Once Upon A Time...In the land of Journey Force...

[Lora]

Deb and a few others have asked for a bedtime story, so here we go:

Dallas Texas. 1986 ROR tour. CP & I are backstage in the band's dressing room doing an interview with Jon & Neal for the journey force newsletter. SP, RJ & MB are dressed and ready for the show and have left the dressing room before we get there. The opening act is on stage. The noise is awful and it's hard to hear so Jon shuts the door. That only helps for a minute as people keep opening the door and sticking their heads in. We finally decide to lock the door so we can get the interview done in relative quiet.

A few minutes later, we hear furious pounding on the door. Jon opens it and there stands SP, whom we had locked out of the dressing room. The band members had a secret knock they used when they encountered locked doors backstage & at the hotel. It consisted of a single loud thump. Apparently SP was doing the secret knock but no one heard it because of the bass drum noise from the opening band. Someone whispers "uh-oh" and we laugh nervously. Steve's face looks like a thunder cloud. CP & I didn't know him well back then so figured we were both dead. Luckily it's time for the band to go on stage, so everyone heads out.

Fast forward to around midnight. Concert is over and CP & I have made our way back to the hotel. We are trying to get in the elevator to go to our room but find that all the elevators have been disabled by security as the band members are on their way. We try to hide behind a potted plant, but SP sees us & motions us into the elevator with a "we need to talk" look on his face. We end up in the elevator with SP, Smokey (Journey's head of security), and Steve's friend and writing buddy, Randy Goodrum. After some discussion, he invites everyone to his room where we do one of our best Journey Force interviews with him, and then chow down on Mexican food until 3am.

Who knew that locking one door would open another.

LB & CP

[G.I.Jim]

Thanks for sharing. I guarantee you that this thread will go 10 pages! That was a funny story though, and I'm sure you have a ton of them. Let's hear all of them now!

[Don]

Before Desmond Child, there was Randy Goodrum. That dude has wrote some hits in his day.

[Since 78]

Thanks Lora!

[NealIsGod]

Wow, thanks for sharing such a cool story. Perry didn't dole out any discipline then?

[artist4perry]

Deb and a few others have asked for a bedtime story, so here we go:

Dallas Texas. 1986 ROR tour. CP & I are backstage in the band's dressing room doing an interview with Jon & Neal for the journey force newsletter. SP, RJ & MB are dressed and ready for the show and have left the dressing room before we get there. The opening act is on stage. The noise is awful and it's hard to hear so Jon shuts the door. That only helps for a minute as people keep opening the door and sticking their heads in. We finally decide to lock the door so we can get the interview done in relative quiet.

A few minutes later, we hear furious pounding on the door. Jon opens it and there stands SP, whom we had locked out of the dressing room. The band members had a secret knock they used when they encountered locked doors backstage & at the hotel. It consisted of a single loud thump. Apparently SP was doing the secret knock but no one heard it because of the bass drum noise from the opening band. Someone whispers "uh-oh" and we laugh nervously. Steve's face looks like a thunder cloud. CP & I didn't know him well back then so figured we were both dead. Luckily it's time for the band to go on stage, so everyone heads out.

Fast forward to around midnight. Concert is over and CP & I have made our way back to the hotel. We are trying to get in the elevator to go to our room but find that all the elevators have been disabled by security as the band members are on their way. We try to hide behind a potted plant, but SP sees us & motions us into the elevator with a "we need to talk" look on his face. We end up in the elevator with SP, Smokey (Journey's head of security), and Steve's friend and writing buddy, Randy Goodrum. After some discussion, he invites everyone to his room where we do one of our best Journey Force interviews with him, and then chow down on Mexican food until 3am.

Who knew that locking one door would open another.

LB & CP

Thanks for sharing your memories..........I truely miss your writing. Lora thanks to you and Cyndy again. I wish some things never changed.

[Don]

Wow, thanks for sharing such a cool story. Perry didn't dole out any discipline then?

Maybe they were spared by the Hotel's NO PETS policy.

[artist4perry]

Please, tell another story.......................................

[xflajrnylvr]

Lora thanks for that story Pretty neat stories

Please share often

[Don]

Please, tell another story.......................................

Friday night, it was late
I was walking you home
We got down to the gate
And I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right.....

[artist4perry]

Please, tell another story.......................................

Friday night, it was late
I was walking you home
We got down to the gate
And I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right.....

Love that song............But Dan has dibs........LOL!

[Ftloperry]

Maybe if we're really good Lora will share another bedtime story.... Great story.

[JRNYFan]

Awesome story! I'm with everyone else in that I would love to hear another one.

[Jubilee]

Ahhh...great bedtime story. All's well that ends well, I guess.

Uhm...Lora, of course you know the Loons will be after you for more of these stories, right?

[artist4perry]

Ahhh...great bedtime story. All's well that ends well, I guess.

Uhm...Lora, of course you know the Loons will be after you for more of these stories, right?

Lora has a gift. Anyone who read the old Journey Force Newsletter knows you left reading the latest newsletter with a smile on your face. I loved the one where you told of Neal sitting on the recorder!LOL!

[Marabelle]

Wow there is something that is going off in my head! LOL! I wanna laugh but I think I'm crying tears.

[Deb]

Thanks Lora! Love it.....secret door knocks, hiding behind potted plants, L&C's covert operations. Would love to hear more, thanks for sharing. BTW, I've heard "Smokey" mentioned before and saw this pic. Is this him?



I would imagine you have some funny stories about EMB/Mr Big also, feel free to share any of those too.

[Jubilee]

Thanks for sharing. I guarantee you that this thread will go 10 pages! That was a funny story though, and I'm sure you have a ton of them. Let's hear all of them now!

Well, duh, Jim. Loons being what they are, this thread will easily go 10 pages, the question is how quickly. I'm going to go out on a limb and say no later than noon (central standard time) tomorrow...

[Don]

We like stories.

[Deb]

Thanks for sharing. I guarantee you that this thread will go 10 pages! That was a funny story though, and I'm sure you have a ton of them. Let's hear all of them now!

Well, duh, Jim. Loons being what they are, this thread will easily go 10 pages, the question is how quickly. I'm going to go out on a limb and say no later than noon (central standard time) tomorrow...

Well, if liking to hear stories from the good ole days of rock means that makes me a loon, alrighty then, sign me up!

[Lora]

Thanks Lora! Love it.....secret door knocks, hiding behind potted plants, L&C's covert operations. Would love to hear more, thanks for sharing. BTW, I've heard "Smokey" mentioned before and saw this pic. Is this him?

Yep. That's Smokey. He was a great guy.

[portland]

Lora, Very cool...thanks for sharing...you are one of a kind!

[Lora]

You can't see it very well because the photo is washed out, but Smokey wore a bunch of pins on his jacket. One was a Smokey The Bear pin. He is wearing it in the photo and SP also has one on his jacket.

[indigo]

Ooo....I am so glad that I decided to peek in here on this miserable rainy day. More, More!

[PowerChords]

Yep. That's Smokey. He was a great guy.

He passed away what year?

[bluejeangirl76]

After some discussion, he invites everyone to his room where we do one of our best Journey Force interviews with him, and then chow down on Mexican food until 3am.

What?! You mean he didn't fire security, kill Jon, and eat both yours and cyndy(!)'s faces after getting locked out like that?
You might almost get people thinking he isn't monster and might have a soft side. Be careful. He has a rep to protect.

[Tracie555]

Oooh thanks Lora for the share I always loved getting those Journey Force letters

Also thanks for all your hard work that you ladies did and still do! You have the coolest jobs on the planet!!!

Take care,

Tracie

[portland]

After some discussion, he invites everyone to his room where we do one of our best Journey Force interviews with him, and then chow down on Mexican food until 3am.

What?! You mean he didn't fire security, kill Jon, and eat both yours and cyndy(!)'s faces after getting locked out like that?
You might almost get people thinking he isn't monster and might have a soft side. Be careful. He has a rep to protect.

I thought something like this as well....man you mean he can be a nice guy, who knew!

[artist4perry]

Oooh thanks Lora for the share I always loved getting those Journey Force letters

Also thanks for all your hard work that you ladies did and still do! You have the coolest jobs on the planet!!!

Take care,

Tracie

I used to stop whatever I was doing to read them. More addictive than coffee...........actually reading them went well with coffee...........LOL! And ditto that about the hard work these ladies did and still do. I don't mean to embarase you guys, just want to say thanks again. It has been a long time since the Force folded, and this is a new era with different types of fans. I miss the family feeling and closeness we all had.........sigh.

I heard a story about Steve and a bag of Fritos.............was that true?

[bluejeangirl76]

I heard a story about Steve and a bag of Fritos...

Does it end with a garden hose, a pair of boxers hanging from a street lamp, a bag of gummy bears and a chihuahua?

I think I heard that one too.