business standing on stage with Neil and the boys attempting to impersonate Mr. Perry.. not even close.

And now we come to the Arnel Pineda era of Journey… now for those who are die-hard Fans of Steve Perry, you will find this gentleman the absolute closest thing to the original that could be found. Arnels pitch and tone are so close to Steve that the only way i know it is not Steve Perry is the influction and phrasing that mr. Pineda uses when he sings…  now my only concern is how long on the tour before his voice starts showing signs of stress and he comes to a point where he needs a rest in order to maintain the strength in vocal quality he has shown to this point…  only time will tell! 

i am looking forward to the show here in our area at the Sleep train Amphitheater on September 26th 2008.

along with Journey that night is co headliners Heart, along with Cheap Trick…

wow what a lineup!   should be a rocking night…….

 

 

Just a quick note….. i was right. the Journey performance on Sept. 26th, 2008 was absoloutly amazing! as was Hearts Performance and Cheap Trick…. all were spectacular….

smokin hot music

{ Sunday, July 13, 2008 @ 1:49 am } · { fire in the valley }
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so this past friday was a multi show day here in the sacramento valley. we had a show at railey field and a show at the sleeptrain amphitheater in marysville..

at the railey field show was Lynard Skynard headlining.. at the sleeptrain – Slipknot now mind you at railey field the show was to be an evening event whereas the sleeptrain event was an all day affair starting at 1:00pm and as the show day approached. the powers that be in the slipknot camp decided (quite wisely i might add) to postpone the show for a couple of days.. till monday night july 14 2008. but the railey field event goes on as planned….

now you might ask why would one event cancel and the other continue… well the answer to that question escapes me because due to the fires surrounding the sacramento valley. both venues were engulfed in smoke so dense that when looking off to the distance it appeared you were looking in to an oncoming fog bank. now this coming week thank goodness it appears that the smoke is clearing and we will without a hitch be able to welcome Slipknot and the rest of Rockstar Mayhem to the amphitheater… and as you might guess it will be nice to be able to work this event and not suffer from Smoke inhilation.. how those that worked the railey field show survived, i have no idea… they are to this day probably still hacking they’re lungs out….. or maybe they are just used to inhaling smoke on a grand scale, (if you get my drift) anyway, after the show this monday i will be back to share stories of the evenings crazyness and headbanging lunacy…..

till then stay cool, rock hard and live safe…..