Journey did a show in San Antonio,Texas on Feb 12th and according to fans reviews-Dean Castronovo sang like there was no tomorrow on "Mother,Father" and they also pulled off Precious Time and Ask the Lonely in the set! The set list was as follows (from start to finish)- State of Grace Intro, Separate Ways, Stone in Love, Wheel in the Sky, Neals Star Spangled Banner, Chain Reaction, Lights, Open Arms, Mother/Father, Precious Time, Ask the Lonely, Dont Stop Believing, Escape, Be Good To Yourself, Any Way You Want It, Loving-Touching-Squeezing, and Faithfully.
Comments
Melodic Net Comments
JACK C
DURING JOURNEY'S ANNIVERSARY TOUR. FANS FROM THE
" BEGINNING" WERE PROMISED A FIRST SET WITH THE BAND
COVERING THE EARLY ALBUMS. THE SHOW WAS SOLD OUT
IN BOSTON. FREINDS AND I DROVE TWO STATES AWAY ONLY
TO LEARN NEAL SCHON HAD SANITIZED THE PERFORMANCE
BACK TO OVERPLAYED COMMERCIAL MUZAK HITS. HE CLAIMS
WHEN HE PLAYS IMPROVASATIONALLY FANS GO OUT FOR A
HOT DOG.. HE IS SUCH A DISAPOINTMENT WHEN PRODIGY
BLUES PERFORMERS LIKE TROWER , CLAPTON GARY MOORE
ROLLIE/CHALFANT (HE CAN PLAY AS WELL AS THESE FOLKS WHEN HE WANTS TO )FIND A WAY TO LEAVE SOME MORE CHALLENGING MATERIAL IN THE SET FOR ALL FANS TO ENJOY. EVEN A PARED
DOWN VERSION OF A LIFETIME LEADING INTO LOVIN YOU IS EASY AND LIVIN TO DO WOULD BE ENJOYED BY ALL FANS. NEAL IS SOMEONE WHO I HAVE TO PASS ON LIKE JOHNNY WINTER WHOS SONG CHOICES ARE ASLO WEAK AND BORING.
Mark G.
SET LIST:
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( JOURNEY – Live Sunday 7/27/08 @ Superpages.com Center )
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INTRO
1. NEVER WALK AWAY
2. ONLY THE YOUNG
( Neal’s Guitar Segway )
3. STONE IN LOVE
4. ASK THE LONELY
5. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
6. SEPARATE WAYS
7. CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
8. LIGHTS
( Jonathan’s Keyboard Segway )
9. OPEN ARMS
10. FAITHFULLY
11. RUBICON
12. WILDEST DREAMS
13. DON’T STOP BELIEVIN
( Neal & Jonathan’s Guitar and Harmonica Jam )
14. WHEEL IN THE SKY
15. ANYWAY YOU WANT IT ( goodnight )
( Encore’s )
16. ESCAPE
17. LOVIN, TOUCHIN, SQUEEZIN ( GOODNIGHT )
Ryan Martin from Hope Republic ( ex Atlantic bands Frankie Machine & The Flying Tigers ) came to the guitar as a pre-teen only because his mother dissuaded him from his first choice for an instrument, the saxophone.