Jonathan Cain, the keyboardist for the band, "The Baby's", joined the band and they set out on the Pre-Escape Tour.
California was the first place the band played to an audience with the new line-up. I saw the band for the first time on June 7, 1981 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California. They played 5 songs from the unreleased "Escape" Album!
The Escape Tour really kicked off in Osaka, Japan on July 27, 1981 at Festival Hall. The 1981 Escape Tour ended on December 22, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Blaisdell Arena.
It was November when the tour made it back to California and that's where I picked up this Tour Book. The last page is yet another version of how the band came together, so enjoy first 7 pages and please click on each one of them to see them better...
More next week..
Thanks so much for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI saw Journey with Billy Squier as the opener as my first concert ever in Ventura as well. It was great!
ReplyDeleteI was there!! The Escape Tour in Hawaii Dec 1981 / Doobie Brothers opening band w/Olivia Newton John
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