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Journey’s Jonathan Cain recalls ‘Separate Ways’ songwriting session

Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain‘s new autobiography, Don’t Stop Beleivin’ is a true gift for Journey fans. In addition to telling the often-emotional tale of Cain making his bones on the streets and suburbs of Chicago, Cain goes into great detail of how Journey’s greatest hits were created. The book, which was co-written with author Travis Thrasher, spotlights Cain’s early ties with with Bob Dylan‘s original manager Albert Grossman, along with his time in the Babys and Bad English.

Cain, who was drafted to replace co-founder Gregg Rolie in time for the writing and recording of Journey’s 1981 breakthrough album, Escape, co-wrote such classics as “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms,” “Stone In Love,” “Who’s Crying Now,” “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” — as well as composing “Faithfully” all on his own.

Jonathan Cain was asked in an interview to explain how one of his and Steve Perry‘s greatest team-ups — “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” — came into being: “We took Escapeon the road and we knew we needed more teeth. We knew we needed something like ‘Separate Ways,’ y’know? Like, what would make our set undeniably great? And we tried to fill in what we were missing musically. I think we all sensed it. And I remember writing  ‘Separate Ways’ with Steve (Perry) on the road. We wrote that in a hotel room — Ross (Valory) was going through a divorce and boom — out comes ‘Separate Ways,’ and we’re playin’ it at the end of the Escape tour. Y’know, ’cause we needed it in the set. Now, we start fine tuning ourselves, y’know? And that’s how in tune we were with our music. It was all of us, man.”

Journey and Def Leppard tour dates (subject to change):
May 21 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
May 23 – Albany, NY – Times Union Center
May 25 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
May 26 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
May 28 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
May 30 – Cincinnati, OH – U.S. Bank Arena
June 1 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre
June 2 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
June 5 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
June 6 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
June 8 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
June 9 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
June 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
June 13 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
June 15 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
June 16 – Baltimore, MD – Royal Farms Arena
July 1 – Atlanta, GA – SunTrust Park
July 3 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
July 4 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
July 6 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
July 7 – North Little Rock, AR – Verizon Arena
July 9 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
July 11 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
July 13 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park
July 14 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field
July 16 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena
July 18 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
July 19 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena
July 21 – Denver, CO – Coors Field
July 23 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
July 25 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
July 27 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field
July 28 – Fargo, ND – Fargodome
August 11- Boston, MA – Fenway Park
August 13 -Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
August 15 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena
August 17 – Ft Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
August 18 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
August 20 – Birmingham, AL – Legacy Arena at The BJCC
August 22 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
August 24 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium
August 25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
August 27 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
August 29 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
August 31 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
September 1 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
September 5 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
September 7 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
September 8 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
September 21 – San Francisco, CA – AT&T Park
September 23 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park
September 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena
September 26 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Arena
September 28 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
September 29 – Seattle, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
October 1 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
October 4 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
October 6 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum

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