Interviews and Reviews of Jonathan Cain's Book

[tater1977]

Instead of copy/pasting these Interviews and Reviews of Jonathan Cain's Book,
will just put the links here, with maybe an excerpt.

CAIN IS ABLE: Jonathan Cain shares his Journey from fame to faith

By Lee Zimmerman lezim@bellsouth.net / 5/31/2018

https://www.thedailytimes.com/entertain ... 505e7f.htm


DT: Steve Perry is also a man of faith, according to those who know him. Did that give the two of you a special connection and make matters all the more painful when he left the band?

JC: Losing Steve was a like a heart-punch to Neal and I. We miss him, but just knowing he has the Holy Spirit in his life brings me comfort and assurance in his spiritual walk with God.

DT: You took on some of his vocal duties at the time. Was it scary? A challenge?

JC: It was a challenge for Neal and I, but we proved to each other that we could create and sustain the signature sound of Journey with the song on “Armageddon” (the film soundtrack) called “Remember Me,” and with the albums “Arrival” and “Revelation.” The lyrics were something I had to get confident in writing, and I had a couple of guys in Nashville who helped me grow into becoming more confident as I was going forward.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Browsed it for a few minutes at Barnes & Noble the other days. Seemed interesting. Anyway, I don't get what this interviewer means by this question...

DT: You took on some of his vocal duties at the time. Was it scary? A challenge?

What vocal duties? Does the interviewer mean Rolie instead of SP?

[Art Vandelay]

Browsed it for a few minutes at Barnes & Noble the other days. Seemed interesting. Anyway, I don't get what this interviewer means by this question...

DT: You took on some of his vocal duties at the time. Was it scary? A challenge?

What vocal duties? Does the interviewer mean Rolie instead of SP?

Could be the harmonizing overdubs. I can't say for sure how many, but a lot of the harmonies on the Perry-era tracks were multiple overdubs of Perry singing…which, if you think about it, is very impressive. Neal made a comment about the overdubs on Infinity, saying something like there are one hundred Steve Perry's singing together on those songs. It's very obvious on the ROR tracks, too. I've counted a 6 part Steve Perry harmony on Destiny..that's Beach Boys caliber stuff right there.

Maybe Augeri wasn't capable or comfortable enough to do these many overdubs on his own, so Schon and Cain had to step up to contribute more harmonized backup than usual?

Just a guess, though.

[FamilyMan]

I actually thought the backing vocals/overdubs on "Remember Me" were strikingly similar to the Perry days. They never quite got it right again after that.

[tater1977]

Journey, Def Leppard team up for a dream tour of mega hits
By Ed Condran / 5/31/2018

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainme ... rylink=cpy
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Here's a look at some of Cain's memories of the band's, ahem, journey.


The making of a hit

Cain remembers when Journey vocalist Steve Perry was assembling songs for the 1981 breakthrough album, “Escape.” Perry asked Cain for ideas, he said.

“The clock was ticking on us and Steve wanted to know if there was anything in my magic notebook,’ Cain recalls while calling from Cleveland. “I shared with him the phrase, ‘Don’t stop believin.’"

Cain proceeds to sing the couplet, "Don’t stop believin'/hold on to that feeling." It’s an enduring anthemic song. The chorus doesn’t arrive until the conclusion of the tune.

“Steve came up with that idea," Cain said. " He said, ‘Make them wait to hear it. That way they’ll always want to hear it.’ I can still hear Steve yodeling the words to ‘Don’t Stop Believin."' Steve was the best bandleader you can have. He was magical.”

Filling a void

When Perry left Journey in 1998, Cain was admittedly concerned.

Then in 2007, guitarist Neal Schon witnessed Journey cover band singer Arnel Pineda belting out “Don’t Stop Believin'” in his native Manila via YouTube.

An invitation to audition for the lead singer role was offered.

“I was skeptical,” Cain said. “I’m a realist. I thought this kid has never been to America. There will be blowback because of his skin color and his race. I worried about how much of this country would accept him.”

But Pineda was accepted by Journey fans, and 20 years after Perry bid farewell to Journey, the band is nearly as popular as it was during its heyday.

“We could have never have guessed this would happen,” he said. “There is life for us at this point. When I look back at all that we accomplished, it’s just amazing to take it all in.”

[tater1977]

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