Category: GREGG ROLIE

After playing together in the Santana band, GREGG ROLIE & Neal Schon founded Journey in 1974, with Rolie taking the lead singer and keyboardist slots. When Steve Perry was chosen as new vocalist, he lost prominence. Unhappy with his role, Rolie left the band in 1980.
Gregg Rolie released two solo albums during the ’80s, but it’s the second one, “Gringo” (1987), that is regarded as his finest solo moment. Digitally remastered from the master tapes with a pristine sound by AOR Heaven via their ‘Classix‘ series, this is a must for all Eighties AOR fans.
For the production, Rolie he teamed up with two famous knob twiddlers: Richie Zito and David Kershenbaum, and with songwriting contributions by eminences such as Bob Marlette, Martin Page, Peter Beckett, Andre Pessis (Eric Martin, Mr. Big) among others, nothing can go wrong in that department as well.
Add to this the help of an impressive list of musicians, a lot of them known as famous L.A. session players such as Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East, Dan Huff, etc.

Last year we featured some titles from the great Sony Music Japan campaign AOR CITY 1000, a low-priced remastered reissue on 100 classic AOR / AC albums from their back catalog, many of them out of print or hard to find. Now the label has presented AOR CITY Series Vol.2 2017, new 100 classic AOR / AC albums available for...