FamilyMan wrote:I am one of the biggest Augeri fans out there (here). But really?? We think he sounds good here? Maybe it's a poor choice of an acoustic song. Or maybe its just me.
No, it's not just you. He doesn't really sound that good.
Like you, I too always liked him. I loved the fact that he helped pick up the Journey pieces and toured the s#it out of it. I liked Arrival, although a bit busy/long, and I'm one of not many that really liked Red13 & Generations...well, at least some of the songs. Anyha~ I probably respect the man more than I like his voice. IMO, he just never had the strength & power. He sounded nasally a lot, and when it came to pushing a note, he weakened further with relying on head voice or falsetto. I think he and DC fit together well, because their voice strengths are very similar. (Which btw, is probably exactly why DC doesn't sing more now.) To shift gears for a min, I don't think that DC & AP blend very well at all. If there was some sort of hybrid of Augeri & Pineda, then Journey would really be on target.
Augeri was very, very good for Journey...at the time. I wish him well on his solo career. But honestly, his voice will probably never get back to what it once was...if
it was ever truly
Journey to begin with. Hard to put into words, but I've often thought that Augeri himself was more Journey, than his voice was.
later~