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I finally got to see the (infamous) Bill Graham concert thanks to the kind individual who posted it earlier today.

One thing that surprised me: I was expecting it to be a full "Journey reunion" but it was without bass and drums. Was a little surprised at this. Was the intention for it to only be Neil+Jon+singer?

I'm in agreement that it's definitely not Journey's finest hour. Steve seems to have trouble with his pitch, particularly with FAITHFULLY and ducks the high parts at the end. I chalk some of it up to the groove of the performance and lack of practice as there's a couple of better performances of him doing that song in 1994 on YouTube.

Thanks to the folks who made it available.

DracIsBack wrote:I finally got to see the (infamous) Bill Graham concert thanks to the kind individual who posted it earlier today.

One thing that surprised me: I was expecting it to be a full "Journey reunion" but it was without bass and drums. Was a little surprised at this. Was the intention for it to only be Neil+Jon+singer?

I'm in agreement that it's definitely not Journey's finest hour. Steve seems to have trouble with his pitch, particularly with FAITHFULLY and ducks the high parts at the end. I chalk some of it up to the groove of the performance and lack of practice as there's a couple of better performances of him doing that song in 1994 on YouTube.

Thanks to the folks who made it available.

Ummm...Perry fired the other guys. That was Journey. 3 dudes.

Yep, and he ducked the high notes after they were detuned significantly. Like 2 full steps.

DracIsBack wrote:I finally got to see the (infamous) Bill Graham concert thanks to the kind individual who posted it earlier today.

One thing that surprised me: I was expecting it to be a full "Journey reunion" but it was without bass and drums. Was a little surprised at this. Was the intention for it to only be Neil+Jon+singer?

I'm in agreement that it's definitely not Journey's finest hour. Steve seems to have trouble with his pitch, particularly with FAITHFULLY and ducks the high parts at the end. I chalk some of it up to the groove of the performance and lack of practice as there's a couple of better performances of him doing that song in 1994 on YouTube.

Thanks to the folks who made it available.

Aaron wrote:Yep, and he ducked the high notes after they were detuned significantly. Like 2 full steps.

DracIsBack wrote:I finally got to see the (infamous) Bill Graham concert thanks to the kind individual who posted it earlier today.

One thing that surprised me: I was expecting it to be a full "Journey reunion" but it was without bass and drums. Was a little surprised at this. Was the intention for it to only be Neil+Jon+singer?

I'm in agreement that it's definitely not Journey's finest hour. Steve seems to have trouble with his pitch, particularly with FAITHFULLY and ducks the high parts at the end. I chalk some of it up to the groove of the performance and lack of practice as there's a couple of better performances of him doing that song in 1994 on YouTube.

Thanks to the folks who made it available.

Yep, that performance is tough to watch. How Perry went from that to sounding so much better in '94 and then still better in '96 is incredible. I guess he was just vocally out of shape there.

Saint John wrote:Ummm...Perry fired the other guys. That was Journey. 3 dudes.

Yeah - I was just surprised to see them without those instruments at all. No Randy Jackson on bass and Mike Bair on drums; no Ross or Steve returning for the "reunion" or no one else.

Changed the groove of it a lot for me not having bass or drums

DracIsBack wrote:I finally got to see the (infamous) Bill Graham concert thanks to the kind individual who posted it earlier today.

One thing that surprised me: I was expecting it to be a full "Journey reunion" but it was without bass and drums. Was a little surprised at this. Was the intention for it to only be Neil+Jon+singer?

I'm in agreement that it's definitely not Journey's finest hour. Steve seems to have trouble with his pitch, particularly with FAITHFULLY and ducks the high parts at the end. I chalk some of it up to the groove of the performance and lack of practice as there's a couple of better performances of him doing that song in 1994 on YouTube.

Thanks to the folks who made it available.

How about some clips?

I thought this performance was beautiful--poignant--the sound of Neal's guitar, minimal. Sad in more ways than one since this is the last time they were together, wasn't it?