Jon Cain on Perry
Aug 18, 2005 14:30:01 GMT -5
Post by arden on Aug 18, 2005 14:30:01 GMT -5
www.melodicrock.com/interviews/journey2005-jonathancain.html
Q: One other recent event was the Walk Of Fame award.
A: It was incredible. It was great because it reaffirmed my faith that people are soulful. I knew Steve Perry had it in him to drop anything he was holding onto for a second and enjoy an afternoon with his buds.
And he did…and so I went to sleep with a smile on my face thinking 'You know what…I though he was a cool guy you know!' I just needed to see it. We all did.
Q: Did that go someway to help repair the past damage done?
I don't know…he was sweet as pie and then for him to mention Herbie – that was unbelievable. He thanked Herbie, thanked the crew – he looked at me and said 'there's a lot of hits down there'.
He took the cover off the star – about the only things he said to me were hi and that…
Q: No big dialogue then?
There wasn't much dialogue no. But he was cool to everyone and he shook hands with Deen and Steve and I thought, wow, you are a dude, that's all I need to know.
We invited him to play at the show – at the Hard Rock.
He said maybe…but he didn't. He's always welcome here. If he wanted to come and sing tonight he could. If he showed up at any one of these shows, we'd put him right out there.
Q: And Steve Augeri would be fine with that.
That's where we are at. He's still a brother in this organization and always will be, so enough of that.
They can talk about it all they like, but that's that.
Q: Would Steve Perry ever return full time?
A: I don't think so. It's a pretty tough deal what we are doing here – it's pretty brutal. The schedule is brutal.
Q: Some say his voice had deteriorated a little also.
A: Not just his voice - his body. He had health issues and stuff, but I don't know where he is at with that. We don't know what happens with him from day to day.
You gotta be able to count on your body every day to perform out here.
But…again…it was great...great seeing him and it was a cool thing.
It was like a miracle. Something you would never expect to see so I just took it for what it was. We'll see what happens in the future.
Q: One other recent event was the Walk Of Fame award.
A: It was incredible. It was great because it reaffirmed my faith that people are soulful. I knew Steve Perry had it in him to drop anything he was holding onto for a second and enjoy an afternoon with his buds.
And he did…and so I went to sleep with a smile on my face thinking 'You know what…I though he was a cool guy you know!' I just needed to see it. We all did.
Q: Did that go someway to help repair the past damage done?
I don't know…he was sweet as pie and then for him to mention Herbie – that was unbelievable. He thanked Herbie, thanked the crew – he looked at me and said 'there's a lot of hits down there'.
He took the cover off the star – about the only things he said to me were hi and that…
Q: No big dialogue then?
There wasn't much dialogue no. But he was cool to everyone and he shook hands with Deen and Steve and I thought, wow, you are a dude, that's all I need to know.
We invited him to play at the show – at the Hard Rock.
He said maybe…but he didn't. He's always welcome here. If he wanted to come and sing tonight he could. If he showed up at any one of these shows, we'd put him right out there.
Q: And Steve Augeri would be fine with that.
That's where we are at. He's still a brother in this organization and always will be, so enough of that.
They can talk about it all they like, but that's that.
Q: Would Steve Perry ever return full time?
A: I don't think so. It's a pretty tough deal what we are doing here – it's pretty brutal. The schedule is brutal.
Q: Some say his voice had deteriorated a little also.
A: Not just his voice - his body. He had health issues and stuff, but I don't know where he is at with that. We don't know what happens with him from day to day.
You gotta be able to count on your body every day to perform out here.
But…again…it was great...great seeing him and it was a cool thing.
It was like a miracle. Something you would never expect to see so I just took it for what it was. We'll see what happens in the future.
