Gowan Remembers Montgomery (From Styxworld)

[Everett]

Hello to all,

A brief diary from a September I will try to remember...
We played in Montgomery Alabama last night for a very enthusiastic Tommy-Shaw's-Home-Town crowd. It was great to see their pride in the man as they sang along to his many hit tunes with delight in their voices and on their faces. I kept whistling "Dixie" all day long...
Todd Sucherman, our drummer, returned to us after his triumphant weekend in New York where he played solo for the Modern Drummer convention. At that show he received a standing ovation and unbridled peer acclamation, causing quite a sensation on this momentous occasion. Todd is also on the cover of the Modern Drummer magazine this month ( he's also the centerfold ) and we are very proud of his accomplishments. Kenny Aronoff filled Todd's spot for two shows and did a fine job indeed. Ricky's attendance record remains unsurpassed as of this writing ( thankfully ). Chuck is looking better than ever and he shared his birthday cake without complaint.
JY's wife Susie continues to make great strides on her road to full recovery which is tremendous on two fronts: 1. She's on the comeback trail, and 2. James Young is performing with renewed vigor.
Earlier this year our Canadian tour with Def Leppard had to be postponed due to illness to three of their members, ( they got better ) , so it is with even more anticipation that I look forward to Styx coming to Niagara Falls next week.
So get your horns up,

Gowan

[froy]

Hello to all,

A brief diary from a September I will try to remember...
We played in Montgomery Alabama last night for a very enthusiastic Tommy-Shaw's-Home-Town crowd. It was great to see their pride in the man as they sang along to his many hit tunes with delight in their voices and on their faces. I kept whistling "Dixie" all day long...
Todd Sucherman, our drummer, returned to us after his triumphant weekend in New York where he played solo for the Modern Drummer convention. At that show he received a standing ovation and unbridled peer acclamation, causing quite a sensation on this momentous occasion. Todd is also on the cover of the Modern Drummer magazine this month ( he's also the centerfold ) and we are very proud of his accomplishments. Kenny Aronoff filled Todd's spot for two shows and did a fine job indeed. Ricky's attendance record remains unsurpassed as of this writing ( thankfully ). Chuck is looking better than ever and he shared his birthday cake without complaint.
JY's wife Susie continues to make great strides on her road to full recovery which is tremendous on two fronts: 1. She's on the comeback trail, and 2. James Young is performing with renewed vigor.
Earlier this year our Canadian tour with Def Leppard had to be postponed due to illness to three of their members, ( they got better ) , so it is with even more anticipation that I look forward to Styx coming to Niagara Falls next week.
So get your horns up,

Gowan

Boresville.
Just like he sings

[Jodes]

And the Jealousy continues..

[froy]

And the Jealousy continues..

Its funny to see Getgowan kissing Shaws ass.
His job must be on the line.

[classicstyxfan]

heres some perspective that just occured to me...this lineup ( with thexception of the Bass player ) has been together longer than the entire tenure of The Beatles !

[froy]

heres some perspective that just occured to me...this lineup ( with thexception of the Bass player ) has been together longer than the entire tenure of The Beatles !

And The Beatles sold hundreds of millions of albums and cds
Styx has sold just a hundred..

[Jodes]

I think you're off by about 32 million records their Froy..

[Abitaman]

Boresville.
Just like he sings

...and just like your posts, the same thing over, and over, and over.......

[froy]

I think you're off by about 32 million records their Froy..

Current Styx Jodes not The Real Styx

[LordofDaRing]

I knew the Beatles
The Beatles were friends of mine
and your are no Beatles

[Jodes]

Okay Froy, you're still off by about 200,000 copies or so.. and I'm sure Andrew or someone that has a soundscan pass can back me up on this one.

This is including Arch Allies, Styxworld, Cyclorama, Cyclorama and the CYO show..

Also, Styx (and to a lesser extent DDY) has also shifted nearly a million more units of the GH packages due to their 10 years on the road.

Who knows how much more they've helped sell on their back catalog as well.