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May 29, 2008 · And our bass player Richard Michaels got killed in a Fourth of July holiday accident on the freeway. We were destroyed by that—he was a wonderful singer, a wonderful bass player, and a...
Jun 2, 2017 · Richard Michaels, former bass player for SRC, had moved out to California and helped Fidge find a place to stay. Michaels had auditioned for an early version of the band Journey, and he took Fidge to the band's audition for a major record label featuring their new singer, Steve Perry.
In the liner notes, Perry dedicates the album to Richard Michaels (the bassist for Alien Project). Also, drummer Craig Krampf was a member of Alien Project later in the 1970s. In addition to launching Perry's solo career, the cover photo for Street Talk served as a career launchpad for music photographer John Scarpati , who met Perry during the ...
- April 1984
- Record One (Los Angeles)
Richard Michaels (born February 15, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American film and TV show director and producer whose career spanned five decades.. His directing credits include the television series Bewitched, The Brady Bunch, Love, American Style and the TV movies Once an Eagle (1976), Homeward Bound (1980 TV movie)', The Children Nobody Wanted (1981), Sadat (1983), Silence of ...
- Director, producer
- 1954-2004
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Stephen Ray Perry was born in Hanford, California, to Portuguese parents from the Azores. He is an only child. Perry grew up interested in music, as his father, Raymond Perry (Pereira), was a vocalist and co-owner of radio station KNGS.Perry's parents ended their relationship when he was eight. He and his mother then moved to his grandparents' dair...
Early career
In his early 20s, Perry moved to Sacramento to start a band with 16-year-old future music producer Scott Mathews, who co-wrote, played drums and guitar and sang. That band, Ice, wrote original material and were poised for success in the music business. In 1972, they recorded at the Record Plant studios in Los Angeles by day while Stevie Wonder recorded his Talking Book album by night. Upon returning to Sacramento, Ice disbanded as the band had no management, Mathews was still in high school,...
Journey era
Original Journey organizer/manager Herbert had been given a demo of an Alien Project song, "If You Need Me, Call Me", and was told by producer Scott Mathews that the young singer would be a great replacement for then-current frontman Robert Fleischman. Fleischman had never signed with Herbert's company (preferring his previous manager) and had not fully coalesced with the band's then progressive rock style. Perry was brought on tour and to avoid alarming Fleischman was referred to as a roadie...
21st century
Perry appeared on two tracks by Kauai, Hawaii, artist Tommy Tokioka's album Happy To Be Living, singing backup vocals on songs "I Wish You Were Mine" and "An Angel Above Me" in 2000. He collaborated with musician Jeff Golub on a song entitled "Can't Let You Go" for Golub's Soul Sessionsalbum, which was released in 2003. Perry provided vocals on the mostly instrumental jazz track. Perry appeared with other Journey members at a ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fameon January 21, 2005, after pr...
In the 1980s Perry dated Sherrie Swafford, for whom he wrote the 1984 song "Oh Sherrie". In 2011, Perry began a relationship with psychologist and breast cancer survivor Kellie Nash. He was by Nash's side as she battled a cancer recurrence, and she died in December 2012. In a September 2018 interview, Perry said, "Things happened to me as a child t...
General and cited references
1. Cucu, Laura Monica (2006). Steve Perry: A Singer's Journey. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-84728-858-5. 2. Daniels, Neil (2011). The Untold Story of Journey. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84938-657-9.
Jan 23, 2014 · Steve was in a band called Alien Project in the mid-70s. The bass player, Richard Michaels, was killed in a car accident just before they were signed by Colombia. As Steve thought his elusive big break was never going to happen, the Alien Project demo landed on Journey manager Herbie Herbert’s desk. The rest, as they say, is history.
In the liner notes, Perry dedicates the album to Richard Michaels (the bassist for Alien Project). Also, drummer Craig Krampf was a member of Alien Project later in the 1970s. Street Talk is certified as 2x Platinum (2,000,000) in sales by the RIAA. 1984 Street Talk. Steve Perry's first solo album. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube.
