Yes, it was the music. And of course it was the Voice. But it's always been the hair. The hair..
I saw Journey and Steve Perry for the first time, after midnight, on
television, in the late 1970's on Midnight Special. And only because I just
happened to be walking through the room when I heard that Voice and it stopped
me dead in my tracks. The song was Lovin'
Touchin' Squeezin' , which remains one of their favorite tunes for me
today. But I saw that hair.. and that was it. The Gods help me I actually
moved to California some time later with this man in the back of my mind. It's
the only thing really 'fan' that I think I've ever done. Perhaps I'd not have
been driven to go there otherwise, but I loved my time on the west coast, it is
a singular place to live, so for that too, I thank you Steve. If not for the
music, the Voice - and that hair - I might never have tasted the essence of
California, it is a flavor I won'tforget. And no, I didn't meet him
;)
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