Open Arms: The Steve Perry Anthology: 21 Classics from the Former Lead Vocalist of Journey (1978-1997) (Paperback)

~ Journey (Author), Steve Perry (Author)

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Product Description

This artist-approved songbook features great photos, an extensive interview, and 21 top hits from Journey: Any Way You Want It * Don't Stop Believin' * Faithfully * Lights * Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' * Oh Sherrie * Open Arms * Send Her My Love * Wheel in the Sky * Who's Crying Now * and more.

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• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575607115
• ISBN-13: 978-1575607115
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #121,421 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Open Arms---Steve Perry Anthology, July 24, 2007

By	L. B. Docherty (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Love this book---but if you play no instruments, it's an iffy purchase. If you play guitar or piano, it's a must have. I love the interview with Steve Perry, and his answers were insightful, but I play piano, so it's a worthwhile purchase for me. Die hard Perry fans will love it!!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Item!, May 7, 2007

By	Wayne Strickland "Wayne" (Otego, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My wife loves this book. Good pictures and you learn how he came up with the songs.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing really new here..., March 7, 2007

By	chris presta-valachovic "journey fanatic" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For those who buy band or artist songbooks for the wonderful pictures they usually have -- pass on this one. There are none, at least none on glossy paper. The pics that ARE there are grayscale/black & white, and there are exactly FOUR of them, all of which are in the recently reissued Journey/Perry CDs or on any number of fansites. Save your money & buy the reissued CDs instead -- that way you'll get the pictures in color.

There is a decent 9-page interview with Perry, with the interviewer tossing out names of the songs in the book, and Steve giving his memories/impressions/recollections of them, most of which won't be any surprise to Journey/Perry fans who saw the "Behind the Music" thing on VH-1.

The song mix is both Journey and Perry's solo work, including "When You Love a Woman", "You Better Wait", "Missing You", "Oh Sherrie" and "Melody", and also includes Steve's duets with David Pack ("Brand New Start") and Kenny Loggins ("Don't Fight It"), so if you do songbooks for the actual music, then this is a good one to pick up.

The overall feel of this collection & the interview is that of an artist who's living too much in the past & banking too much on past glories. Perry needs to get off his butt & put something new out, instead of constantly re-issuing the old stuff.