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We all know that the ever recurring topic on this board is will Steve Perry release new music? The recent topics on the subject got me thinking whether there is any precedent for a singer of Steve Perry's success/fame who has walked away and said that's it I'm done. I know Perry has never said that, but I can't think of anyone who has?. They all come back in the end, don't they?

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Now playing: Tori Amos - Hotel

Duncan wrote:They all come back in the end, don't they?

WE'LL SEE.

Does SP sing in the car? In the shower? In his sleep? Who knows

I'll bet he at least sings in the shower, he always loved having a big 'verb on his voice...

If they do....

It's GOTTA be ripping them apart inside.



I mean....in perspective:

What is the one job you're excellent at - that you would NOT GIVE UP FOR THE WORLD?

Well....what if you COULD NOT DO THAT ANYMORE?

Discuss.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Duncan wrote:They all come back in the end, don't they?

WE'LL SEE.

bluejeangirl76 wrote:WE'LL SEE.

I wasn't trying to start another will he won't he thread. I was thinking about whether anyone else of his stature had simply turned their back on it, never to be heard again. I can think of lots of guys who said they were going to but they all came back in the end.

I asking for names of people who called it quits?

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Now playing: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Hallelujah

Ehwmatt wrote:Does SP sing in the car? In the shower? In his sleep?

There's a Dr. Seuss rhyme in there somewhere.

I can only imagine what never playing guitar again would do for me... and fuck man, I'm not even that good.

LLL wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:

Duncan wrote:They all come back in the end, don't they?

WE'LL SEE.

BJG you can't use that phrase - it's almost trademarked!!

John Fogerty comes to mind. Wrote, sang, played lead guitar on all his band's (CCR) songs in their short hit-parade run ('68-'71?). You couldn't turn the radio on, in those days, without hearing a Creedence song playing -- with that distinctive gruff voice belting out tune after tune. All of a sudden, nothing. Word was the band broke up ... too much fighting, drugs ... lost of creativity ... later, brother Tom died. The other 2 members, Clifford and Stu, re-formed as Creedence Clearwater Revisited in the '90s, playing bar venues and old CCRevival (Fogerty) songs. John stayed retired.

Holy moly, JF came out of retirement a few years ago with a new album, new backup band, playing new music live. Don't follow him that closely. I think he swore off his old CCR music.

Duncan wrote:

bluejeangirl76 wrote:WE'LL SEE.

I wasn't trying to start another will he won't he thread.

Yeah I know. I can't think of any either, so its a good question on your part.

lol, had to edit my post, put an extra & in CCR

annie89509 wrote:John Fogerty comes to mind. Wrote, sang, played lead guitar on all his band's (CCR) songs in their short hit-parade run ('68-'71?). You couldn't turn the radio on, in those days, without hearing a Creedence song playing -- with that distinctive gruff voice belting out tune after tune. All of a sudden, nothing. Word was the band broke up ... too much fighting, drugs ... lost of creativity ... later, brother Tom died. The other 2 members, Clifford and Stu, re-formed as Creedence Clearwater Revisited in the '90s, playing bar venues and old CCRevival (Fogerty) songs. John stayed retired.

Holy moly, JF came out of retirement a few years ago with a new album, new backup band, playing new music live. Don't follow him that closely. I think he swore off his old CCR music.

Exactly. I bought and I'm playing it right now.

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Now playing: John Fogerty - Don't You Wish It Was True

Actually I don't think John Fogerty ever retired. He put out an album in 1975
and his disc 'Centerfield' was big in 1985. He put a few others out in the late 90's too.

There was some kind of a lawsuit after 'Centerfield', because the label that owns the
rights to the CCR catalogue sued him - they said his new stuff sounded too much like
the CCR songs! Well he wrote them and it is his voice - that would be like Steve Perry putting
out a new CD and getting sued by Sony for sounding too much like Journey. John Fogerty
won the lawsuit, but it probably delayed any new material for quite a while. Part of
his courtroom defense was to bring out his guitar and play the different songs to show how they were
not the same. I would have loved to be on that jury!

If they can still sing they never hang it up. It's that simple.