Journey. The 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony 2017

[Applause] good evening my name is pat monahan and i sing in a san francisco band called train and tonight i'm here to live out a lifelong dream of mine to induct the heart of san francisco music into the rock and roll hall of fame i am talking about a band that has 19 top 40 hit singles 25 gold and platinum albums a greatest hit album that is diamond and a half that is 15 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 50 million albums in the us alone and 100 million globally making them one of the best selling bands of all time 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 them to be recognized for the great work they've done 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 shawn a 15 year old prodigy on guitar greg raleigh on keys and vocals and ross valerie on base in 1973 these three along with a few others formed a jazz fusion project called the golden gate rhythm section in 1974 they added ainsley dunbar on drums and changed their name to journey after several albums on columbia records they made a shift in their musical direction and added the central california tenor steve perry to the lineup in 1978 dunbar was replaced on drums by jazz virtuoso steve smith solid record sales and hit songs started to become a regular occurrence at this point in 1980 greg raleigh 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 got turnt 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 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 [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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 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 man changed my life they changed the trajectory of many lives in positive ways and positivity that is what they built the 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 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 francisco music into the rock and roll hall of fame and it's about damn time ladies and gentlemen journey can you come [Applause] [Music] thank you pat this is so long time coming i thought it would never happen and um so proud to be up here with all these men done you such a great job and and a better work yeah my notes are going by and i can't forget about it um this is all about you the fans and about the music we've made together i love all you guys and steve perry you're one of a kind you're one of a million greg raleigh if it wasn't for greg and santana there would be no journey herbie herbert thank you from the bottom of my heart for finding me after greg was picking me up at high school when i was 15. and we go to his father's house and jam [Music] soon later after that i was in the santana band and wow what a trip long ride has been it's been a beautiful one i want to thank my beautiful wife mikel 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 day i love you i love my children miles he's here aspiring young guitar player amazing guitar player my son i love you miles lizzy sarah sophie and asia thank you so much rock and roll hall of fame irving hayes off john barrick thank you guys for carrying on our legacy with us kevin nelson good evening well i hope i can be sort of funny as chris guy but i don't think so this is going to be straightforward this is an awesome honor to be here with my old band mates journey and i'd like to thank my family my friends my managers my ex-wives zildjian symbols and sticks and dw drums and of course a big thank you to all our fans for your support throughout the years a very humble thank you all thank you awesome what a great night this is for me i this is my second trip here and what a trip this has been first santana journey ringo starr santana four and back here with journey [Applause] i want to thank herbie herbert my manager and long time friend from journey and neil shawn for calling me 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 for my life i want to thank the rock and roll hall of fame for inducting this band finally yeah 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 for me this is really about all you guys especially journey fans tonight this is yours but it'll be proudly displayed at my home in austin texas rock and roll means many things to many people as the diversity of the class of 2017 clearly illustrates i just started out in 1963 at nine years old as a jazz drummer i thank my parents bruce and lorraine smith for finding me an excellent private drum instructor in supporting my musical passion back then my favorite bands were the count basie big band and the buddy rich big band it wasn't until 1969 that i discovered rock and roll when my friend pudge green elge from cape cod showed me his brother dave's record collection he played me jimi hendrix cream and led zeppelin but what i heard was mitch mitchell ginger baker and john bonham at that moment i could relate to rock drumming and rock music disc jockey allen freed a rock and roll hall of fame inductee once said rock and roll is really swing with a modern name it began on the levees and in the plantations took in folk songs and featured blues and rhythm he said this in the 1950s 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 shifts in musical direction came in 1971 with the creation of the vishnu orchestra mclaughlin john hammer billy cobham jerry goodman and rick laird with drummer billy cobham and a couple years later naruto michael walden stepping into ma vishnu jazz officially rocked in many ways that funk rock jazz fusion drumming concept was my template for the work with journey i'm grateful for my touring with ronnie montrose where we were the support act for journey in early 78 and talon scout and neil shawn noticed what i was bringing to rock and roll later that year neil steve perry greg raleigh ross valerie and herbie herbert invited 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 24 years i love you dearly thanks to 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 fans from around the world that have kept journey in their hearts and on their stereos one thing that you may not know is that this microphone is robotic it's supposed to come up and meet me where i am hello microphone but don't make me come 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 says i only have 37 seconds to get it out but i also must say that steve smith did very well with his prepared speech he worked the teleprompter very well i'm not going to even bother i didn't write one but i'll start from the top and saying that there's a few names that were said earlier that i will repeat because their names deserve 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 music with us we learned instruments piano ukulele guitar we all sing as soon as i could i was in a church choir in the school choirs and soon as it was allowed i could play an instrument in the symphonic band and so that continued all the way through 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 to dave brubeck so somewhere in there i thought 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 know you play guitar at home and we need a bass player i'm starting to band with a bunch of your friends and since you're a guitarist 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 and 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 if that's one book end this could be the other one if nothing else happens for me in music this could be the best that it gets there are many other people who i believe deserve this and i'll start by talking about someone i met in high school within one 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 raleigh and neil shawn and we all know or maybe you need to know that he put the blood sweat and tears in every inch of his energy into seeing this band succeed and we are here to thank herbie herbert for that [Applause] but as you know we're still here what has happened and how we continued for the last 20 years our current managers john barrack and irving azoff took a band 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 and the band and who have cajoled us defended us encouraged us pushed us they our friends deserve a piece of this award and last but not least are our family members who maybe have suffered more in our absence and given us hope given this encouragement our family members yes our parents my parents and last but not least the 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 [Applause] being from chicago i just want to thank the cubs for winning the world series so we could get in the hall theme good evening i'd like to thank begin by thanking my father leonard for believing in me my mentor my vision keeper he prophesied 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 70s he's gone now i miss you dad and i love you thanks to my piano teacher rosanna clitch and ralph dodds from the conservatory of chicago the jerry milam of golden voice recording studio in pekin illinois to the late buddy killen who gave me my first break in nashville in 1969 to my brother tom who played drums with me in countless bands why we learn lessons together in rock and roll to my brother hal who always believed in my music to the late wolf man jack and don kelly organization for opening doors in l.a and 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 to former band mates steve augeri dean castronova for helping us down the road [Applause] to our music business family behind the scenes who worked tirelessly the record promotion people at sony columbia the djs and pd's at radio who gave us millions of spins to the record distributors who made sure 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 azoff and john barrack for keeping us on track during the tough times we shared over 40 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 and liza up there for understanding and accepting their dad had to hit the road all those years and to my wife paula who stands beside me in love and respect i love you all and thanks to you lord for keeping your guiding hand upon us all those years this honor was truly worth the wait god bless hello rock and roll hall of fame you sure look good to me tonight i'm going to keep my cheat sheet here because i got a lot to say um i'm going to start with um when i was living in los angeles i was looking to get a record deal trying my very best it was tough to get signed at those times and i would always go to the starwood to see journey perform 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 par to none there was 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 of herbie herbert i would not be here tonight if it was not for herbie herbert because because he did not have to call me he gets tapes all the time but there's something about the demo tape and he called me and the next thing i knew because of herbie i was writing music with neil shawn and the very first song we ever wrote together was patiently you remember that one so i absolutely must tell you i must thank herbie herbert for believing in me thank you [Applause] now man ainsley dunbar greg rowley steve smith neil shawn jonathan cain ross failure are you me [Applause] any singer would give his ass for that i mean they play so well so i want to thank them for all the music we've written thank you greg for letting me live at your house to write that infinity record thank you for letting me live at your house neil shawn um thank you so much john for all the songs we all wrote together steve smith some maging drums besobrefundo ross valerie i mean guys i thank you so much for all the music we've written and recorded together it will be forever in my heart thank you i must give a complete shout out to someone who sings his heart out every night and that's arnell pineda where are you arnell where are you where are you well you must be backstage to arnel i love you um why'd you give my long time where is he right there [Music] hi arnold thank you um i would like to thank my longtime attorney lee phillips i also would like to i would like to thank my old high school r b band it was called the sully's and uh it's kind of where it all started for me and i want to thank them um thanks to rob stringer and the team at columbia records uh the journey of road crew the original journey road crew busted their ass every night every day load in load out tirelessly day after day week after week year after year herbie knows that's true and we would not be here today if it wasn't for them too and i also i want to send my condolences to the families i would like to send my condolences to the families of the members families and members of jim mccandless jackie villanueva and recently the great minnie collins lastly the fan asylum was journey's first fan club herbie and tim mcquaid got together and said you know you're going to be our fan club this is going to be great that's what happened and tim mcquaid laura beard and cindy poon 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 the one who put us here you are the rock and roll hall of fame you put us here we would not be here had not have been for you and your tireless love and consistent devotion you never have stopped and from my heart i must tell you i must tell you i have been gone 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 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] this is [Music] can change your mind [Music] [Music] someday [Music] [Music] away [Music] i still love you in a way [Music] [Music] yes [Music] you [Music] is [Music] take down [Music] you know [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] oh [Music] 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Published: Sun Jul 11 2021