Kevin Chalfant comments
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:58 pmNo idea how old this is but came across this interview with Kevin. He mentions having written with Neal, Gregg and Jon. Wonder how far those tracks got and whatever happened to them.
I've linked the entire interview here but excerpted a few interesting sections.
http://www.libertynjustice.net/gettoknow_kevinc.php
Rumor has it that when Steve Perry left Journey you were close to getting the gig. What happened? Did you want to be the lead singer of Journey?
I did a live performance with Journey in 1994 in San Francisco. I was asked to join the band. I began writing with Gregg, Neal and Jonathan. Then out of a nearby phone booth, Steve Perry reappears with a new fire burning. It burned long enough to record a new CD — and then back to permanent vacation again. God has something much bigger in store for me. It is a life's goal and a destination that only He can finish in me.
Name the 3 highest points and the 3 lowest points of your musical career to date?
Three high points:
Singing at the LA Forum at the end of the 1992 Tour with Bryan Adams. The Storm was awesome, nearly bulletproof!
Singing the national anthem with The Ides of March at a Chicago Bulls game.
Performing on stage with all of the past Journey members playing all together at one time behind me singing "Separate Ways." Very cool moments in history.
Three low points:
Playing in a club in Downers Grove in the 1970s with only one person in the place. Between songs he would pick his head up from the table and yell "Kansas" or "Boston" or whatever and the sun was coming up outside of the big picture window next to the stage. That was miserable.
Touring with 707, the monitors were turned off by the headliner and I was expected to sing without monitors in front of 55,000 people. Tough stuff.
When I was in my early 20s, I used to drink liquor while singing and I got a node on my vocal cords. I had to quit singing for an entire year or get surgery. I quit singing for a year. That was rough.
If you could form your own all-star band, who would be in it? Who would be playing what?
Dream band huh? Paul McCartney on bass; Elton John on piano; Gregg Rolie on B3; Neal Schon and Anthony Gomes on guitar, next to Robert Randolph on steel guitar; on drums, Steve Smith (who else?); Joe Spivey on fiddle; and Rachael Barton on violin.
And finally, a Liberty n' Justice 4-ALL word association. We will mention a name or thing and you give us your thoughts:
Neal Schon (Journey/Soul Sirkus)
Soulful and great!
Herbie Herbert (former manager)
Just the best. I spoke to him today by phone.
Ross Valory (Journey/The Storm)
My bro!
Steve Perry (Journey)
A dynamic talent
I've linked the entire interview here but excerpted a few interesting sections.
http://www.libertynjustice.net/gettoknow_kevinc.php
Rumor has it that when Steve Perry left Journey you were close to getting the gig. What happened? Did you want to be the lead singer of Journey?
I did a live performance with Journey in 1994 in San Francisco. I was asked to join the band. I began writing with Gregg, Neal and Jonathan. Then out of a nearby phone booth, Steve Perry reappears with a new fire burning. It burned long enough to record a new CD — and then back to permanent vacation again. God has something much bigger in store for me. It is a life's goal and a destination that only He can finish in me.
Name the 3 highest points and the 3 lowest points of your musical career to date?
Three high points:
Singing at the LA Forum at the end of the 1992 Tour with Bryan Adams. The Storm was awesome, nearly bulletproof!
Singing the national anthem with The Ides of March at a Chicago Bulls game.
Performing on stage with all of the past Journey members playing all together at one time behind me singing "Separate Ways." Very cool moments in history.
Three low points:
Playing in a club in Downers Grove in the 1970s with only one person in the place. Between songs he would pick his head up from the table and yell "Kansas" or "Boston" or whatever and the sun was coming up outside of the big picture window next to the stage. That was miserable.
Touring with 707, the monitors were turned off by the headliner and I was expected to sing without monitors in front of 55,000 people. Tough stuff.
When I was in my early 20s, I used to drink liquor while singing and I got a node on my vocal cords. I had to quit singing for an entire year or get surgery. I quit singing for a year. That was rough.
If you could form your own all-star band, who would be in it? Who would be playing what?
Dream band huh? Paul McCartney on bass; Elton John on piano; Gregg Rolie on B3; Neal Schon and Anthony Gomes on guitar, next to Robert Randolph on steel guitar; on drums, Steve Smith (who else?); Joe Spivey on fiddle; and Rachael Barton on violin.
And finally, a Liberty n' Justice 4-ALL word association. We will mention a name or thing and you give us your thoughts:
Neal Schon (Journey/Soul Sirkus)
Soulful and great!
Herbie Herbert (former manager)
Just the best. I spoke to him today by phone.
Ross Valory (Journey/The Storm)
My bro!
Steve Perry (Journey)
A dynamic talent
