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And let me first say WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Great voice, definetly the Journey "Legacy". Would I pay to see him-AB-SO-F'KING-LUTELY!!!!! Alright, the Gator Nation will turn all our support towards him now!!! Has he been mentioned for this job???

ScarabGator wrote:And let me first say WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Great voice, definetly the Journey "Legacy". Would I pay to see him-AB-SO-F'KING-LUTELY!!!!! Alright, the Gator Nation will turn all our support towards him now!!! Has he been mentioned for this job???

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

I know, I've never heard anyone do early Perry like this. This IS the guy for the job!

RaiderFan wrote:

ScarabGator wrote:And let me first say WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Great voice, definetly the Journey "Legacy". Would I pay to see him-AB-SO-F'KING-LUTELY!!!!! Alright, the Gator Nation will turn all our support towards him now!!! Has he been mentioned for this job???

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

I know, I've never heard anyone do early Perry like this. This IS the guy for the job!

Never heard of Jason Kelty either, but geezus That was incredible! Gave me chills.

WOW!!

Just got through listening to that clip..that was pretty awesome.

Of course I have not seen guy perform on stage.

I was thinking that Jeremey had the gig..and I liked his singing as well.

This guy also deserves alot of consideration too.

BTW Thanks to Cat Eyes for the welcome a few weeks ago.

Does anyone know the timeframe when an announcement is going to be made on the lead singer situation???

Jason has been mentioned here before. A search for his name in this forum will find some extensive discussion. Apparently, he gave the Journey tribute thing up a while ago and has gotten into Christian music or something to that effect. Someone on the board did quite a bit of legwork to track him down.

Agreed that he nails Perry. The first time I heard his cover of Lovin' You Is Easy, I had to really listen to find differences from the original. I actually thought at first listen that someone had accidentally posted a rip from a Journey CD.

He would definitely be my #1 pick if I was looking for a soundalike. I like Hugo, but he doesn't seem to have much power in his voice when doing Journey, although he has it on his solo & Valentine stuff. Arnel's phrasing and delivery suck at times because of the language barrier and resulting mispronunciations.

The guy's great. Journey's just not his "thing" any longer... case closed...

FormerJrnyFan wrote:The guy's great. Journey's just not his "thing" any longer... case closed...

Everyone has their price!!!

RaiderFan wrote:

FormerJrnyFan wrote:The guy's great. Journey's just not his "thing" any longer... case closed...

Everyone has their price!!!

Obviously Journey isn't willing to pay much.

WOWOWOWOWOWOW!! WTF!! Get him on board ASAP! He's freaking awesome. Dunno what he looks like but he certainly sounds A LOT OF LOTS like Steve Perry!

Does somebody have any further info about him? I'd like to check him out!

You guys DO realize that he's an Albino and a midget besides, right? English is also his second language. Pig Latin is his native language...



Seriously, he sounds great on Loving You is Easy. Tough to tell off one tune though.

brywool wrote:You guys DO realize that he's an Albino and a midget besides, right? English is also his second language. Pig Latin is his native language...

Just find him a Perry-wig and no one will notice the difference from a distance... j/k

Holy crap. Agreed, Journey should get this guy NOW.

RaiderFan wrote:

ScarabGator wrote:And let me first say WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Great voice, definetly the Journey "Legacy". Would I pay to see him-AB-SO-F'KING-LUTELY!!!!! Alright, the Gator Nation will turn all our support towards him now!!! Has he been mentioned for this job???

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

I know, I've never heard anyone do early Perry like this. This IS the guy for the job!

Definately great voice. How long ago was that clip from? Anybody heard him recently?

It sounds good, but it's also a studio recording. Let's hear some live recordings...

FormerJrnyFan wrote:The guy's great. Journey's just not his "thing" any longer... case closed...

How do YOU know?

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U could definately fool someone with him and Perry.....You can't tell the difference.....He's awesome....

Any more work from him anywhere......Nothing on UTube...

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Soto All The Way wrote:

FormerJrnyFan wrote:The guy's great. Journey's just not his "thing" any longer... case closed...

How do YOU know?

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Cuz she knows all and sees all! How goes it Lori?

Deb wrote:

RaiderFan wrote:

ScarabGator wrote:And let me first say WOW!!!! Unbelievable. Great voice, definetly the Journey "Legacy". Would I pay to see him-AB-SO-F'KING-LUTELY!!!!! Alright, the Gator Nation will turn all our support towards him now!!! Has he been mentioned for this job???

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

I know, I've never heard anyone do early Perry like this. This IS the guy for the job!

Definately great voice. How long ago was that clip from? Anybody heard him recently?

St. John said he's currently in a band called Gotham City, which plays secular music. I think he plays keys and does vocals on the Journey tunes. The fact that he's playing secular music leads me to believe he'd jump on the chance to lead Journey. Anyway here's the bands website courtesy of SJ. Unfortunately no audio clips
http://www.gothamcityrocks.com/home.php

After checking out their website, he may be a born again Christian but all the songs they play are classic and pop rock stuff, like Styx and Journey. In one pic they show off their band name on the dressing room door-they come off to me as someone looking for bigger things. Who knows but Jason himself!

ScarabGator wrote:After checking out their website, he may be a born again Christian but all the songs they play are classic and pop rock stuff, like Styx and Journey. In one pic they show off their band name on the dressing room door-they come off to me as someone looking for bigger things. Who knows but Jason himself!

Notice there are no show dates and no pics of Jason. Weird.

NealIsGod wrote:

ScarabGator wrote:After checking out their website, he may be a born again Christian but all the songs they play are classic and pop rock stuff, like Styx and Journey. In one pic they show off their band name on the dressing room door-they come off to me as someone looking for bigger things. Who knows but Jason himself!

Notice there are no show dates and no pics of Jason. Weird.

Pic of Jason Kelty.

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h ... n%26sa%3DN

Article and pic (from 1997) on them (E5C4P3) to click on also.

Gotham City. GREAT band name.

Listening right now... Sounds fantastic, however: Should Jason accept if an offer is made to him, Journey may find themselves right back where they started in spite of all this.

If the new singer (whomever he/she shall be) doesn't have a voice that is either strong enough, or used to the rigorous touring schedule that the band is famous for, they'll be setting up auditions again in no time. If their decision isn't thoroughly researched in all capacities, they will fail miserably, after which they surely would never recover. Remember, Steve Augeri said that he hadn't sung in years before being hired by Journey. The voice just wasn't used to the rigors that it was put through.

The public will only accept so many lead singer changes. But, hey who knows, maybe they're trying to set some kind of record.

Stu, (RVR) help me out here, but wasn't he the lead singer of the east coast band Escape? Alot of his old Journey Digest (I mean 5-6 years) were always signed Jason from Escape. There used to be a band here in Pittsburgh occasionally, that played at the HR and I think I remember the guy being Jason. Could be 100% wrong. He was on Journey boards too at times....I was supposed to be backstage with him in Pittsburgh when dickhead's appendix blew up and they cancelled.....

Anyone know?

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Soto All The Way wrote:Stu, (RVR) help me out here, but wasn't he the lead singer of the east coast band Escape? Alot of his old Journey Digest (I mean 5-6 years) were always signed Jason from Escape. There used to be a band here in Pittsburgh occasionally, that played at the HR and I think I remember the guy being Jason. Could be 100% wrong. He was on Journey boards too at times....I was supposed to be backstage with him in Pittsburgh when dickhead's appendix blew up and they cancelled.....

Anyone know?

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Yeah, that's the guy.

Jason Kelty is probably the closest Perry replica I've ever heard.Awesome voice.
Although I've heard him before,this is the first time I see how he looks like...Hmm.
I'd say that if this guy would have auditioned for Journey,Schon might've had the same reaction when they auditioned Hugo,something like *No way,not again!Too close!*

RaiderFan wrote:

Soto All The Way wrote:Stu, (RVR) help me out here, but wasn't he the lead singer of the east coast band Escape? Alot of his old Journey Digest (I mean 5-6 years) were always signed Jason from Escape. There used to be a band here in Pittsburgh occasionally, that played at the HR and I think I remember the guy being Jason. Could be 100% wrong. He was on Journey boards too at times....I was supposed to be backstage with him in Pittsburgh when dickhead's appendix blew up and they cancelled.....

Anyone know?

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Yeah, that's the guy.

Fuck, I have his e-mail and cell I think, I gotta look him up.....GREAT, GREAT guy!!!!

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Soto All The Way wrote:

RaiderFan wrote:

Soto All The Way wrote:Stu, (RVR) help me out here, but wasn't he the lead singer of the east coast band Escape? Alot of his old Journey Digest (I mean 5-6 years) were always signed Jason from Escape. There used to be a band here in Pittsburgh occasionally, that played at the HR and I think I remember the guy being Jason. Could be 100% wrong. He was on Journey boards too at times....I was supposed to be backstage with him in Pittsburgh when dickhead's appendix blew up and they cancelled.....

Anyone know?

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Yeah, that's the guy.

Fuck, I have his e-mail and cell I think, I gotta look him up.....GREAT, GREAT guy!!!!

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Well get some more samples of him and post them here pronto!

Soto All The Way wrote:

RaiderFan wrote:

Soto All The Way wrote:Stu, (RVR) help me out here, but wasn't he the lead singer of the east coast band Escape? Alot of his old Journey Digest (I mean 5-6 years) were always signed Jason from Escape. There used to be a band here in Pittsburgh occasionally, that played at the HR and I think I remember the guy being Jason. Could be 100% wrong. He was on Journey boards too at times....I was supposed to be backstage with him in Pittsburgh when dickhead's appendix blew up and they cancelled.....

Anyone know?

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Yeah, that's the guy.

Fuck, I have his e-mail and cell I think, I gotta look him up.....GREAT, GREAT guy!!!!

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well shit man!!! Email him and tell him to contact Neal Schon!!! This may be the answer!!!!

I am working on getting live clips of them but not getting anywhere. I know the old sound man at the Toy Tiger has/had some soundboard recordings of them. If I get them you guys will shit... The guy was better live than on that studio track. I dont say that lightly.