July 16, 2021 • 30 mins
Pat Monahan of Train shares the Journey’s history, from their roots in Santana to their peak as one of the top-selling bands in the world, describing the transcendent power of their music. The common theme from each member of the band is clear: this night was about Journey’s legion of loyal fans as much as it was about the band itself.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
M. Welcome to Induction Vault, a production of I Heart
Radio and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame M hmm. In.
(00:30):
Pat Monaghan, lead singer of rock group Train, lived out
his lifetime dream when he inducted fellow San Francisco band
Journey into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Monaghan
runs through the band's long history, from their roots in
Santana to their peak as one of the top selling
bands in the world. He describes the transcendent power of
Journey's music and is moved to sing as the crowd
(00:52):
roars enjoins along. Monahan credits this band the heart of
San Francisco music, for changing his life. The current and
former members of Journey take to the stage to accept
their induction. The common theme of each speech is clear.
This night was about Journey's legion of loyal fans as
much as it was about the band itself. The induction
(01:15):
reaches a cathartic climax when Steve Perry takes the stage,
met with a deafening standing ovation from the crowd, the
first time in over a decade that he had appeared
on stage with his former bandmates for a band whose
fans had waited patiently and faithfully for Journey's induction. This
special night proved a familiar mantra, don't stop believing pot.
(01:51):
Even my name is Pat my hand and I sing
in a San Francisco being called Train and Tonight, I'm
here to live out a lifelong dream of mind, to
induct the heart of San Francisco music into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. I am talking about a
(02:15):
band that has nineteen top forty hit singles, gold and
platinum albums, the greatest hit album that is Diamond and
a half. That is fifteen million albums. For those of
you who are new to the world of music, we
may never hear those words again. They have sold over
(02:35):
fifty million albums in the US alone and one million globally,
making them one of the best selling bands of all times.
I love along with you all that this is the
first time they've been put on the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame ballot, and that's all it took for
(02:56):
them to be recognized for the great work they've done. Yeah.
Once upon a time there was a Bay Area guitar
player called Santana. He was smart enough to build an
incredible band of talent around him. Neil Sean, a fifteen
(03:16):
year old prodigy on guitar, Greg Rowley on keys and vocals,
and Ross Valerie on bass. In three, these three, along
with a few others, formed a jazz fusion project called
the Golden Gate Rhythm Section. In v four, they added
Ainsley Dunbar on drums and changed their name to Journey.
(03:42):
After several albums on Columbia Records, they made a shift
in their musical direction and added the Central California tenor
Steve Perry to the line up. In n seventy eight,
Dunbar was replaced on drums by jazz virtuoso Steve Smith.
(04:08):
Solid record sales and hit songs started to become a
regular occurrence. At this point, in Greg Rawley decided to
leave the band and recommended The Baby's keyboardist Jonathan Kane. Now,
I love every incarnation of this band, past and present,
but this, my friends, is when, as the kids say,
(04:30):
shit got turned. Hit album after hit album, after biggest
rock song in the world, after even bigger ballad, after
humongous success and stadium tours, this band from San Francisco
changed the face of music, radio and live performance around
the globe. It's because They've touched the hearts and souls
(04:53):
of every one of us in some way. Their music
has transcended all things that separate us as humans. Don't
stop believing, well now we won't faithfully oh oh oh,
(05:22):
or how about na na na na na na na nana.
They didn't even need lyrics. That's how badass this band
is to think that we get to hear these amazing
songs tonight from this incredible band is blowing my mind
(05:42):
and soon to blow all of our minds. I'm just
a kid from western Pennsylvania. I moved to San Francisco
because the song Lights made me think that maybe I
could fit in there and be someone. This band changed
my life. They changed the trajectory of many lives in
positive ways and positivity that is what they built the
(06:06):
Journey foundation on. Their music, lyrics, their attitude to the
conversations they've had with their millions of fans around the world,
including me, and the way they continue to carry that
positive light around the world no matter what might try
to bring them down. They weren't afraid to be romantic
and hold women in high esteem. They weren't afraid to
(06:30):
create songs that made us actually feel good. I don't
believe in guilty pleasures. You either like it or you don't.
And I have loved this band my whole life. It
isn't just my honor to induct these gentlemen tonight. It
is my appointed duty to induct the heart of San
(06:51):
Francisco music into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And it's about damn time, lady, isn't gentlemen? Journey. After
(07:11):
the break, we'll hear from members of the band Journey
on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction Bolt
h Emotion, Thank you, Pat. This is so long time coming.
(07:37):
I thought it would never happen. And so proudly up
here with all these men, I've done such a great
job and and a better work. Yeah, my nose are
going buying our kids. Forget about it, um. This is
all about you and fans and about the music we've
(08:00):
made together. I love all you guys, and Steve Barry
or whatever, Finn Well Warman and Greg Rolly. There wasn't
for Greg and Santana, there would be no Journey. Herbie Herbert,
(08:23):
thank you from the bottom of my hunt for finding
me after Greg was picking me up at high school
when I was fifteen, and we go to his father's
house and jam um. Soon later after that, I was
in the Santana Bend and wow, what a trip long
ride has been. It's been a beautiful one. I want
(08:45):
to thank my beautiful wife, Michael. Since she's come to me,
it's been like white light and just I feel great.
And it's been seven years. She's been out on tour
with me the whole time, never left my side. One.
I love you, I love my children. Miles, he's here,
(09:06):
aspiring young guitar player, amazing guitar player, my son. I
love you, Miles, Lizzie, Sarah, Sophie and Asia. Thank you
so much, Rocketball Hall of Fame, Herbe He's up. John Barrick,
(09:27):
thank you guys for carrying on a legacy with us.
Kevin Hilson. Good evening. Well. I hope I can be
sort of funny as Chris Quyer, but I don't think so.
(09:49):
This is gonna be straightforward. This is an awesome honor
to be here with my old bandmates Journey, and I'd
like to thank my family, my friends, my manager, my
ex wives, Zilgian symbols and sticks and d W drums
and of course a big thank you to all our
fans for your support throughout the years of very humble
(10:12):
thank you all. Frankly awesome, What a great night this
is for me. I this is my second trip here
(10:34):
and what a trip this has been. First sent Anna,
Journey ringo star said Tana four, I'm back here with Journey.
I want to thank Herbie Herbert, my manager and a
longtime friend from Journey, and Neil Seann for calling me
(10:57):
while I was up in Seattle and saving me from
the restaurant business. Don't ever do it to start Journey,
and you know, it's just been. It's been an incredible
trip from my life. I want to thank the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame for inducting this band finally. Yeah,
(11:23):
you know. And also for me, this is really about
the fans, all music fans, all of you. Without music fans,
this place is empty, there's nobody here. This is really
(11:45):
for me. This is really about all you guys, especially
Journey fans. Tonight this is yours, but it will be
proudly displayed at my home in Austin, Texas. Rock and
(12:11):
roll means many things too many people, as the diversity
of the class of two thousand seventeen clearly illustrates I
just started out in ninety three at nine years old
as a jazz drummer. I think my parents, Bruce and
Lorraine Smith, for finding me an excellent private drum instructor
(12:31):
and supporting my musical passion. Back then, my favorite bands
with a Count Basie Big Band and the Buddy Rich
Big Band. It wasn't until nineteen sixty nine that I
discovered rock and roll when my friend Pudge green Alds
from Cape Cod showed me his brother Dave's record collection.
He played me Jimmy Hendrix, Cream and led Zeppelin, but
(12:57):
what I heard was Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, John Bonham.
At that moment I could relate to rock drumming and
rock music. Disc jockey Alan Freed, a rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in Ductee, once said rock and roll
is really swing with a modern name. It began on
the Levies and then the Plantations took in folk songs
(13:19):
and featured blues and rhythm. He said this in the
nineteen fifties. Now that we live in a global community,
more influences have been added to and will be added
to the definition of what is rock and roll. For
me one of the most explosive ships in musical directs
and came in nineteen seventy one with the creation of
(13:39):
the ma Vish New Orchestra John McLoughlin, Jon Hammer, Billy Cobbum,
Jerry Goodman and Rick Laird with drummer Billy Cobbhum and
a couple of years later Narrata Michael Walden stepping into
my Vish New Jazz officially rocked in many ways. That
funk rock jazz using drumming concert was my template for
(14:01):
the work with Journey. I'm grateful for my touring with
Ronny Montrose where we were the support act for Journey
in early seventy eight, and talent scout Neil Seawan noticed
what I was bringing to rock and roll. Later that year, Neil,
Steve Perry, Gregor Awley Ross, Valerie and Herbie Herbert invited
(14:22):
me to become a Journey band member. And it's been
an educational and rewarding ride. Thanks to my children Ian
and Elizabeth for keeping me in their hearts while I
was away on long tours, and very special thanks to
my wife Diane. We've been sharing our lives for the
last twenty four years. I love you, dearly thanks to
(14:45):
Jonathan Kane for the gifted songwriting and Arnel Pineda for
keeping the legacy sound of Journey alive and moving forward.
A most important thanks to our fan from around the
world that have kept Journey in their hearts and on
their stereos. One thing that you may not know is
(15:17):
that this microphone is robotic. It's supposed to come up
and meet me where I am. Hello, microphone, don't make
me comb down there. Well, maybe you can hear me. Also,
what you may not know is there's a big red
clock that says I have three minutes right, but it
(15:38):
says I only have thirty seven seconds to get it out.
But I also must say that Steve Smith did very
well with his prepared speech. He worked a teleprompter very well.
I'm not going to even bother I didn't write one,
but I'll start from the top in saying that there's
a few names that were said earlier that I will
(15:59):
read peak because their names deserved to be repeated. My
life has been full of music from the very beginning,
from the time I could hear, from the time they
swabbed my ears out in the maternity ward, there was
music everywhere a large family, two talented parents who shared
(16:22):
music with us. We learned instruments, piano, ukulele, guitar. We
all sang as soon as I could. I was in
a church choir and the school choirs. As soon as
it was allowed, I could play an instrument in the
Symphonic band and saw that continued all the way through
(16:42):
high school. The family had a great variety of music
to hear and to be exposed to, anywhere, from Miles
Davis to Mozart, from Handel to Fats Domino, from Glenn
Miller today brew Beck. So somewhere in there, I thought
(17:05):
that's where my world was until a new kid came
into town when I was a sophomore in high school.
He goes, hey, I know who you are. I know
you play in the Symphonic band, but I knew you
play guitar at home, and we need a bass player.
I'm starting to be in with a bunch of your friends,
(17:25):
and since your guitar, so you can learn these parts
very easily. Why don't you get your mom to go
down to the local music store, rent a base in
an amplifier, will make some change and have some fun.
I said, okay, So from that point, the life of
music for me changed entirely. And here we are tonight.
(17:49):
If that's one book end, this could be the other end.
If nothing else happens for me in music, this could
be the best that it gets. There are many other
people who I believe deserved this, and I'll start by
talking about someone I met in high school within one
(18:12):
year of starting Rock and roll. His name is Herbie Herbert.
He is our former creator, partner manager, and within five
years of meeting him, we had created the beginnings of
Journey with Greg Rowling and Neil Sean and we all know,
or maybe you need to know, that he put the blood,
(18:34):
sweat and tears in every inch of his energy into
seeing this band succeed. And we are here to thank
Herbie Herbert for that. But as you know, we're still here.
What has happened and how we continued for the last
twenty years. Our current managers, John Barrett and Herbing Aisoff
(18:58):
took a bay and out of exile and put it
back on the map. We have them to think. And
then there's all the fans. The hundreds of thousands of
fans have supported us for years. They deserve this. There
are the friends of us in the band and who
(19:21):
have cajoled us, defended us, encouraged us, pushed us. They
are friends, deserve a piece of this award. And last,
but not least, are our family members, so maybe have
suffered more in our absence, have given us hope, given
us encouragement. Our family members, yes, our parents, my parents,
(19:48):
unless but not least. But thank you and the love
to my wife Mary, who has understood and accepted this
guy who goes away with the circus every year. Thank
you so much. Being from Chicago, I just want to
(20:14):
thank the Cobs for winning the World Series so we
could get into whole fame. Good evening here, I'd like
to thank begin by thank you my father letter for
believing in me, my mentor my vision keeper. He prophesied
(20:34):
success from the time I was eight years old after
a terrible school fire, and later said to me, son,
don't stop believing, on a life changing phone call as
I struggled with my career back in the seventies. He's
gone now. I miss you, Dad, and I love you.
Thanks to my piano teacher, Rosanna Clinch and Ralph Dodds
from the Conservatory of Chicago. The Jerry Mileam of Golden
(20:58):
Voice Recording Studio and Peak in Illinois. To the late
Buddy Killing who gave me my first break in Nashville
in nineteen sixte to my brother Tom who played drums
with me and countless bands why we learned lessons together
in rock and roll. To my brother Hal who always
believed in my music. To the late Wolfman Jack and
Don Kelly Organization for opening doors in l a and
(21:21):
getting me started on the right path. To all the
members of the Babies for giving me a shot allowing
me to be part of the creative process. And to
my brothers and Journey for believing and trusting I could
be part of shifting and sustaining a signature sound. Two
(21:42):
former bandmates, Steve A. Jerry Dean Cassernova for helping us
down the road. To our music business family behind the
scenes who worked tirelessly, the record promotion people at Sony Columbia,
the DJs and p ds at radio who gave us
means of spins, to the record distributors who made sure
(22:03):
our music made it into stores and on the shelves,
to Live Nation and the local promoters, and most of all,
our faithful fans who stood by us through the years
during the ups and downs. To our wise managers, Herbie Irving,
as Off and John Barrett for keeping us on track
(22:25):
during the tough times We shared over forty years, having
blessed relationships with all of them, and I believe relationships
are the key to building a brand and maintaining a
presence in our music business. Thanks to the members of
the Hall who voted to honor us tonight. Finally, I
thank my three children, Madison, Weston in Liza up there
(22:48):
for understanding and accepting their dad had to hit the
road all those years. And to my wife Paula, who
stands beside me and love and respect. I love you all,
m and thanks to you Lord for keeping your guiding
hand upon us all those years. Dishonor was truly worth
the way. God bless hello Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
(23:41):
You should look good to me tonight. I'm gonna keep
my cheat sheet because I got a lot to say. Um.
I'm gonna start with when I was living in Los Angeles,
I was looking to get a red Your deal, trying
my very best. It was tough to get signed at
(24:04):
those times, and I would always go to the star
Wood to see Journey performed because these guys had the
most amazing musical ability. I never seen a band like
that in my life. So every time they go to
the Starwood Club, I had to go watch with amazement.
Though their musicianship was absolutely part of none. There was
(24:30):
one instrument that was flying above the entire city of
Los Angeles. That was the magic fingers of Neil Shawn's guitar.
Somehow one of my demo tapes fell into the hands
(24:53):
of Herbie Herbert. I would not be here tonight if
it was not for Herbie Herbert R. Because because he
did not have to call me, he gets tapes all
the time. But there's something about the demo tape and
(25:14):
he called me, and the next thing I knew because
of Herbie. I was writing music with Neil Sean and
the very first song we ever wrote together was Patiently
You remember that one? So I absolutely must tell you
(25:35):
I must thank Herbie Herbert for believing in me. Thank
you now, Man, Easley Delmar Great Rold, Steve Smith, Neil Sean,
Jonathan kin Ross, Failly, are you fucking shipping me? Any
(26:04):
singer would give his ass for that ship? I mean,
they play so well, so I want to thank them
for all the music we've written. Thank you great for
letting me live at your house to write that Infinity record.
Thank you for letting me live at your house, Neil
Sean Um, thank you so much, John for all the
songs we all wrote together. Steve Smiths a majing drums,
(26:28):
bass over Fundo, Ross Fellerie. I mean, guys, I thank
you so much for all the music we've written and
recorded together. It would be forever in my heart. Thank you.
I must give a complete shout out to someone who
(26:49):
sings his heart out every night, and that's our new Pinedo.
Where are you are now? Where are you? Where are you? Well?
You must be backstage to Arniel. I love you. Um
I why did you give my long time whereas he
read there? Thank you? UM. I would like to thank
(27:18):
my a long time attorney, Lee Phillips also would like
to I would like to thank my old high school
R and B band. It was called the Sullies and
UH it's kind of where it all started for me
and I want to thank them. UM. Thank to Rob
Stringer and the team at Columbia Records. UH. The Journey
(27:43):
of Road Crew, the original Journey Road crew busted their
house every night, every day, load in, load out, tirelessly,
day after day, week after week, year after year. Herbie
knows that true, and we would not be here today
if it wasn't for them too. Um and I also
(28:11):
I want to send my condolences to the families. I
would like to send my condolences to the families and
the members, families and members of Jim McCandless, Jackie Villanueva
and recently the great Minnie Collins. Lastly, the An Asylum
(28:34):
was Journey's first fan club. Herbie and Tim McQuaid got
together and said, you know you're gonna be our fan club.
This is gonna be great. That's what happened. And Tim McQuaid,
Laura Beard and Cindy Boone made it all happen for us.
So the fan club fan Asylum was brilliant. We would
thank them now, speaking of fans, Speaking of fans, you're
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the one who put us here. You are the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. You'll put us here. We
would not be here had not been for you and
your tireless love and consistent devotion. You never have stopped.
And from my heart, I must tell you I must
(29:31):
tell you I have been going a long time. I
understand that, but I want you to know you've never
not been in my heart. I want you to know that,
and I love each and every one of you. Thank
you so very much. Thanks for joining us on this
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M. Welcome to Induction Vault, a production of I Heart
Radio and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame M hmm. In.
(00:30):
Pat Monaghan, lead singer of rock group Train, lived out
his lifetime dream when he inducted fellow San Francisco band
Journey into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Monaghan
runs through the band's long history, from their roots in
Santana to their peak as one of the top selling
bands in the world. He describes the transcendent power of
Journey's music and is moved to sing as the crowd
(00:52):
roars enjoins along. Monahan credits this band the heart of
San Francisco music, for changing his life. The current and
former members of Journey take to the stage to accept
their induction. The common theme of each speech is clear.
This night was about Journey's legion of loyal fans as
much as it was about the band itself. The induction
(01:15):
reaches a cathartic climax when Steve Perry takes the stage,
met with a deafening standing ovation from the crowd, the
first time in over a decade that he had appeared
on stage with his former bandmates for a band whose
fans had waited patiently and faithfully for Journey's induction. This
special night proved a familiar mantra, don't stop believing pot.
(01:51):
Even my name is Pat my hand and I sing
in a San Francisco being called Train and Tonight, I'm
here to live out a lifelong dream of mind, to
induct the heart of San Francisco music into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. I am talking about a
(02:15):
band that has nineteen top forty hit singles, gold and
platinum albums, the greatest hit album that is Diamond and
a half. That is fifteen million albums. For those of
you who are new to the world of music, we
may never hear those words again. They have sold over
(02:35):
fifty million albums in the US alone and one million globally,
making them one of the best selling bands of all times.
I love along with you all that this is the
first time they've been put on the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame ballot, and that's all it took for
(02:56):
them to be recognized for the great work they've done. Yeah.
Once upon a time there was a Bay Area guitar
player called Santana. He was smart enough to build an
incredible band of talent around him. Neil Sean, a fifteen
(03:16):
year old prodigy on guitar, Greg Rowley on keys and vocals,
and Ross Valerie on bass. In three, these three, along
with a few others, formed a jazz fusion project called
the Golden Gate Rhythm Section. In v four, they added
Ainsley Dunbar on drums and changed their name to Journey.
(03:42):
After several albums on Columbia Records, they made a shift
in their musical direction and added the Central California tenor
Steve Perry to the line up. In n seventy eight,
Dunbar was replaced on drums by jazz virtuoso Steve Smith.
(04:08):
Solid record sales and hit songs started to become a
regular occurrence. At this point, in Greg Rawley decided to
leave the band and recommended The Baby's keyboardist Jonathan Kane. Now,
I love every incarnation of this band, past and present,
but this, my friends, is when, as the kids say,
(04:30):
shit got turned. Hit album after hit album, after biggest
rock song in the world, after even bigger ballad, after
humongous success and stadium tours, this band from San Francisco
changed the face of music, radio and live performance around
the globe. It's because They've touched the hearts and souls
(04:53):
of every one of us in some way. Their music
has transcended all things that separate us as humans. Don't
stop believing, well now we won't faithfully oh oh oh,
(05:22):
or how about na na na na na na na nana.
They didn't even need lyrics. That's how badass this band
is to think that we get to hear these amazing
songs tonight from this incredible band is blowing my mind
(05:42):
and soon to blow all of our minds. I'm just
a kid from western Pennsylvania. I moved to San Francisco
because the song Lights made me think that maybe I
could fit in there and be someone. This band changed
my life. They changed the trajectory of many lives in
positive ways and positivity that is what they built the
(06:06):
Journey foundation on. Their music, lyrics, their attitude to the
conversations they've had with their millions of fans around the world,
including me, and the way they continue to carry that
positive light around the world no matter what might try
to bring them down. They weren't afraid to be romantic
and hold women in high esteem. They weren't afraid to
(06:30):
create songs that made us actually feel good. I don't
believe in guilty pleasures. You either like it or you don't.
And I have loved this band my whole life. It
isn't just my honor to induct these gentlemen tonight. It
is my appointed duty to induct the heart of San
(06:51):
Francisco music into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And it's about damn time, lady, isn't gentlemen? Journey. After
(07:11):
the break, we'll hear from members of the band Journey
on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction Bolt
h Emotion, Thank you, Pat. This is so long time coming.
(07:37):
I thought it would never happen. And so proudly up
here with all these men, I've done such a great
job and and a better work. Yeah, my nose are
going buying our kids. Forget about it, um. This is
all about you and fans and about the music we've
(08:00):
made together. I love all you guys, and Steve Barry
or whatever, Finn Well Warman and Greg Rolly. There wasn't
for Greg and Santana, there would be no Journey. Herbie Herbert,
(08:23):
thank you from the bottom of my hunt for finding
me after Greg was picking me up at high school
when I was fifteen, and we go to his father's
house and jam um. Soon later after that, I was
in the Santana Bend and wow, what a trip long
ride has been. It's been a beautiful one. I want
(08:45):
to thank my beautiful wife, Michael. Since she's come to me,
it's been like white light and just I feel great.
And it's been seven years. She's been out on tour
with me the whole time, never left my side. One.
I love you, I love my children. Miles, he's here,
(09:06):
aspiring young guitar player, amazing guitar player, my son. I
love you, Miles, Lizzie, Sarah, Sophie and Asia. Thank you
so much, Rocketball Hall of Fame, Herbe He's up. John Barrick,
(09:27):
thank you guys for carrying on a legacy with us.
Kevin Hilson. Good evening. Well. I hope I can be
sort of funny as Chris Quyer, but I don't think so.
(09:49):
This is gonna be straightforward. This is an awesome honor
to be here with my old bandmates Journey, and I'd
like to thank my family, my friends, my manager, my
ex wives, Zilgian symbols and sticks and d W drums
and of course a big thank you to all our
fans for your support throughout the years of very humble
(10:12):
thank you all. Frankly awesome, What a great night this
is for me. I this is my second trip here
(10:34):
and what a trip this has been. First sent Anna,
Journey ringo star said Tana four, I'm back here with Journey.
I want to thank Herbie Herbert, my manager and a
longtime friend from Journey, and Neil Seann for calling me
(10:57):
while I was up in Seattle and saving me from
the restaurant business. Don't ever do it to start Journey,
and you know, it's just been. It's been an incredible
trip from my life. I want to thank the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame for inducting this band finally. Yeah,
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you know. And also for me, this is really about
the fans, all music fans, all of you. Without music fans,
this place is empty, there's nobody here. This is really
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for me. This is really about all you guys, especially
Journey fans. Tonight this is yours, but it will be
proudly displayed at my home in Austin, Texas. Rock and
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roll means many things too many people, as the diversity
of the class of two thousand seventeen clearly illustrates I
just started out in ninety three at nine years old
as a jazz drummer. I think my parents, Bruce and
Lorraine Smith, for finding me an excellent private drum instructor
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and supporting my musical passion. Back then, my favorite bands
with a Count Basie Big Band and the Buddy Rich
Big Band. It wasn't until nineteen sixty nine that I
discovered rock and roll when my friend Pudge green Alds
from Cape Cod showed me his brother Dave's record collection.
He played me Jimmy Hendrix, Cream and led Zeppelin, but
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what I heard was Mitch Mitchell, Ginger Baker, John Bonham.
At that moment I could relate to rock drumming and
rock music. Disc jockey Alan Freed, a rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in Ductee, once said rock and roll
is really swing with a modern name. It began on
the Levies and then the Plantations took in folk songs
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and featured blues and rhythm. He said this in the
nineteen fifties. Now that we live in a global community,
more influences have been added to and will be added
to the definition of what is rock and roll. For
me one of the most explosive ships in musical directs
and came in nineteen seventy one with the creation of
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the ma Vish New Orchestra John McLoughlin, Jon Hammer, Billy Cobbum,
Jerry Goodman and Rick Laird with drummer Billy Cobbhum and
a couple of years later Narrata Michael Walden stepping into
my Vish New Jazz officially rocked in many ways. That
funk rock jazz using drumming concert was my template for
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the work with Journey. I'm grateful for my touring with
Ronny Montrose where we were the support act for Journey
in early seventy eight, and talent scout Neil Seawan noticed
what I was bringing to rock and roll. Later that year, Neil,
Steve Perry, Gregor Awley Ross, Valerie and Herbie Herbert invited
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me to become a Journey band member. And it's been
an educational and rewarding ride. Thanks to my children Ian
and Elizabeth for keeping me in their hearts while I
was away on long tours, and very special thanks to
my wife Diane. We've been sharing our lives for the
last twenty four years. I love you, dearly thanks to
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Jonathan Kane for the gifted songwriting and Arnel Pineda for
keeping the legacy sound of Journey alive and moving forward.
A most important thanks to our fan from around the
world that have kept Journey in their hearts and on
their stereos. One thing that you may not know is
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that this microphone is robotic. It's supposed to come up
and meet me where I am. Hello, microphone, don't make
me comb down there. Well, maybe you can hear me. Also,
what you may not know is there's a big red
clock that says I have three minutes right, but it
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says I only have thirty seven seconds to get it out.
But I also must say that Steve Smith did very
well with his prepared speech. He worked a teleprompter very well.
I'm not going to even bother I didn't write one,
but I'll start from the top in saying that there's
a few names that were said earlier that I will
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read peak because their names deserved to be repeated. My
life has been full of music from the very beginning,
from the time I could hear, from the time they
swabbed my ears out in the maternity ward, there was
music everywhere a large family, two talented parents who shared
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music with us. We learned instruments, piano, ukulele, guitar. We
all sang as soon as I could. I was in
a church choir and the school choirs. As soon as
it was allowed, I could play an instrument in the
Symphonic band and saw that continued all the way through
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high school. The family had a great variety of music
to hear and to be exposed to, anywhere, from Miles
Davis to Mozart, from Handel to Fats Domino, from Glenn
Miller today brew Beck. So somewhere in there, I thought
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that's where my world was until a new kid came
into town when I was a sophomore in high school.
He goes, hey, I know who you are. I know
you play in the Symphonic band, but I knew you
play guitar at home, and we need a bass player.
I'm starting to be in with a bunch of your friends,
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and since your guitar, so you can learn these parts
very easily. Why don't you get your mom to go
down to the local music store, rent a base in
an amplifier, will make some change and have some fun.
I said, okay, So from that point, the life of
music for me changed entirely. And here we are tonight.
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If that's one book end, this could be the other end.
If nothing else happens for me in music, this could
be the best that it gets. There are many other
people who I believe deserved this, and I'll start by
talking about someone I met in high school within one
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year of starting Rock and roll. His name is Herbie Herbert.
He is our former creator, partner manager, and within five
years of meeting him, we had created the beginnings of
Journey with Greg Rowling and Neil Sean and we all know,
or maybe you need to know, that he put the blood,
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sweat and tears in every inch of his energy into
seeing this band succeed. And we are here to thank
Herbie Herbert for that. But as you know, we're still here.
What has happened and how we continued for the last
twenty years. Our current managers, John Barrett and Herbing Aisoff
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took a bay and out of exile and put it
back on the map. We have them to think. And
then there's all the fans. The hundreds of thousands of
fans have supported us for years. They deserve this. There
are the friends of us in the band and who
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have cajoled us, defended us, encouraged us, pushed us. They
are friends, deserve a piece of this award. And last,
but not least, are our family members, so maybe have
suffered more in our absence, have given us hope, given
us encouragement. Our family members, yes, our parents, my parents,
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unless but not least. But thank you and the love
to my wife Mary, who has understood and accepted this
guy who goes away with the circus every year. Thank
you so much. Being from Chicago, I just want to
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thank the Cobs for winning the World Series so we
could get into whole fame. Good evening here, I'd like
to thank begin by thank you my father letter for
believing in me, my mentor my vision keeper. He prophesied
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success from the time I was eight years old after
a terrible school fire, and later said to me, son,
don't stop believing, on a life changing phone call as
I struggled with my career back in the seventies. He's
gone now. I miss you, Dad, and I love you.
Thanks to my piano teacher, Rosanna Clinch and Ralph Dodds
from the Conservatory of Chicago. The Jerry Mileam of Golden
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Voice Recording Studio and Peak in Illinois. To the late
Buddy Killing who gave me my first break in Nashville
in nineteen sixte to my brother Tom who played drums
with me and countless bands why we learned lessons together
in rock and roll. To my brother Hal who always
believed in my music. To the late Wolfman Jack and
Don Kelly Organization for opening doors in l a and
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getting me started on the right path. To all the
members of the Babies for giving me a shot allowing
me to be part of the creative process. And to
my brothers and Journey for believing and trusting I could
be part of shifting and sustaining a signature sound. Two
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former bandmates, Steve A. Jerry Dean Cassernova for helping us
down the road. To our music business family behind the
scenes who worked tirelessly, the record promotion people at Sony Columbia,
the DJs and p ds at radio who gave us
means of spins, to the record distributors who made sure
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our music made it into stores and on the shelves,
to Live Nation and the local promoters, and most of all,
our faithful fans who stood by us through the years
during the ups and downs. To our wise managers, Herbie Irving,
as Off and John Barrett for keeping us on track
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during the tough times We shared over forty years, having
blessed relationships with all of them, and I believe relationships
are the key to building a brand and maintaining a
presence in our music business. Thanks to the members of
the Hall who voted to honor us tonight. Finally, I
thank my three children, Madison, Weston in Liza up there
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for understanding and accepting their dad had to hit the
road all those years. And to my wife Paula, who
stands beside me and love and respect. I love you all,
m and thanks to you Lord for keeping your guiding
hand upon us all those years. Dishonor was truly worth
the way. God bless hello Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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You should look good to me tonight. I'm gonna keep
my cheat sheet because I got a lot to say. Um.
I'm gonna start with when I was living in Los Angeles,
I was looking to get a red Your deal, trying
my very best. It was tough to get signed at
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those times, and I would always go to the star
Wood to see Journey performed because these guys had the
most amazing musical ability. I never seen a band like
that in my life. So every time they go to
the Starwood Club, I had to go watch with amazement.
Though their musicianship was absolutely part of none. There was
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one instrument that was flying above the entire city of
Los Angeles. That was the magic fingers of Neil Shawn's guitar.
Somehow one of my demo tapes fell into the hands
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of Herbie Herbert. I would not be here tonight if
it was not for Herbie Herbert R. Because because he
did not have to call me, he gets tapes all
the time. But there's something about the demo tape and
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he called me, and the next thing I knew because
of Herbie. I was writing music with Neil Sean and
the very first song we ever wrote together was Patiently
You remember that one? So I absolutely must tell you
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I must thank Herbie Herbert for believing in me. Thank
you now, Man, Easley Delmar Great Rold, Steve Smith, Neil Sean,
Jonathan kin Ross, Failly, are you fucking shipping me? Any
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singer would give his ass for that ship? I mean,
they play so well, so I want to thank them
for all the music we've written. Thank you great for
letting me live at your house to write that Infinity record.
Thank you for letting me live at your house, Neil
Sean Um, thank you so much, John for all the
songs we all wrote together. Steve Smiths a majing drums,
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bass over Fundo, Ross Fellerie. I mean, guys, I thank
you so much for all the music we've written and
recorded together. It would be forever in my heart. Thank you.
I must give a complete shout out to someone who
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sings his heart out every night, and that's our new Pinedo.
Where are you are now? Where are you? Where are you? Well?
You must be backstage to Arniel. I love you. Um
I why did you give my long time whereas he
read there? Thank you? UM. I would like to thank
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my a long time attorney, Lee Phillips also would like
to I would like to thank my old high school
R and B band. It was called the Sullies and
UH it's kind of where it all started for me
and I want to thank them. UM. Thank to Rob
Stringer and the team at Columbia Records. UH. The Journey
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of Road Crew, the original Journey Road crew busted their
house every night, every day, load in, load out, tirelessly,
day after day, week after week, year after year. Herbie
knows that true, and we would not be here today
if it wasn't for them too. Um and I also
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I want to send my condolences to the families. I
would like to send my condolences to the families and
the members, families and members of Jim McCandless, Jackie Villanueva
and recently the great Minnie Collins. Lastly, the An Asylum
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was Journey's first fan club. Herbie and Tim McQuaid got
together and said, you know you're gonna be our fan club.
This is gonna be great. That's what happened. And Tim McQuaid,
Laura Beard and Cindy Boone made it all happen for us.
So the fan club fan Asylum was brilliant. We would
thank them now, speaking of fans, Speaking of fans, you're
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the one who put us here. You are the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. You'll put us here. We
would not be here had not been for you and
your tireless love and consistent devotion. You never have stopped.
And from my heart, I must tell you I must
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tell you I have been going a long time. I
understand that, but I want you to know you've never
not been in my heart. I want you to know that,
and I love each and every one of you. Thank
you so very much. Thanks for joining us on this
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week's episode of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction.
Call com more on your face and inductees to shop
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and Roll Hall of Fame. Visit rock hall dot com
plus view rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Special
on demand on HBO Max. Our executive producers are Noel Brown,
Shelby Morrison, and Esa Gurkey. Supervising producer is Taylor Shakin.
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Research and archival assistants from Isabelle Keeper and Shannon Herb.
Thanks again for joining us on this week's episode of
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction. Vault Induction Ball
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