Gregg Rolie had already been a part of two of rock’s largest bands earlier than serving as one of many longest-tenured members of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band.
He sang Santana to the High 10 with 4 singles, together with their No. 4 replace of “Black Magic Lady.” Santana’s first 4 albums with Rolie went platinum or multi-platinum. Then he left to assist construct Journey into its personal juggernaut.
They did not have as a lot speedy success, however early Rolie-sung Journey singles like “Anytime” and “Simply the Identical Method” grew to become traditional rock radio favorites. Three of his final 4 albums with the group, issued after Steve Perry joined, have bought greater than three million copies within the U.S. alone.
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Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame honors adopted for Rolie, first with Santana in 1998 after which with Journey in 2017. By then, he’d reunited with former bandmates within the offshoot bands Storm and Abraxas Pool, releasing deeply underrated albums. A full-fledged reunion with Santana was issued in 2016 after years of on-again, off-again classes.
Rolie has additionally issued a handful of solo albums together with his self-titled 1985 debut and 2001’s Roots, together with the well-received 5 Days EP. He was bandmates with Starr from 2012-2021, and the previous Beatles star’s peace-and-love mantra impressed “What About Love” from Rolie’s 2019 album Sonic Ranch.
Nick DeRiso is creator of the Amazon best-selling rock band bio ‘Journey: Worlds Aside,’ accessible now in any respect main bookseller web sites.
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