Thursday June 10, 2021 “Don’t Stop Believing” Journey
On this date back in 2007 “Don’t Stop Believing “ ended the long-running HBO series Sopranos, leaving everyone wondering just what might have happened to Tony and his family as that mysterious stranger entered the diner.
And the band Journey has almost as colorful a backstory as the Sopranos but with far less dead people. Formed in San Francisco by two former members of Santana, guitarist Neal Schon and keyboard player Greg Rolie, who sang lead on several Santana songs and would be the original lead singer for Journey.
The band would have their greatest success when Steve Perry joined the band as lead singer. And you could create an interesting family tree with the members of this band to include artists like Santana, Bad English, the Babys, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed and so many others.
Schon is an exceptional guitarist, a prodigy by many standards and rumour has it that there was a continuing competition between him and Carlos Santana. As a teenager Schon was invited by Eric Clapton to play on the Derek & the Dominos album but he declined to join Santana.
Stay safe and well...and excuse the cliche but don’t stop believing.