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GUIDO PRIORI ‘JOURNEY TRIBUTE’ (DEMO CDR)
JOURNEY fans are everywhere, and I also have heard lots of tribute bands to one of the best AOR bands ever, but this Italian tribute to JOURNEY is absolutely stunning! This sounds almost too good to be true, just listen to “Girl can’t help it” and you;re thinking it is the original JOURNEY recording. The production and sound quality is very good, the musicianship is excellent and the lead and harmonyvocals are fantastic. This is one-helluva JOURNEY tribute! Besides the already mentioned “Girl can’t help it”, we can find 10 more JOURNEY covertunes on this demo CDR.
Vocalist is GUIDO PRIORI, who sings very well, although the high pitched vocals of STEVE PERRY are not always easy to sing, but Guido is able to sing the JOURNEY classics without too much problems. Highlights are the versions of “Stone in love” (the guitarsolo at the end is quite impressive, getting close to Neal Schon’s unforgettable solo), “Anyway you want it” (perfect harmonyvocals), “Don’t stop believin’”, “Who’s crying now” and “Girl can’t help it”. Without a doubt, one of the best JOURNEY tributes I have heard so far! More info at: http://gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com and e-mail at: Pierguid@libero.it
(Points: 8.5 out of 10)
Gabor Kleinbloesem
Editor of Strutter'zine Netherland AOR Web site-
http://www.strutter.8m.com
“..Guido recorded a tribute album to Journey with which he gained the approval from the American fan club of Steve Perry,
we might see him soon signing for a label willing to produce this particular kind of tribute being realized by a band and not by a
“motley crue” of different musicians...this demo version of such project is very nice if compared with the short time available to make it!..the final result is pretty good!.. “rating 80-100
-Andrea Bertamino
writer from Flash
(most important italian Rock mag)
AOR Web Site-
“I found this guy on the net who sings like Steve Perry, and his voice is great...He sent me a promo CD of some songs of his Journey’s tribute and it’s really great!”
-Bengt Isaksson- Swedish West Coast Music-
www.westcoast-music.com
“..Guido himself does a good work as Steve Perry..I’m impressed of the quality of the backing vocals-some excellent work here!..Still there aren’t many vocalist who can compete with Perry, and Guido is far from worst Perry “imitators”..”
-Kimmo Toivonen- Rockunited.com-
www.rockunited.com
"Hi Guido!
I got your CD and it sounded really cool...very nice vocals!!
I love Journey and Perry a lot and if you ever need guitars on any albums
just ask me!
Speak to you soon
Cheers Tommy"
-Tommy Denander
Swedish Guitarist ,songwriter, performer with Toto, Chicago, Richard Marx and many other important artists..
Tommy is definetely one of Guido's favorite musicians!
"I'm glad and proud to get a feedback from you, Tommy..you are my
hero!!!"-Guido-
http://www.planeta-rock.com.ar/criticas.htm
JOURNEY TRIBUTE 80%
In the year 2000 the singer and native, Italian guitarist of Milan, Guido Priori decided to yield him homage to one of its bands preferred, to the American Journey and to one of its most maximum exponents in the music, the
singer of said group, Steve Perry.
For it he formed "Sequential" which took some of Journeys better songs first this EP that clearly shows the potential of Priori, not alone in its voice, but also in the sound of the band, which is glimpsed quickly al to listen the recording, that sincerely far away is of being a demo.
But recently Guido has moved on from his tribute to Journey, and is arranged to publish soon one more work that sounds interesting, an AOR CD side by side with Tommy Denander and Kurt Vereeck in "Frozen Rain".
By Alexis L. Berman
http://www.melodic.net/magwirepage.asp#1703
Guido Priori has that Perry feeling
Guido Priori is an Italian singer who has recorded a tribute to Journey containing 11 classic songs from the Legendary band Journey.
He´s shopping for a deal with the album but you don´t have to wait that long to hear how he sounds like,there are soundclips at his site for you AOR lovers to check out and since I´m a huge fan of Journey myself and have heard 50 Perry clones through the years-I know when someone does a great job and Giudo is one of those really good singer that imitates Perry in an impressive way.
JOURNEY RULES!-Kaj Roth
Guido Priori
Sequential-Tribute to Journey
(self released,2003)
Producer: Guido Priori
Style: AOR
Format: Album
Reviewed by: Kaj
It´s takes a lotta guts to make a tribute to Journey,many have tried and many have failed-I know there are a lot of bands out there doing their tribute stuff to this legendary band like Hugo´s Evolution,Jeremey Hunsicker´s Frontiers and now this 36 year old singer Guido Priori.. Among my favorite Perry clones we find Stephan Kaemmerer on Frontline-Heroes,Jim Jidhed on his latest solo "Full circle",Hugo´s first solo,Steve Augeri on Journey´s Arrival of course and now also Gudio Priori with his tribute!
While the others do their original songs,Guido salutes the band covering 11 songs which 7 are taken from "Escape" and "Raised on radio".I think the band does an okay job performing these classic songs.. Guido has chosen the very classics "Wheel in the sky","Lovin´,touchin´,squeezin´","Anyway you want it" from the early years on this tribute and of those it´s "AYWI" that stands out being a real good version. He focuses on the million selling album ESCAPE singing "Don´t stop believin´","Stone in love","Who´s crying now" and "Open arms"....the big hits as you see and I have nothing to complain about here,nice work lad!
The best part on the album is when Guido does his versions of "Be good to yourself","Girl can´t help it" and "Suzanne" from RAISED ON RADIO-it´s on those songs his voice is the most soundalike-almost scary!
Maybe you think this is an unnecessary tribute trying to sound just like Perry but to me it´s the same way with Valensia´s Queen tribute,they are both a salute to the greatest bands in the world done with a lot of heart and soul...
kaj-www.melodic.net
nov.2003
ARTIST: Guido Priori
TITLE: Journey Tribute
YEAR: 2003
LABEL: No label yet!
PRODUCER:
LINK: http://www.gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com
RATING: (8.5/10)
This record is made by the italian guy Guido Priori and it´s a tribute record to the greatest band in the world. You know that I´m talking about Journey, aren´t you?
It´s very hard, almost impossible to cover Journey´s song and even make it half as good as the original. I´ve heard many bands / projects, some were good, some great but most of them were awful. This however is the best I´ve ever heard.
Guido Priori has an almost identical voice as the man himself, Steve Perry, I´ve said almost because there´s nobody with such a voice.
The only main thing about the voice is that Mr.Priori doesn´t reach up to Perry´s high pitchedvocals that he sings from time to time, besides that it´s almost a copy.
Mr. Priori selected 11 songs on this record, do I have to say that every song is a masterpiece? One thing though that I thought about was that maybe the biggest song of them all, Seperate Ways, wasn´t included, a little strange! But instead he included one of my alltime favourites, Suzanne, a song that Journey sadly never plays live anymore, pleasant surprise! Girl Can´t Help It, Stone In Love and Only The Young are the songs that are best performed,
besides the superb Suzanne.
Every song is superbly performed by musicians quite unknown, at least for me. As the great Journey-fan I am, I of course feel that there´s something missing. The record lacks the power from Neal Schon´s guitar and the magical touch from Jonathan Cain´s fingers, but as I said: You can´t copy the masters fully.
If you should only buy one tribute-record this year, this is THE ONE.
Sadly Mr. Priori doesn´t have a record-contact yet but it´s only a matter of time before he does, in the meantime you can visit his site to hear soundbytes.
Look out for this man in the future!
And to the record-companies: Sign this man!
Featured Musicians:
Guido Priori - vocals
Pual Morbeen - drums, Albert Ritz - bass, Steve Andrews - keyboards, Mark Andrews - guitars
Johan "AORSweden" Nilsson
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Keeping the Journey theme going for a minute or two as we visit our next
artist Guido Priori, a gifted singer from Milan in Italy. Guido has sent me
an eleven track tribute to Journey that he has lovingly put together.
At the moment it is only at the demo stage with Guido hoping that a label will
show interest and release his tribute. All the backing tracks have been recorded
by American musicians with Guido supplying all the lead and background
vocals himself. It's at this point that I have to say that Guido has a voice
to die for. His renditions of "Anyway You Want It", "Wheel In The Sky",
"Girl Can't Help It" and "Suzanne" have to be heard to be believed.
His delivery is impeccable and his voice, well, his voice is second only to
Steve Perry himself. As to where Guido goes with this tribute is down to the
labels themselves, but as a vehicle for his talents it must surely get him a
deal. If I were Guido I would get together with some like-minded musicians
and write an albums worth of original material. He has the capability to
become one of AOR's brightest stars and is certainly one to watch. Check him
out at www.gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com
Moreno Lissoni
review at
Appena ascoltato questo CDR tributo realizzato da questo cantante milanese, ne sono rimasto subito ben impressionato per l'assomiglianza di Priori con Steve Perry. I più giovani lettori di SLAM! magari non conoscono bene questa band americana, formatai da ex membri di Santana (Neil Schon e Gregg Rolie) e Zappa a cui si aggiunsero in seguito il vocalist Steve Perry e Jonathan Cain. Il gruppo ebbe diversi cambi di line-up durante tutti questi anni, ma in queste decadi sono riusciti a consegnarci autentiche perle per gli amanti del rock adulto come "Evolution", "Departure", "Escape", "Frontiers", ecc...
Fatto un piccolo cenno sulla storia dei Journey, non mi resta che introdurre questo cantante attualmente impegnato con Kurt Vereecke e Tommy Denander nel progetto Frozen Rain, che si avvale della collaborazione di Paul More, Albert Ritz, Mark 6 Steve Andrews e Max Palmiotta per registrare queste 11 canzoni dove vengono riprese le più celebri hit della band e così ecco che abbiamo l'occasione di riascoltare le intramenotabili "Any Way You Want It", "Suzanne", "Don't Stop Believin'", "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'", "Open Arms" (quest'ultima ripresa recentemente anche da Mariah Carey), ecc...
Disco che non deve mancare a tutti gli appassionati della band e che potete reperire scrivendo a pierguid@libero.it.
Moreno Lissoni
Journey Tribute
Guido Priori
2004, Autoprodotto
AOR
Non capita tutti giorni di imbattersi nel demo di un cantante che porge i suoi omaggi al proprio gruppo preferito con un disco-tributo. Ciò che è indubbio, tuttavia, è che, per un cantante, omaggiare un gruppo come i Journey è una delle prove più complete e difficili da superare.
Si cimenta dunque nella tenzone Guido Priori, singer milanese che più che un musicista preferisce vedersi come un fan innamorato della band di Steve Perry, suo idolo indiscusso.
Il risultato è a dir poco inebriante, tutto concentrato, com'è giusto che sia, sulle lead e backing vocals, quasi tutte eseguite da Guido con una perizia e una fedeltà eccezionali, senza mai risultare freddi esercizi di riproduzione che sarebbero impossibili da proporre per un genere come l'AOR, forte sì delle complessità armoniche di cori e controcanti, ma anche necessitante di feeling e impegno interpretativo. Guido "imita" il suo eroe Steve dalla timbrica (che mi sembra appena più stridula e squillante) alla carica emotiva.
La tracklist è studiata scegliendo i pezzi più famosi del combo americano, anche se quando si tratta di band del genere, rimane sempre fuori qualche gemma, ma già il fatto che siano stati inclusi ben 7 pezzi del periodo d'oro ('81-'86) dell'AOR dovrebbe dirla lunga: dai due album più venduti dei Journey, Escape e Raised On Radio, vengono infatti tratte "Don't Stop Believin'", "Who's Crying Now", "Open Arms" e "Stone In Love" (dal primo); "Be Good To Yourself", "Girl Can't Help It",
"Suzanne" (dal secondo). Come già detto le versioni di Guido non si distaccano granché dalle originali, anche se tra le interpretazioni spiccano quelle veramente sublimi di "Suzanne" e "Who's Crying Now", oltre alla sempreverde "Don't Stop Believin'". E' forse dal punto di vista strumentale che il tributo cede qualcosa, dal momento che la prestazione degli ospiti, pur senza macchia, non è avvicinabile a quella di un Neal Schon o di Jonathan Cain, soprattutto dal punto di vista della magniloquenza degli arrangiamenti - ma potrebbe essere già meglio con una produzione più pomp - anche se i soli su "Stone In Love" e "Be Good To Yourself", eseguiti da Mark Andrews (il sito credita per il secondo Sandro Zevio) sono abbastanza fedeli al feeling originale.
La tracklist si completa con "Anyway You Want It", tratta dall'album Departure (1980), i cui cori perfettamente riproposti svolgono benissimo il ruolo di opener; "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'", da Evolution (1979); la travolgente "Wheel In The Sky", da Infinity (1978); ciliegina sulla torta, "Only The Young", singolo del 1985 che i Journey scrissero per la colonna sonora del film Vision Quest
Anche la produzione è decisamente apprezzabile, lungi dal suono fatto in casa dei normali autoprodotti, come anche dalle loro tracklist ridotte. Se ci fosse un artwork più importante e un'etichetta ad occuparsi di distribuzione e noie varie, non mancherebbe altro per parlare di vero e proprio tribute album.
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Chi ascolta musica ormai da un pò di tempo ha sicuramente incontrato uno storico gruppo come lo è quello dei Journey , i quali pur avendo conosciuto un successo a livello planetario, in Italia non sono mai stati considerati più di tanto.
Giorni fa è arrivato in redazione questo cdr contante un tributo proprio ai Journey, debbo dire che la cosa mi ha incuriosito alquanto ho infilato il dischetto nel lettore e credetemi sono rimasto veramente incredulo a quello che ascoltavo,il fatto è che tributi di questa qualità ce ne sono pochi in giro, e questo tributo di Guido Priori sopperisce a certa qualità scadente che finora avevo ascoltato. Guido Priori,si eleva come qualità artistica al miglio tributo italiano dei Led Zeppelin i Custard Pie , ed in questo tributo da sfoggio della bravura che viene sostenuta tra l'altro da un timbro assai simile a quello di Perry ma con le dovute sfumature del caso che contraddistinguono i due artisti.
Le 11 canzoni del cd sono tutte perle di Schon e soci e che hanno fatto la storia del gruppo americano, e il repertorio va dagli anni '70 con "Wheel in The Sky" e "Lovin' Touchin'Squeezen'" al periodo più recente con brani come ad esempio "Who's crying now" che è stata estrapolata da Escape uno dei dischi più belli. Il tutto viene eseguito con il pieno rispetto delle partiture originali, ma con un impronta personale alle canzoni stesse.
Quindi se vi ho un minimo incuriosito cercate di procuravi questo bel dischetto eventualmente scrivendo direttamente a Guido . www.gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com
Stefano Bonelli
Review from HARDSOUNDS website
In Italia i Journey hanno sempre avuto poco seguito, e tra i pochi amanti della band californiana ancora minore è il numero di chi l'ha eletta a preferita più di ogni altra. Capirete, quindi, che ritrovarsi tra le mani un tributo a quella che continuo a ritenere la più grande rock band di sempre realizzato da un artista nostrano fa si specie, ma anche tanto stramaledetto piacere. Perchè? Per i motivi di cui sopra, e perchè è una produzione che sorprende considerato il livello qualitativo (ed interpretativo) incredibilmente alto.
Inutile sottolineare quanto Guido(singer milanese) sia un fan di Perry e soci, altrimenti non avrebbe motivo di esistere un tale tributo. Ma mi preme evidenziare quanta passione, mista a talento, il vocalist riesce ad imprimere ai brani sfiorando vette di devozione che portano seco una sorta di amor patrio musicale, quello da cui nasce e si evolve l'interesse per un artista fino al punto in cui ti cambia la vita. E non si tratta nè di plagio, nè di ottusa ostentazione di una fede, solo il tentativo(riuscito) di rendere omaggio a chi ha contribuito a fare di te la persona che sei oggi. In poche parole, quello che ogni fan dovrebbe essere ben oltre la musica.
Si, la musica.
Molti i brani che hanno fatto storia, sia quella della band, sia quella di un genere come l'AOR che per lustri ha nominato tra i suoi immortali paladini la band di Frisco. Singolarmente eseguiti colla piena fedeltà all'originale, arrangiamenti e delizie minori compresi, e che trovano il dovuto filtro grazie alla "perryana(e non poteva essere diversamente) voce di Guido, il quale mi sento di bacchettarlo bonariamente per la scelta delle song incluse nel CD perchè la scaletta fa crimonosamente a meno dei pezzi di "Frontiers" e "Trial By Fire", ma trattasi solo di inclinazione personale che non pregiudica affatto il mio giudizio complessivo al tributo di per sè superlativo.
Bravo Guido, anzi, grazie...
...grazie perchè se il "viaggio" continua è anche merito tuo, e di chi come te continua ad amare questa straordinaria ed unica band. We are Journey's forever fans.
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RECENSORE Emo
RECENSITO IL 02/12/04
Review from 21st Century Metal
One big JOURNEY fan from Milano, Italy, named Guido Priori completed his 'JOURNEY Tribute' album... and it rocks big time!
All the lead vocals are done by Guido himself, but all the instrumental parts were recorded by some unknown musicians in the U.S.A. whom Guido got to know through the web. Guido's sensual, breathy vocal on all these 11 JOURNEY classics does bear a resemblance to Steve Perry's and it sounds really confident. I'm quite sure he has kept singing JOURNEY songs in the past 20 years since his first day with JOURNEY music. Though his voice is not so husky, it is as vibrant as Perry's and adds a great feeling to the songs. Due to the production with less dynamics and depth some lead guitar parts do lack presence in the mix, but the playing itself is stable and it works quite well as a whole. Well done!!!
Guido is currently working with Tommy Denander on their Belgian friend Kurt Vereecke's AOR project called FROZEN RAIN. Now I'm really interested in how he sings on non-JOURNEY numbers ;)
Usually tribute albums contain a handful of artists recording their interpretations of the originals, but in this case we have one man doing more plagiarizing than interpretation. So one has to wonder what the purpose of recording something so similar to the original recordings is. Is Italian Guido Priori paying tribute, or getting his name out there in case Journey is looking for a new front-man in the future? Well if it was up to me, I'd give him the job - as he nails it!
My personal Journey knowledge is limited to the radio hits (and the sight of Steve Perry shedding tears in that "Separate Ways" video), but from the moment I put this in the CD player I wondered if I was accidentally sent Journey's Greatest Hits by mistake. I can't find any fault comparing the hits I know to the versions recorded by Guido, although his accent does poke through occasionally - which didn't bother me at all. But I can't give the vocalist all the credit here - the American session musicians Guido employed have obviously been weaned on Journey themselves.
I'm not sure how necessary this release is, but you have to admire a guy that loves a band so much (even going so far as to say his "life could not be the same without" Journey in the liner notes) that he is willing to stay so true to the originals, and at least he doesn't butcher anything - which is all too common on tribute albums. Journey fans should be impressed with the exceptional execution and musicianship shown here, but a casual fan might be better off getting an actual greatest hits album - or would they? This is an interesting case of one fan recording for people exactly like himself, and for the record he had me singing along in places. Guido Priori's website can be found at gpriorijourneytribute.homestead.com.
Reviewed by Skid for Sleaze Roxx, January 2005.
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