The Deluxe Fan Edition of Nick DeRiso\u2019s Amazon best-selling book JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is here! Featuring exclusive photographs and illustrations in gorgeous full color, this must-have hardback isn\u2019t just a biography of the band Journey \u2013 it\u2019s a backstage pass.
DeRiso, a five-time columnist of the year, conducted more than 50 interviews for JOURNEY: WORLDS APART, delving into every album and every era with Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Gregg Rolie, Steve Augeri, Deen Castronovo, and Steve Smith, among others. Combined with extensive charts and a detailed timeline, he\u2019s created the most complete portrait ever of a jam band that evolved from Santana into arena rockers, premier power balladeers and then Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s where to buy this all-new Deluxe Fan Edition of JOURNEY: WORLDS APART:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Journey-Worlds-Apart-Nick-DeRiso\/dp\/1734365382\/<\/a> \u201cBelievers in Journey\u2019s entire journey should embrace Nick DeRiso\u2019s JOURNEY: WORLDS APART with open arms. This is a compelling deep dive into the rather complicated history of one of the most enduringly beloved bands in rock history.\u201d \u2013 David Wild, former Rolling Stone contributing editor JOURNEY: WORLDS APART is also available:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Journey-Worlds-Apart-must-read-enthusiast-ebook\/dp\/B0CPQ7DGNY\/<\/a> https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/journey-nick-deriso\/1144821333<\/a>
Also featured are conversations that DeRiso had with key musical collaborators, producers, video directors, industry experts and band insiders. They include John Waite, Jan Hammer, MTV\u2019s Martha Quinn, San Francisco music journalist Joel Selvin, former Rolling Stone editor David Wild, former Journey members Marco Mendoza and Jeff Scott Soto, Journey road manager Pat Morrow, and longtime album cover illustrator Stanley Mouse, among many others.
JOURNEY: WORLDS APART topped the Amazon chart for biographies of both rock and pop bands multiple times after its original release in December as Journey concluded its 50th year. Nick DeRiso has been named columnist of the year by the Associated Press, the Louisiana Press Association and LSWA; he also oversaw a newspaper section for the USA Today Network that was named Top 10 in the nation by the Associated Press.\u00a0
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\u201cJourney was amazing in their resilience and it\u2019s hard to say enough about their chops: Steve Perry, he really has a talent that is so extreme, it\u2019s scary. Steve Smith is the world\u2019s baddest white boy on drums. Ross Valory, always there, always dependable\u2014a fabulous bass player with the best sense of humor. Neal Schon, I\u2019m telling you he is the master. For me, there\u2019s nobody who touches Neal. We had the best crew of road men and women ever! Everyone came together because of the determination of Herbie Herbert. Without Herbie, none of this would have ever happened. JOURNEY: WORLDS APART takes fans all the way back. It\u2019s as close to how it was then as you\u2019re ever going to read.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Pat Morrow, longtime Journey road manager and Nocturne CEO
\u201cFrom \u2018Don\u2019t Stop Believin\u201d to \u2018Separate Ways,\u2019 Journey unconsciously wrote the band\u2019s autobiography in their songs. Nick DeRiso\u2019s JOURNEY: WORLDS APART follows that long, strange \u2018journey\u2019 from the stage of Woodstock to Trump\u2019s Oval Office in almost granular detail, detailing a long-running battle of the band. A must-read for all Journey fans.\u201d \u2013 Joel Selvin, former San Francisco Chronicle music writer
\u201cFor a band of its stature and impact, there\u2019s precious little literature out there about Journey. Nick DeRiso\u2019s JOURNEY: WORLDS APART fills that gap in a comprehensive, well, journey through the band\u2019s 50-year-plus career. Packed with up-to-date facts and, most importantly, context, WORLDS APART offers plenty of insight for fans both faithful and casual\u2014going all the way back to its roots in Santana and steering us through the songs and albums, the personalities, the soap opera dynamics, and the determined wherewithal that have kept Journey riding through it all. There\u2019s much more to this band than \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d and WORLDS APART gives us all of it.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Gary Graff, longtime Detroit music critic and author of Alice Cooper at 75<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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