Steve Augeri’s Different Journey

Ten years ago, some friends and I at music school got free tickets to see Journey way out in San Bernadino, CA. We were prepared to be underwhelmed by ‘the new guy’ at the mic, and since we were more interested in guitars, we thought seeing Neal Schon (and Peter Frampton, opening the show) would make it all worth while.

As the show opened with a roaring ‘Any Way You Want It’, we became transfixed with this new singer who confidently commanded the whole show with incredible vocals and an easy swagger that Steve Perry’s prima donna persona never seemed to quite capture. What we saw was a guy who genuinely looked like he liked being in Journey, and was totally confident leading one of rock’s most successful acts. As he led Journey throughout the early 2000′s, he didn’t just do Steve Perry impersonations at the mic every night, he brought a brand new warmth and confidence to the live shows, the songwriting and the recorded work all at once. Songs like ‘All The Way’ and ‘Higher Place’ propelled a revitalized Journey into an arena-rock powerhouse once again.

All these years later, Steve Augeri has found his way back to the mic after a battle with paralyzed vocal chords, only this time, the sound is all his own. Free of Journey and Steve Perry comparisons, Augeri’s first single: ‘Riverside’, is a soulful mid-tempo rocker that has about as memorable a hook as you are likely to find. The well-crafted, organic feel of ‘Home Again’ is a stellar showcase for Augeri’s soaring vocals and expansive songwriting.

Surrounded by a stellar group of musicians, Augeri’s singing and songwriting is absolutely world-class. While the sound of Augeri’s gritty tenor might bring to mind his old gig, the lyrics and melodies are something completely outside his old Journey catalog. Layers of warmth in acoustic guitars and incisive keyboards create one great melodic hook after another. When Augeri hits the mic, it’s an absolute home-run.

While Journey soldiers on, Steve Augeri proves he’s not just a pinch-hitter for a great singer, but rather a superb vocalist and songwriter in his own right. As these individual tracks start to flesh out Augeri’s new album, you can see he’s definitely found a combination of laid-back and instantly arresting that you typically only find in the world’s greatest songwriters. Steve Augeri definitely is finding his place among them. You can check out his work at: steveaugeri.com.

This entry was posted in Music Entertainment and tagged Peter Frampton, Steve Augeri, Steve Perry onApril 28, 2014.

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Thank you musicologiavenezolana. I am humbled by your words:-)

Steve Augeri

TIN SOLDIER

TIN SOLDIER

(Augeri/Bergh/DeRossi) 

My world as It turns

Has a hole in it's heart that's yearning

Crossfire's closing in

I've still a long way to go

And I can't quite hold that line

I'm all alone in a new world order

But I will be strong 

And  I will fight on and love again

  All the Kings horses 

  And all the Kings men  

   Never put two hearts 

  Together again now, but

  I will be strong  

  I will fight on and love again 

Tin Soldier

Bleeds the heart of the Warrior

Tin Soldier

In the battle of love

But, I can't I'm only a man 

Watch tower's flaming red

I  clear the smoke from another heart burning

Watch out as it burns

We're a long way from home

Well, I got down, duck my head

I dodge a bullet from another guns hatred

I have been wronged

But, I will live on to tell the tale

All the kings horses 

And all the kings men  

Never put two hearts 

Together again now, but ...

I will be strong  

I will fight on and love again

Tin Soldier 

 Bleeds the heart of a warrior

Tin Soldier   

In The Battle For Love

If I could hold her 

I could live through this torture 

But, I can't I'm only a man

I will fight on

And as in all the rest 

In every dream 

My heart's at war

Tin Soldier 

Bleeds the heart of a warrior

Tin soldier  

In the battle for love 

If I could hold her

I could live through this torture

But, I can't  I'm only a man 

  Tin Soldier 

Tin Soldier

If I could hold her 

I could live through this torture

But, I can't I'm only a man

I will fight on

Written by: Augeri/Bergh/DeRossi

Steve Augeri: Vocals / BG Vocals / Rhythm Guitars / Bass Guitar / Addition Keys

Fredrik Bergh: Keys

Sven Larsson: Solo Guitar

Pontus Engborg: Drums & Percusion

Marge Raymond: BG Vocals

Produced by: Steve Augeri

Mixed and Master by: Mike Orlando @ Sonic Stomp Studios, NYC

Cover by: C.R.W. Nevinson  and Anonymous

  

HOME AGAIN, (It's good to be…)

HOME AGAIN

(Steve Augeri)

IT’S BEEN SOME YEARS I LEFT THIS TOWN

I SEE THEY’VE TORN MY OLD SCHOOL DOWN

SAY IT AIN’T SO

SAY IT AIN’T SO

AND ON THE STREET WHERE SHE ONCE LIVED

THE STEPS WHERE I STOLE MY FIRST KISS

SO LONG AGO

SO LONG AGO

YOU THINK THAT WE’D BE BETTER

WE’D LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES

JUST ASSUME RETURN THAN STAY AWAY

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME

OH, IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN

THE CARNIVALS AND STREET PARADES

WINTER NIGHTS AND SUMMER DAYS

SAY IT AIN’T SO

SO LONG AGO

A SMILE ON A FAMILIAR FACE

YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY

BUT IT’S SO LONG AGO

SO LONG AGO

YOU WONDER WHY WE GO TO THE PLACE WHERE IT BEGAN

IT ISN’T VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME

OH, IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN

MY MEMORIES, THEY’VE COME AND GONE

JUST LIKE EVERYTHING I’VE EVER KNOWN

SAY IT AIN’T SO

SAY IT AIN’T SO

IF WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE BY DIGGING UP THE PAST

MAYBE THEN THESE MEMORIES WILL LAST

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE

THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME

IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN

IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME AGAIN

Music and Lyrics: Steve Augeri

Guitar, Bass & Drums: Steve Augeri

Keyboard Programing: Steve Augeri

Engineered & Produced by: Steve Augeri

Mixed and Mastered by: Spector

Cover by: Adam Augeri

Photo by: Joseph Augeri, Sr.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/home-again-single/id791061956

HOME THIS CHRISTMAS TIME

"Home This Christmas TIme"

Hi everybody! It's been a while. Since I last posted, we've seen Mother Natures Super Storm Sandy and   all her fury bring the Caribbean Islands and the north east of the United States to their knees. A lone, disturbed young man take the lives of innocent children along with their teachers in a sleepy little town in Connecticut and finally the "End of the World As We  Know It" come and go... or perhaps for some, that's precisely what it was. Lately, more so than usual, I count my blessings. Truly.

That said, while we're all busy running to holiday parties, shopping then wrapping gifts for our loved ones, I wanted to say thank you to my fans this year with a little Christmas song I wrote a couple of years back for my friend Glen Burtnick's X-Mas Extranvaga. 

‘Home This Christmas Time,’ a personal call to help those in need this holiday season, especially my fellow Staten Islanders and our neighbors who have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

So rather than ask for $.99 for a download on iTunes, Amazon, etc., please give it a listen on either Spotify orhttp://www.steveaugeri.com/#!music, and if the spirit of the season and the song moves you, please find it in your hearts to donate that $.99 to a charity of your choice. In case you need a suggestion or two, here are a few I am calling attention to this Christmas for personal reasons:

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Journey to the Cure, The Guild for Exceptional Children, The North Shore Animal League and the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation.

Thank you for taking the time reading this and have yourselves a very, Merry Christmas! Here's to a kinder, gentler New Year:-)

Steve Augeri

RICH MAN"S WORLD

RICH MAN'S WORLD

What makes one man love the other hate?

What makes one man give the other take?

Empty is the heart that loves too fast 

Fear can make his first his last

Why is one content, the next, he seeks?

Oh, Take or leave it , yeah yeah

What would you do for the love of money?

Living in a Rich Man's World

Cause,you'll need it yeah, yeah

Baby, It's all for the love of money.

Living in a Rich Man's World

Well, alright!

What makes one man rise up to the test?

And the next he falls down to his knees?

Guilty is the heart that runs too fast 

Moving on onto the next, Oh

Why does one man strike

The other bleed?

Take or leave it , Yeah Yeah!

What would you do for the love of money?

Living in a Rich Man's World

Cause, you'll need it Yeah, Yeah!

How far would you stoop for the love of money?

Living in a Rich Man's World

Best believe it, Yeah, Yeah! 

Baby, It's all for the love of money

Living in A Rich Man's World

Alright! 

Take or leave it , Yeah Yeah!

What would you do for the love of money?

Living in a Rich Man's World

Cause, you'll need it Yeah, Yeah!

How far would you stoop for the love of money?

Living in a Rich Man's World

When you need, Yeah, Yeah! 

Girl, who would you do for the love of money?

Living in A Rich Man's World

Well, baby' it's all for the love of money.

Living in a Rich Man's World

One day baby, one day

Living In A Rich Man's World!

Someday baby, Someday 

Living In A Rich Man's World!

Written by : Augeri/Pullman/Raymond

Steve Augeri : Vocals / BG Vocals 

  Guitars

  Bass Guitar

  Keys

  Drums

  Shakers and Tamborines

Marge Raymond:BG Vocals / Va-Voom!

Craig Pullman: Additional Keys

Mike Orlando:       Additional Guitar

Produced by : Steve Augeri 

MIxed by : Mike Orlando @ Sonic Stomp Studios

Mastered by: Roger Lian @ Masterdisk, NYC

Cover by : Craig Pullman

 

Veterans Day 2012

Good morning America how are you?

Dear American veterans, both still with us and now departed, thank you for your service to my country and for fighting for the freedom I today enjoy as well as my family, friends and fellow country men. To my Uncle Andrew, my cousin Richard and to the other brave men and women in uniform whom I've had the honor of meeting throughout my civilian lifetime, either all too young or gratefully old. To a world when we never need your services again yet thankful, if we did, somehow you find the courage to be there at the ready. Thank you veterans this Veterans Day 2012.

Steve Augeri

Hours In The Day

Hours In The Day

Been some time since it began

This mystery, I can't explain

How she helps ease the pain

I've come to know so well

Wait for me, I'm fading fast

Hold on tightly and make it last

Ooh, this power she has

She gives me Strength

The power's in the heart

The fire that ignites the spark

Can't find the words to say

No hours in the day

Love, that of a speeding train

I reach out through the pouring rain

Tried it time and again

Try put you into words

At a loss, I've met my match

I confess, I admit to that

Times right now, now I can

I've got to let you know

The power's In the heart

The fire that ignites the spark

Can't find the words to say

No hours in the day

It echoes thru the dark

The sun, the moon and and every star

Can't find the words to say.

No Hours in the day

Oh, an emotion you can't pretend

It's your glittering prize

It's your true heart

The letter you never sent

You still hold in your hand

Loved you the day that you darkened my door

Loved you the day that you brightened my door

Written by: Augeri/Holland/St. James

Steve Augeri: Vocals
                       Secret Agent Guitar
                       Bass Guitar
                       Keys
                       Drums
                       Shakers and Tamborines

Brooke St. James: Lead and Rhythm Guitars

Mike Orlando:      Mix engineer
                             Additional Guitars
                             Catalyst and Soundboard

Produced by: Steve Augeri  (w/Mike Orlando)

Mixed by: Mike Orlando at Sonic Stomp Studios

Mastered by: Leon Zervos at Studios 301

Cover by: Craig Pullman

Special thanks to: Tom DeRossi for unearthing the demo:)
                             Kevin Shirley for his magical rolodex
                             The Steve Augeri Band for bringing it to life
                             on stage.
                             And finally, my fans, friends and family who
                             stand patiently by me
                             and to whom I am forever thankful.

                             The Power's in the heart!

Steve                                                                                           



Available on iTunes , Amazon, etc. and in record stores...
and in "hearts" around the planet!

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