San Fancisco band Journey were very successful from the late Seventies on into the Eighties, with songs like “Wheel in the Sky”, “Lights”, “Lovin,’ Touchin,’ Squeezin'”, “Any Way You Want It”, “Who’s Crying Now” and “Don’t Stop Believin'”.
I remember that in the part of southern Germany where I lived in the early 1980s (Franconia, North Bavaria) you used to hear a lot of the 1978 release “Wheel In The Sky”, both on American Forces Network AFN (there were a lot of GIs stationed in the area back then) as well as on German stations and just generally at parties, dances and concerts.
This is what “Wheel in the Sky” sounded like live when it first came out:
Here’s “Lights”, live in Chicago in 1978:
And “Lovin,’ Touchin,’ Squeezin'” live on the Midnight Special in 1979 (nice and bluesy!):
The next few songs are actually from the early years of the following decade, but the sound is still pretty much as it was in the Seventies. As you can see, all of these performances are live.
“Any Way You Want It”:
“Who’s Crying Now”:
“Don’t Stop Believing”:
Journey continue to tour live and record today.
The Journey continues, so to speak…
Paul