"Finding" Steve Perry Part 3
>> Thursday, January 14, 2010
The insane amount of response for this campaign to find Steve Perry has only fueled me to continue! I have a couple of leads and I am starting to feel closer. It could just take one email or one phone call! Last night i fulfilled a dream of mine to record a Journey song. I recorded "Open Arms" for 3 reasons...
1. It has been a life long dream of mine to record a Journey song and I wanted to do it while I am still young enough to hit those insane notes.
2. It is a
perfect love song, and I love love.
3. I am hoping it will get our campaign more attention.
When I say "our" campaign I really mean it. The out pour of emails has been amazing. I am so lucky to get to see how one person can affect your life. We should all take it upon ourselves to touch people in some way over the course of our lives. Here are a few snippets from emails I have received regarding Steve:
"Steve seems to have written a tapestry of my life and many others"
"...if you ever do catch up with Steve please tell him that his albums, his music, and youtube have kept me going for 3 years, and hopefully winning my battle against cancer"
"when you find him and get to speak with him, please tell him how much he is appreciated and missed by so many generations and please thank him for sharing his mesmerizing voice and music with all of us"
One of the most heartfelt emails I received was from a couple who has a physically impaired son. here is the original email, with their names omitted:
I have a 5 year old special needs little boy. He is hearing impaired and visually impaired. Thankfully, he is not deaf or blind, and does have some vision and hearing. He didn't really talk until he was 3 years old and didn't walk until he was 4. I always loved Steve Perry's Journey and solo work when I was younger. After the birth of my son and after all of his surgeries and diagnoses around 5months old - they didn't think he would be able to see or hear at all. I remember sitting rocking him late at night....crying and thinking of his future and what he would be missing out on.....just feeling like I had died. The radio was on, Steve Perry's Don't Stop Believin' came on......and just catapulted me back to a time when I didn't have a care in the world. I had forgotten how his voice just made you feel something uplifting/magical. His voice will always be completely mesmerizing. It made me cry more and then smile....I started pulling out my old Steve Perry music and played it all of the time. ( I call it Steve Perry's Journey etc. because as talented as the others were and are, Steve Perry put them on the charts. His one and a million voice sold the music and while I get that he may have been difficult to work with maybe because of ego and perfectionism, it worked and it was all about the music.)
About a month later, we noticed that our son seemed like he was "seeing" something and seemed to be hearing better then what had been diagnosed. From the start he loved music and song, and I would sing to him about everything.....
Fast Forward---after playing SP's music all of the time at home and in the car, my husband bought me SP's concert DVD's. When Joey was around 3, we heard him singing something and couldn't figure out what it was for the longest time. Finally, we recognized the tune of "Lights". He had the tune, but singing in his own words, and a little off key.....Well, now he asks for Steve Perry and sings parts of Lights, Wheel in the Sky, Don't Stop Believin', Oh Sherrie, Don't Fight It and some others, but we can't recognize the words of the other songs. He will ask, "Wan watch Steve Perry?" to watch his concert dvd. Joey sits there literally mesmerized by his voice.
Isn't this amazing? He will listen to some Led Zeppelin and The Who (his dad's favorites) but after one or two of their songs asks for Steve Perry......
The man needs to know how blessed he was with that voice and talent, and how blessed I feel to have his voice touch/reach my son and for the chance of my son to experience his magic. His voice has left an imprint on so many lives and will continue to do so. His voice and music remain timeless. Please thank him for me. If he ever comes back to us, I will be in the front row somehow with my son!
I thought this was really sweet and just a couple of the millions of people Steve has touched and entertained.
I have been getting a lot of emails regarding Steve's personal life and whereabouts. This information is not helpful unfortunately because I am not interested in his private life, nor will I go to the recording studio where he is allegedly recording his new album (even though it is VERY close to my house, in the city where I grew up LOLOLOLOL). I am interested in meeting my idol and having an opportunity to share our appreciation for him. Of course, I would LOVE to interview him.
Thank you all for keeping this alive on Wikipedia, Steve Perry and Journey fan sites and everywhere else that it is getting attention.
I will post "Open Arms" for you hopefully in about a week.
The Fruit Salad Show returns in February! Stay tuned for AMAZING guests!
Don't Stop Believin'!
Pauly
1. It has been a life long dream of mine to record a Journey song and I wanted to do it while I am still young enough to hit those insane notes.
2. It is a
perfect love song, and I love love.3. I am hoping it will get our campaign more attention.
When I say "our" campaign I really mean it. The out pour of emails has been amazing. I am so lucky to get to see how one person can affect your life. We should all take it upon ourselves to touch people in some way over the course of our lives. Here are a few snippets from emails I have received regarding Steve:
"Steve seems to have written a tapestry of my life and many others"
"...if you ever do catch up with Steve please tell him that his albums, his music, and youtube have kept me going for 3 years, and hopefully winning my battle against cancer"
"when you find him and get to speak with him, please tell him how much he is appreciated and missed by so many generations and please thank him for sharing his mesmerizing voice and music with all of us"
One of the most heartfelt emails I received was from a couple who has a physically impaired son. here is the original email, with their names omitted:
I have a 5 year old special needs little boy. He is hearing impaired and visually impaired. Thankfully, he is not deaf or blind, and does have some vision and hearing. He didn't really talk until he was 3 years old and didn't walk until he was 4. I always loved Steve Perry's Journey and solo work when I was younger. After the birth of my son and after all of his surgeries and diagnoses around 5months old - they didn't think he would be able to see or hear at all. I remember sitting rocking him late at night....crying and thinking of his future and what he would be missing out on.....just feeling like I had died. The radio was on, Steve Perry's Don't Stop Believin' came on......and just catapulted me back to a time when I didn't have a care in the world. I had forgotten how his voice just made you feel something uplifting/magical. His voice will always be completely mesmerizing. It made me cry more and then smile....I started pulling out my old Steve Perry music and played it all of the time. ( I call it Steve Perry's Journey etc. because as talented as the others were and are, Steve Perry put them on the charts. His one and a million voice sold the music and while I get that he may have been difficult to work with maybe because of ego and perfectionism, it worked and it was all about the music.)
About a month later, we noticed that our son seemed like he was "seeing" something and seemed to be hearing better then what had been diagnosed. From the start he loved music and song, and I would sing to him about everything.....
Fast Forward---after playing SP's music all of the time at home and in the car, my husband bought me SP's concert DVD's. When Joey was around 3, we heard him singing something and couldn't figure out what it was for the longest time. Finally, we recognized the tune of "Lights". He had the tune, but singing in his own words, and a little off key.....Well, now he asks for Steve Perry and sings parts of Lights, Wheel in the Sky, Don't Stop Believin', Oh Sherrie, Don't Fight It and some others, but we can't recognize the words of the other songs. He will ask, "Wan watch Steve Perry?" to watch his concert dvd. Joey sits there literally mesmerized by his voice.
Isn't this amazing? He will listen to some Led Zeppelin and The Who (his dad's favorites) but after one or two of their songs asks for Steve Perry......
The man needs to know how blessed he was with that voice and talent, and how blessed I feel to have his voice touch/reach my son and for the chance of my son to experience his magic. His voice has left an imprint on so many lives and will continue to do so. His voice and music remain timeless. Please thank him for me. If he ever comes back to us, I will be in the front row somehow with my son!
I thought this was really sweet and just a couple of the millions of people Steve has touched and entertained.
I have been getting a lot of emails regarding Steve's personal life and whereabouts. This information is not helpful unfortunately because I am not interested in his private life, nor will I go to the recording studio where he is allegedly recording his new album (even though it is VERY close to my house, in the city where I grew up LOLOLOLOL). I am interested in meeting my idol and having an opportunity to share our appreciation for him. Of course, I would LOVE to interview him.
Thank you all for keeping this alive on Wikipedia, Steve Perry and Journey fan sites and everywhere else that it is getting attention.
I will post "Open Arms" for you hopefully in about a week.
The Fruit Salad Show returns in February! Stay tuned for AMAZING guests!
Don't Stop Believin'!
Pauly
