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Hello all,

Well I’m new here obviously so hi !! Been lurking for a while and watching the JSS vs. SS vs. JSS threads and wishing there was a celebrity death match episode with them. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you ever heard an old Journey tribute band called ESCAPE (surprise!) ? These guys were from Ohio and the singers name was Jason Kelty. This guy was amazing and I mean amazing, He nailed everything and would ad-lib higher notes than Perry. This is the guy that should be fronting Journey IMHO. Afraid that he might not be pretty enough which is kind of a requirement these days which is such a shame. Nothing against JSS or SS and I believe Journey is still a great band with JSS from the boots. This is an old clip of that band playing "Loving you is easy". It was done in a studio for some local Ohio tribute album. This guy did Mother Father as good as Perry does on the live 81 DVD and I swear he made it look easy. Never heard him strain or even falter in the dozen or so times I saw them and as I said earlier, he would ad-lib higher harmonies than Perry and not in falsetto. This guy had a freakish 1 in a million vocal range. I wonder what happened to him.


http://members.core.com/~e5c4p3/LovinYou.mp3

its sounds great but rumor has it he hasnt done anything in 10 years

SO you have heard of Jason Kelty ? Cant belive a guy with that much god given talent would just let it go. Too bad.

Wow, what an absolutely incredible voice. Now THAT is the Journey sound I'm missing so much with JSS (going by the 3 boots I have).

someone had a video link to this song some time ago here

A video ? Oh man, I would kill for that considering I was at most of their shows. I want to find him to see what he is doing. I am involved in a music project I would love for him to sing for (not journey related) as we have an indie deal (which I cant talk about yet) and he would be the man for the job !!

I remember this guy! Yeah, he had/has a great voice!! Sounds a lot like Perry! I remember there being a video or a couple of them from this guy and his band.

He used to post on one of the boards a number of years ago.

I guess ESCAPE is no more with Jason. They've reformed as Bon-Journey and you can check them out here:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... d=86317309

I'd like to hear more from Jason myself.

if journey went ahead with a steve perry "clone" they would be looked at as one big fat joke. believe me. there is only one steve perry. }:C)

thanks for the link anyway... he really does sound like sp... but like always something is missing... it's NOT steve perry! };C)) sure you can copy/mimic his voice but you can't copy the heart & soul that was/is sp.

no clones or wanna~bes! }:C)

treetopovskaya wrote:no clones or wanna~bes! }:C)

Yeah, I agree. I think Jason sounds/sounded great though. He may have realized that he was pigeon-holed too. He sounds so much like Perry, how do you get work, except in a tribute band?

Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

journeygal wrote:Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

I have read that also.

What a voice though !! One of my favorite Journey songs..actually I love the Evolution album..my least fav song on their would probably be LTS.

Thing about Steve Perry
is he didn;t do it in falsetto
He hit the notes dead on
pure and it;s not easy to do
esp without any evidence of changing voices

I have a range
and not a bad voice
and he still amazes me!

I bow to you Steve Perry....

He is a devout Christian now ? I hope he didnt join the rock is devils music camp. Anyone know where to get any of those old vids of them ?

journeygal wrote:Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

Really? Hadn't heard that. Good for him. Wonder why he felt that being a Christian and singing Journey tunes was not compatible?

Yeah I cant imagine that. I met the guy quite a few tims as I am from Louisville, Ky which is about the only place they played. Ahh the Toy Tiger and how I miss that club. It was the best bar this city ever had for music period ! He seemed as sober as a nun (no pun intended). I cant say I ever remember seeing him with even a beer. I relly woudl like to get this guy to listen to some tracks we are working on for an indie lable. I am happy for anyone who has found faith in god and can lt go of a bad past. I have to say that I dont think god would object to journey. Its a a lot about love and benign for the most part......

bumping this back up.