https://youtu.be/0NkldMWBm94
A few highlights....
His new band, The Rise Above, has about 12 songs in the can and sounds amazing. Band features Jason Scheff (Chicago) and Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts). They've primarily played charity events so far, but plan to tour once covid ends.
He is awaiting surgery on his back and is doing this interview from a rehab center to wean off pain meds.
Deen says he never started doing coke until Journey. He didn't have the $$$ for coke before Journey.
All the members in Rise Above are "believers." He's never been in a band where everybody had religious faith.
Journey was his baby - but he understands that business is business.