I mean, it’s like I’ve just sort of stuck it out of my head, it’s not a big deal to me. That’s the right thing to do if we ever are in. How would the members of Journey handle that situation if that call ever came and would Pineda be included in the festivities? Obviously the original band would have to be there, but I think that this band that we’ve been working with for so long would have to be there. Earlier this year we watched the drama associated with the Rock Hall’s induction of Kiss. It’s like one thing that can’t be hacked and one thing that you absolutely have to show up live to be able to do. So that’s why we’re still here doing this. It’s just the way of the world right now, but I think the one thing that remains the same is live performances. I sort of miss being able to walk into a music store and look at albums and CDs and see who’s on it and what’s going on. Considering your career has spanned so many decades, how in your opinion has the music industry change? It’s just the whole music industry has sort of faded except for live performances. Probably end up jammin’ a bit with everyone. I used to jam with those guys all the time before I joined Santana, and after I joined Santana in 1970. And Steve Miller definitely was one of them. There are a few that I wish to with, but it hasn’t happened. How did the tour with the Steve Miller Band come about? We’ve been doing this for years and we’ve sort of like worn out all the options of different people to play with. There’s definitely a demand in San Francisco for any type of great music. And soon after we started traveling, there were music scenes everywhere, but San Francisco still remains to be one of those. I thought it was just that’s the way it is everywhere. I knew the San Francisco scene was happening. Q: Was there a sense back in the day that the San Francisco music scene, which included the Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power, was something special? A: You know, 45 years ago I joined Santana, and at that time I hadn’t really traveled. Journey guitarist Neal Schon (who got his start in Santana) took part in a media conference call this spring to discuss his history, the tour and the future of the band. The band’s 2008 double-disc effort, ‘Revelation,’ went platinum, America fell back in love with Journey, and the group has been touring seemingly nonstop since. However, a second act of unimaginable proportions took place in the late 2000s when the group added Philippines cover-band singer Arnel Pineda into the mix. It’s been quite an interesting decade for Journey, which seemingly peaked in the ’70s and ’80s as an arena-rock powerhouse before losing its steam – and singer Steve Perry – in the ’90s. The bill rolls into Northeast Ohio for a show July 8 at Blossom Music Center. Unlike any summer in recent history, Journey’s ‘Lights’ lyrics ‘When the lights go down in the city/And the sun shines on the bay’ will take on a different meaning as the popular classic rock act tours the country with fellow San Francisco artists the Steve Miller Band and Tower of Power.
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