What concerts did you get to see Perry and where?

[sniper16]

escape best
frontiers excellent
ror might as well been a solo show
passed on flosm

[Journey_Elder]

DOH! What brain flatuence I had in this thread...Perry wasn't there in 1976...must be having mushroom flashbacks ..must relax..must slee..........................p ,,,,

[jrnychick]

1981 Poplar Creek Music Theater
1982 Rosemont Horizon
1983 Rosemont Horizon
1986 Rosemont Horizon
1994 in Chicago, but I can't remember exactly where

[Carrington]

Escape 81, Houston Summit (THE DVD show).....first show and yes, it was even better live!
Frontiers (x2) 83, Houston Summit.....both shows outstanding!, they were at thier peak.
ROR 86, Houston Summit....great show
FTLOSM Fort Worth, Front row with Steve mere inches away towards the end (they let us stand at the edge of the stage for the last few songs)...

3 shows with Augeri, none with Jeff....going this Saturday to see them with Arnel.

[CatEyes]

Day On The Green #5: Ted Nugent, Blue Öyster Cult, Journey, AC/DC, Cheap Trick (September 2, 1978)

Day On The Green #2: Journey, J. Geils Band, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Nazareth, Black Sabbath, The Rockets (July 4, 1979).

Am I old or what?

Me too (among others) - however, only you are old hehehe

but DAMN your avatar is hot!!!!

Cat

[lights1961]

Perry with Journey

1980 Departure Tour Des Moines at the iowa jam
1981 Escape Tour Ames Ia
1983 Frontiers Tour Des Moines
had tix for ROR 1986...but show cancelled in Des Moines

[Tomulator]

Ok, I got it right this time and under a new topic ! Hooray! I was able to see ROR and FTLOSM. I also saw one with Augeri and was glad I got to see Jeff once.

Rose Bowl in 82 for Escape
LA Forum in 83 for Frontiers
Mountainaire in 86 for ROR
Several nights in Long Beach in 86 for ROR
San Diego in 86 for ROR
Pre-Tour Warm up in Some Warehouse in 94 for FTLOSM
Hollywood in 94 for FTLOSM
About two weeks ago at a small cafe - impromtu. Very cool. Oh wait, sorry. That was something else.

OK...ok...I have to ask about the "pre-tour" warmup show in 94. How did SP sound? Did he do any "improvising" or anything that truly showed off his voice (or what was left of it)?

Details...I need DETAILS!!!!!

[mistiejourney]

Became a Journey fan in 1985, so missed all those years of touring.

I did see:

Journey

Mountain Aire - ROR -86
San Francisco Cow Palace - ROR - forgot the date!

Steve Perry

San Francisco - 1994
Portland, Oregon - 1995
Puerto Rico - 1995 <---- one of the BEST times of my life, SO glad I went, got to meet the man....oooo, don't get me started!

[daytrpr]

I apparently was just following mistiejourney around...

Mine were:

Mountain Aire '86. Awesome, awesome show.
SF Cow Palace. It was Dec 86, and very medicore compared to Mountain Aire back in August. You could sense they were going through the motions to some extent.

Also saw Perry in Seattle for the FTLOSM tour. It was okay. Good to see, but nothing like back in the day.

Became a Journey fan in 1985, so missed all those years of touring.

I did see:

Journey

Mountain Aire - ROR -86
San Francisco Cow Palace - ROR - forgot the date!

Steve Perry

San Francisco - 1994
Portland, Oregon - 1995
Puerto Rico - 1995 <---- one of the BEST times of my life, SO glad I went, got to meet the man....oooo, don't get me started!

[Memorex]

Ok, I got it right this time and under a new topic ! Hooray! I was able to see ROR and FTLOSM. I also saw one with Augeri and was glad I got to see Jeff once.

Rose Bowl in 82 for Escape
LA Forum in 83 for Frontiers
Mountainaire in 86 for ROR
Several nights in Long Beach in 86 for ROR
San Diego in 86 for ROR
Pre-Tour Warm up in Some Warehouse in 94 for FTLOSM
Hollywood in 94 for FTLOSM
About two weeks ago at a small cafe - impromtu. Very cool. Oh wait, sorry. That was something else.

OK...ok...I have to ask about the "pre-tour" warmup show in 94. How did SP sound? Did he do any "improvising" or anything that truly showed off his voice (or what was left of it)?

Details...I need DETAILS!!!!!

I have recently stated here that the sound check was the single best musical moment I have ever witnessed. The show was great - small room, obvious warm up - but surprisingly good. But the sound check was just insane. They did some warm ups for Missing You. If not for me seeing that sound check, I would have never believed he would still sound that good. The guy working the board, who had seen Perry many times from the very start and was a veteran in the industry said he had never heard anything like that. Hard to explain other than to say it was just another level.

Not too sure what was improvised. I don't think there was a lot of that.

I did make one major mistake though. For the way I was able to go, I could not bring a guest. I was so thrilled about the soundcheck that I wanted to get home and tell my wife all about it. Combine that with the well known rumors of Steve Perry's privacy, etc and no way I thought he would come out afterward. So I left right after the last song. Well, I was wrong. A guy I worked with was there and he said perry came out and talked to all the people that stayed. Wanted to shoot myself.

I think there were about 70 people there. It was the full show though. I got into the soundcheck by chance. I live near LA and I was so panicked I would be late, I showed up early and was the only one there. I started chatting with the crew and then sort of just worked my way in. I sat off to the side during the soundcheck. Not sure I was supposed to be in there, but glad I was.

It made me appreciate the depth of his voice, beyond what he could do in the old days witht the highs.

[zino]

ROR Tour Meadowlands 1986

Sunrise FL FTLOSM 11/94

Misssed all the eariler tours..but have a DVD of almost all other tours.. The Departure tour would have been great to see . ( Captured) one of my favorite CD's

[RedWingFan]

Nothing.

[Deb]

Ok, I got it right this time and under a new topic ! Hooray! I was able to see ROR and FTLOSM. I also saw one with Augeri and was glad I got to see Jeff once.

Rose Bowl in 82 for Escape
LA Forum in 83 for Frontiers
Mountainaire in 86 for ROR
Several nights in Long Beach in 86 for ROR
San Diego in 86 for ROR
Pre-Tour Warm up in Some Warehouse in 94 for FTLOSM
Hollywood in 94 for FTLOSM
About two weeks ago at a small cafe - impromtu. Very cool. Oh wait, sorry. That was something else.

OK...ok...I have to ask about the "pre-tour" warmup show in 94. How did SP sound? Did he do any "improvising" or anything that truly showed off his voice (or what was left of it)?

Details...I need DETAILS!!!!!

I have recently stated here that the sound check was the single best musical moment I have ever witnessed. The show was great - small room, obvious warm up - but surprisingly good. But the sound check was just insane. They did some warm ups for Missing You. If not for me seeing that sound check, I would have never believed he would still sound that good. The guy working the board, who had seen Perry many times from the very start and was a veteran in the industry said he had never heard anything like that. Hard to explain other than to say it was just another level.

Not too sure what was improvised. I don't think there was a lot of that.

I did make one major mistake though. For the way I was able to go, I could not bring a guest. I was so thrilled about the soundcheck that I wanted to get home and tell my wife all about it. Combine that with the well known rumors of Steve Perry's privacy, etc and no way I thought he would come out afterward. So I left right after the last song. Well, I was wrong. A guy I worked with was there and he said perry came out and talked to all the people that stayed. Wanted to shoot myself.

I think there were about 70 people there. It was the full show though. I got into the soundcheck by chance. I live near LA and I was so panicked I would be late, I showed up early and was the only one there. I started chatting with the crew and then sort of just worked my way in. I sat off to the side during the soundcheck. Not sure I was supposed to be in there, but glad I was.

It made me appreciate the depth of his voice, beyond what he could do in the old days witht the highs.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[Melissa]

November 1994.

[WykkedSensation]

Became a Journey fan in 1985, so missed all those years of touring.

I did see:

Journey

Mountain Aire - ROR -86
San Francisco Cow Palace - ROR - forgot the date!

Steve Perry

San Francisco - 1994
Portland, Oregon - 1995
Puerto Rico - 1995 <---- one of the BEST times of my life, SO glad I went, got to meet the man....oooo, don't get me started!

Have the cd of Puerto Rico. Great show.

[xflajrnylvr]

82 escape tour in Lakeleand

[bluejeangirl76]

1994 in Chicago, but I can't remember exactly where

Arie Crown Theater.

Yup. I done missed out on THAT too.

[mistiejourney]

I apparently was just following mistiejourney around...

Mine were:

Mountain Aire '86. Awesome, awesome show.
SF Cow Palace. It was Dec 86, and very medicore compared to Mountain Aire back in August. You could sense they were going through the motions to some extent.

Also saw Perry in Seattle for the FTLOSM tour. It was okay. Good to see, but nothing like back in the day.

Became a Journey fan in 1985, so missed all those years of touring.

I did see:

Journey

Mountain Aire - ROR -86
San Francisco Cow Palace - ROR - forgot the date!

Steve Perry

San Francisco - 1994
Portland, Oregon - 1995
Puerto Rico - 1995 <---- one of the BEST times of my life, SO glad I went, got to meet the man....oooo, don't get me started!

Oh, that was you!

[SF-Dano]

The legendary 1986 Mountain Aire show in Angels Camp, CA
(This one really needs to be out on DVD )
and
San Francisco - Cow Palace 1986 also.

[Deb]

The legendary 1986 Mountain Aire show in Angels Camp, CA
(This one really needs to be out on DVD )

Agreed! That's the one I'd most like to see, in it's entirety.

[Lora]

I should have kept a record through the years, but here's my guesstimate:

First show was Departure tour in SF
Saw about half dozen Escape shows
Saw about a dozen Frontiers shows
Saw a gazillion ROR shows
Only saw 4 shows on FTLOSM tour.

[conversationpc]

Unfortunately, I became a Journey fan AFTER the demise of Steve Perry, so I never got to see him in his prime or otherwise.

[Don]

I decided this post was irrelevant to the topic on hand so I nuked it. Please continue on.

[mistiejourney]

Became a Journey fan in 1985, so missed all those years of touring.

I did see:

Journey

Mountain Aire - ROR -86
San Francisco Cow Palace - ROR - forgot the date!

Steve Perry

San Francisco - 1994
Portland, Oregon - 1995
Puerto Rico - 1995 <---- one of the BEST times of my life, SO glad I went, got to meet the man....oooo, don't get me started!

Have the cd of Puerto Rico. Great show.

Get OUT!!!!!!! Seriously?????? He sang drenched in pouring rain with a live mic! What an experience!!!!!! I have so many pictures of that trip, they are all in a memory book I made of that and the 1998 Journey "Convention" in San Francisco. An unbelievable trip...

[mistiejourney]

I should have kept a record through the years, but here's my guesstimate:

First show was Departure tour in SF
Saw about half dozen Escape shows
Saw about a dozen Frontiers shows
Saw a gazillion ROR shows
Only saw 4 shows on FTLOSM tour.

Yeah, it was Tim and, I know I'm going to get his name wrong...."Deak"? that were on the PR trip. I remember being disappointed that it wasn't you and Cyndy, but the guys were great to us and I still get goosebumps thinking about it!

[Memorex]

I should have kept a record through the years, but here's my guesstimate:

First show was Departure tour in SF
Saw about half dozen Escape shows
Saw about a dozen Frontiers shows
Saw a gazillion ROR shows
Only saw 4 shows on FTLOSM tour.

Show off!

[Lora]

I should have kept a record through the years, but here's my guesstimate:

First show was Departure tour in SF
Saw about half dozen Escape shows
Saw about a dozen Frontiers shows
Saw a gazillion ROR shows
Only saw 4 shows on FTLOSM tour.

Yeah, it was Tim and, I know I'm going to get his name wrong...."Deak"? that were on the PR trip. I remember being disappointed that it wasn't you and Cyndy, but the guys were great to us and I still get goosebumps thinking about it!

Yep. It was Tim and Deke. Cyndy and I couldn't get away because we were working on Aerosmith at the time. I was so bummed cause you know where I would have rather been.

[Lora]

I should have kept a record through the years, but here's my guesstimate:

First show was Departure tour in SF
Saw about half dozen Escape shows
Saw about a dozen Frontiers shows
Saw a gazillion ROR shows
Only saw 4 shows on FTLOSM tour.

Show off!

[escapefan]

I'm a member of the sad "never seen Perry" club as well

I hope the stars will align and I will be able to see him someday! I'm still clinging to that hope...

Same here... Hopefully someday soon!!!!

[Moon Beam]

For The Love Of Strange Medicine Tour....Nov 94 Detroit Michigan.......loved it.