Jonathan Cain Interview: Journey Keyboardist Says,"My Father

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Jonathan Cain Interview: Journey Keyboardist Says, "My Father’s Prophecy Came True"

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Written by Melissa Parker /22 May 2018

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Why were you and Steve Perry such a magical writing team?

Jonathan Cain: I think it was just the Lord putting us together for such a time. I didn’t know what to expect when I went up there. The Lord knew before I did that this was going to be something special between the two of us. We bonded pretty strongly, and we liked the same music.

I was in awe of his vocal ability being able to sing like that, and he liked the way I played, the way I wrote, and he wanted to be part of it. I wanted to be a part of what he was doing and what Neal was doing, for that matter. So it was really cool. It was very fortunate that we landed together in the same space at that time.

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Did you and Steve take some flak from the band in the beginning for writing and singing the power ballads?

Jonathan Cain: Steve actually wanted to try his hand at some ballads and was talking about doing a soul album. I said, “You don’t need to do a soul album. We can do it right here in Journey.” I told him I thought the rock world was ready to hear him sing a ballad or two. I had heard some things he had done on Infinity. I had that album from ’78 before I was ever in the band, so I knew what he meant. That was easy, you know. I was supposed to bring edge to the band, and I ended up bringing ballads (laughs). So go figure. God has a sense of humor.'

Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Will Journey be writing new music?

Jonathan Cain: Yeah. We talked a little bit about it. I wanted to explore that and try to line some things up while we’re out there.

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