Old Journey Tribute band and hello, im new !

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:04 am

Hello all,

Well I’m new here obviously so hi !! Been lurking for a while and watching the JSS vs. SS vs. JSS threads and wishing there was a celebrity death match episode with them. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you ever heard an old Journey tribute band called ESCAPE (surprise!) ? These guys were from Ohio and the singers name was Jason Kelty. This guy was amazing and I mean amazing, He nailed everything and would ad-lib higher notes than Perry. This is the guy that should be fronting Journey IMHO. Afraid that he might not be pretty enough which is kind of a requirement these days which is such a shame. Nothing against JSS or SS and I believe Journey is still a great band with JSS from the boots. This is an old clip of that band playing "Loving you is easy". It was done in a studio for some local Ohio tribute album. This guy did Mother Father as good as Perry does on the live 81 DVD and I swear he made it look easy. Never heard him strain or even falter in the dozen or so times I saw them and as I said earlier, he would ad-lib higher harmonies than Perry and not in falsetto. This guy had a freakish 1 in a million vocal range. I wonder what happened to him.

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

by **yulog** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:23 am

its sounds great but rumor has it he hasnt done anything in 10 years

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:24 am

SO you have heard of Jason Kelty ? Cant belive a guy with that much god given talent would just let it go. Too bad.

by **joybringer1** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:29 am

Wow, what an absolutely incredible voice. Now THAT is the Journey sound I'm missing so much with JSS (going by the 3 boots I have).

by **yulog** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:31 am

someone had a video link to this song some time ago here

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:42 am

A video ? Oh man, I would kill for that considering I was at most of their shows. I want to find him to see what he is doing. I am involved in a music project I would love for him to sing for (not journey related) as we have an indie deal (which I cant talk about yet) and he would be the man for the job !!

by **fred_journeyman** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:34 am

I remember this guy! Yeah, he had/has a great voice!! Sounds a lot like Perry! I remember there being a video or a couple of them from this guy and his band.

He used to post on one of the boards a number of years ago.

by **fred_journeyman** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:43 am

I guess ESCAPE is no more with Jason. They've reformed as Bon-Journey and you can check them out here:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... d=86317309

I'd like to hear more from Jason myself.

by **treetopovskaya** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:19 am

if journey went ahead with a steve perry "clone" they would be looked at as one big fat joke. believe me. there is only one steve perry. }:C)

thanks for the link anyway... he really does sound like sp... but like always something is missing... it's NOT steve perry! };C)) sure you can copy/mimic his voice but you can't copy the heart & soul that was/is sp.

no clones or wanna~bes! }:C)

by **fred_journeyman** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:51 am

treetopovskaya wrote:no clones or wanna~bes! }:C)

Yeah, I agree. I think Jason sounds/sounded great though. He may have realized that he was pigeon-holed too. He sounds so much like Perry, how do you get work, except in a tribute band?

by **FormerJrnyFan** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:56 am

Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

by **zino** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:44 pm

journeygal wrote:Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

I have read that also.

What a voice though !! One of my favorite Journey songs..actually I love the Evolution album..my least fav song on their would probably be LTS.

by **Shadowsong** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:09 pm

Thing about Steve Perry
is he didn;t do it in falsetto
He hit the notes dead on
pure and it;s not easy to do
esp without any evidence of changing voices

I have a range
and not a bad voice
and he still amazes me!

I bow to you Steve Perry....

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:12 pm

He is a devout Christian now ? I hope he didnt join the rock is devils music camp. Anyone know where to get any of those old vids of them ?

by **fred_journeyman** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:04 am

journeygal wrote:Great voice!

I remember reading somewhere that he's become a devout Christian and has left music and the rest of his past behind.

Really? Hadn't heard that. Good for him. Wonder why he felt that being a Christian and singing Journey tunes was not compatible?

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:01 am

Yeah I cant imagine that. I met the guy quite a few tims as I am from Louisville, Ky which is about the only place they played. Ahh the Toy Tiger and how I miss that club. It was the best bar this city ever had for music period ! He seemed as sober as a nun (no pun intended). I cant say I ever remember seeing him with even a beer. I relly woudl like to get this guy to listen to some tracks we are working on for an indie lable. I am happy for anyone who has found faith in god and can lt go of a bad past. I have to say that I dont think god would object to journey. Its a a lot about love and benign for the most part......

by **Liquid_Drummer** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:07 am

bumping this back up.

MR

Old Journey Tribute band and hello, im new !

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