I sent some of Jeff's Journey bootlegs to a friend of mine who played drums on some of Nuno Bettencourt's projects. Here is his reply.
"who's that shmuck? what happened to the other that sounded like perry "
So I sent him this:
Whadda ya mean shmuck? Jeff is well known in the industry as a great singer capable of many styles. He sang on Yngwie's first album or two and has a long resume singing for other bands such as Talisman and solo stuff. Nuno knows him I think. He was producing Flesh back in the day. He was in Soul Sirkus with Neal Schon, Virgil Donati and Marco Mendoza. Now there's a lineup for ya. I KNOW, he's not Steve Perry but who the fuck is? The Perry clone they had blew his voice out and had to be replaced at the beginning of the tour with Def Leppard. He was OK but he had voice trouble for the last 4 years according to Neal. He was pretty bad some nights. Here's a clip from Soul Sirkus along with some other Jeff clips and Virgil Donati drum shit in case you haven't heard him. He's fucking sick
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Soul Sirkus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KpUyTZ976U
Soul Sirkus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rquyv1cWiXI
Jeff Solo Stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwZJ5HgcLss
Donati http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvyVBtU5ZVM
Donati http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIz6O_ulg1U,
Donati http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNg01GM9QEE
Gotta keep pumping up Jeff! He needs all the support he can get. Hope these clips change my buddy's outlook on him!
Ed