Just send me whatever. I had a ball doing it. You played with Peter Green that night. Michael Shrieve turned me onto Peter Green way before that. I can really sing this. To this day, I sing it the same way, expect with more balls. Without the Beatles, I probably would have been an architect. In high school and college at the time, playing in a band became really cool. It was always in my background to do it. So I connected with these guys to play this. Most of all, I always wanted to play the music I wanted to play, not to copy from someone else.
Forget this! You sure you called the right guy? What were the first few rehearsals like when you found yourself playing all these Beatles classics with a Beatle?
I practiced so hard. You want me to play organ or piano? Are you kidding me? I was sitting next to him and we were talking about stuff. Me and Luke [Steve Lukather]. Why would I change this? This is really working. But where does this fit? It sounds fantastic. Everybody is treated well. And you get paid. And they come. How was the experience of making the Santana reunion record, Santana IV, in ?
We really wanted to make it work for all of us and it did. I think the recordings are incredible. And the point is, Carlos was the one to call it that. You guys played Las Vegas and just a few other shows. Management or Carlos pulled the plug on the whole thing. We did three great shows with Journey. Neal played with us. It was something to see. It went over great. Big coliseums. And then the whole thing, the plug got pulled. I would have wanted to do 30 dates and paid back the people that wanted to see this.
Did you ask Carlos? Know what I mean? How was that experience? Also amazing. I had a great time. I really connected to them. They are incredible players. We had so much material. I had to cut it back. Nobody is going to be able to do this. I had to go back. Where did it come from? We made it a little more earthy because there was no. It was just real. Everyone played real.
I had no problem with that stuff. And the band became successful because of it. My point is that I helped build that and I know I did. We had a few dates that we played together, but he went on to his next thing. Do you think in the future it might resume? A year after graduating from high school in , Rolie joined Carlos Santana and others to form the Santana Blues Band, which was later shortened simply to Santana.
He also became well known for his unique sound and groundbreaking work on the Hammond B3 organ, with classic solos on many of the aforementioned hits. However, persistent differences with Carlos Santana regarding the musical direction of the band led Rolie to leave the band at the end of On Journey and Look into the Future, he was lead vocalist, and on Next he shared those duties with guitarist Neal Schon.
When Rolie was pushed on the matter, with the interviewer pointing out that the singer had fewer vocal moments on Departure , he stuck to his story. Perry was never the problem. The whole thing is wrong! No matter how many times I tell people very simply: 'Here is the deal.
I was unhappy. I drank too much. Blah, blah, blah. And most of all, I wanted to start a family. It truly is. Rolie said that he doesn't begrudge Journey for their massive success that came after he left the band.
For him, none of that would have been possible without his initial involvement in the band. Rolie bowed out in , three years after Perry arrived — and just before the band reached their height of fame. Rolie said it has been difficult to share the real story of his departure because the false one is so prevalent on social media. I loved the management. I loved the music. I loved what we built.
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