Musical Chairs Journey




The Journey drama continues. Jeff Scott Soto has stepped in to take over lead vocal duties on the current Def Leppard/Journey tour. Scott who played with Neal Schon in Sirkus takes over for Steve Augeri who is suffering from a throat infection. Augeri is a great singer who has kept Journey alive with three great studio CDs. The last of which "Generations" featured all Journey members taking turns on lead vocals. It makes me wonder if Augeri's throat problems have been around for a while...
No word on whether Steve Perry has contacted Journey to offer his services. Perry hasn't released a CD since his great "reunion" CD with Journey 1996's "Trial By Fire". Perry's hip problems at the time forced the cancellation of a tour. "Trial By Fire" was a great CD, but you could tell that Perry had lost his vocal range. He just didn't have the chops anymore. He has hinted at a tour and comeback on the VH1 Behind The Music program, but that promise was years ago. He is currently working on remastering the old Journey albums and his solo releases. We'll see what the future brings.... Hopefully the future will bring me a sandwich. I'm getting hungry.