Re: Steve Smith Back in Journey
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:00 pm
That makes sense...Mike Baird was a studio drummer knee deep in that world
yet Smith is an extraordinary talent...i still want to believe he could have dealt
w/t new technology of that day...there is nothing on Raised on Radio both
Steve & Ross could not play...this was all Perry imo...I have read all the ramblings
by manager and according to Herbie, Perry was the devil...he was burnt out and
out of control...Neil would have fired him but he was trapped by Perry's massive
fanbase and sound of Journey...his solo LP was a direct threat to Journey music...
the end was near...they did this tour and disappeared from the scene...Ross got
royally screwed financially from the catalogue of music, Perry had most of the
rights...the death of Steve Perry's mother really hit him hard during this era.
"Steve Perry remains in his sights as the band's number one problem. Why is this so?
Herbie says: “I would just like to make my living and do what I think I can get done
here. So from my point of view that got stopped and mucked up quite a bit. There
was no reason for them not to continue in '84, '85, '86. they could have been a polished
Grateful Dead and that was my model as a deadhead.”
http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/h ... rbert.html
yet Smith is an extraordinary talent...i still want to believe he could have dealt
w/t new technology of that day...there is nothing on Raised on Radio both
Steve & Ross could not play...this was all Perry imo...I have read all the ramblings
by manager and according to Herbie, Perry was the devil...he was burnt out and
out of control...Neil would have fired him but he was trapped by Perry's massive
fanbase and sound of Journey...his solo LP was a direct threat to Journey music...
the end was near...they did this tour and disappeared from the scene...Ross got
royally screwed financially from the catalogue of music, Perry had most of the
rights...the death of Steve Perry's mother really hit him hard during this era.
"Steve Perry remains in his sights as the band's number one problem. Why is this so?
Herbie says: “I would just like to make my living and do what I think I can get done
here. So from my point of view that got stopped and mucked up quite a bit. There
was no reason for them not to continue in '84, '85, '86. they could have been a polished
Grateful Dead and that was my model as a deadhead.”
http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/h ... rbert.html