I-95 Drive Home Featured Artist [VIDEO]

Tonight’s featured band’s  original members were assembled in San Francisco in 1973 under the auspices of former Santana manager Herbie Herbert . Originally called the Golden Gate Rhythm Section and intended to serve as a backup group for established Bay Area artists but they didn’t stay in the background for long…Who do you suppose they might be?

That would be the band which would ultimately be called Journey. Journey's were nothing to write home about at first and Columbia Records requested that they change their musical style and add a frontman, with whom keyboardist Gregg Rolie could share lead vocal duties. The band hired Robert Fleishman and transitioned to a more popular style.  Journey went on tour with Fleischman in 1977 and together the new incarnation of the band wrote the hit "Wheel in the Sky"; however, management differences resulted in Fleischman leaving within the year.

The real change came in late 1977 when Journey hired Steve Perry as their new lead singer. Perry added a clean, tenor sound and the band became a true pop act. Their fourth album, Infinity (1978), reached No. 21 on the album charts and gave the band their first platinum record and the hit “Lights” (#68 U.S.) and "Wheel in the Sky" (#57 U.S.)

Tonight's song "Stone In Love" today

And back in the day...