Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
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in Did You Ever Realize, General Posts Tags: beatles, don't call us we'll call you, i feel fine, sugarloaf
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in General Posts Tags: journey, steve perry
(via Culture Sonar) by Will Wills
Did you know that Journey had a singer before Steve Perry? The band had been around since 1973, with plans to be a backing group for solo acts. Then they switched to being a jazz fusion band with Gregg Rolie on vocals. That particular incarnation of Journey released a few albums through 1977 that only charted as high as #85 on the Billboard Top 200.
In 1977, the band hired Robert Fleischman to take over lead vocals and transitioned to a musical style more rock than jazz. They opened for acts such as Judas Priest, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. And while they found slightly more success, it wasn’t until Steve Perry was snuck onto the stage during a soundcheck that it was immediately decided that he would be their new lead singer…
Read more: Steve Perry’s Journey…After “Journey” – CultureSonar
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in Video of the Week Tags: that thing you do!, tom hanks
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in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: steve earle, the devil's right hand
Steve Earle: “The Devil’s Right Hand” (1988)
Steve Earle’s enviable songwriting chops are on display in this story song about the perils of the gun.
Earle comes across like a more authentic Springsteen, and was part of a golden era for country radio in which the likes of Lyle Lovett, k.d. lang, Texas Tornados, Dwight Yoakam, Alison Krauss and Los Lobos enjoyed airplay before the format chose to eschew diversity and closed in on itself.
Los Lobos became too experimental. Lovett too artsy and sardonic. For lang, who was a lesbian and an outspoken anti-meat advocate, it was only a matter of time before country radio turned its back. And I suppose Krauss just didn’t embrace country cliche consistently enough–despite winning more Grammy awards (27) than any other female artist in any genre.
As for Earle, despite 1986’s breakthrough hit album Guitar Town, he too was soon left outside looking in. Perhaps he was just too rock for country radio and too country for rock radio (which only ever embraced one of his tunes, “Copperhead Road”)
One thing’s for sure: the lyrical gut punch the guy delivers ensures that he is more at home on public radio stations than country.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2025/05/07/songs-you-may-have-missed-778/
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