5.0 out of 5 stars
Kevin Chalfant and "Two Fires" perform "Journey" classics., August 21, 2011
Kevin Chalfant has been a part of the "Journey" family for over twenty five years, having left his mark on such Journey-side-projects as "The storm" and "The Vu". "Fly to Freedom" is Kevin's recording attempt at classic Journey songs-the selection of tracks draws mainly from the albums "Infinity", "Escape" and "Frontiers".
The line up performing on this covers album is the same that cut the latest "Two Fires" album "Burning Bright"(2010), featuring guitarist Michael Gardener, bassist Randy Hatzer, keyboardist Chuck Glacinto and drummer Timmi Higgins. Before playing the album you know that songs like "Don't stop believin'", "Separate ways", "Who's crying now" and "Faithfully" have to be there. On "Fly to freedom" Kevin seems to have chosen the slower material over the harder rocking tunes as from track 6 and onwards the tempo drops considerably.
Regardless of the above, "Fly to freedom" turned out to be a success as Kevin and co have managed to faithfully recreate "Journey"s music while adding a slight bit of their own in, which is quite an achievement considering that it is hard enough to recreate "Journey's" majesty let alone adding one's personal touch to it. The personal touch one speaks of is to be found mainly on the keyboards, drums and obviously vocals. The keyboards and drum sound substantially more `80s while Chalfant's unmistakable voice proves to be up for the job, delivering each of the 13 songs with comfort and charisma. Overall "Fly to Freedom" is a quality re-vision of "Journey" classics from a singer that has long served the AOR genre often crossing paths with the members of the iconic band. For fans of Chalfant, "Journey" and "The storm" this is worthwhile purchase.
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