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The Making of ROR

Monster Cable's Noel Lee supplied a few cables, for use in the studios used to record Raised On Radio. Maybe it was Lee, who said that Steve Perry would go back and forth between the Bay Area and the Central Valley, to check on and care for his ailing mother. With all that stress, the band splintered, and the rhythm section of Ross Valory and Steve Smith was fired.

I have no idea where they found Randy Jackson (yes, that Randy Jackson), who would also go on tour with Journey. Perry brought in Larrie London, who had played drums on Perry's solo album, Street Talk.

Perry was Raised On Radio's main Producer. Other than not enough treble, which could have been a function of those Monster Cables, Perry gave Raised On Radio a slick, clean, but enjoyable sound.

Maybe not so much in the rest of the country, but Raised On Radio was well-liked, here in the Bay Area. After ample rain in the 85-86 season, we experienced sunny, sparkling, clear, and warm spring weather. There was nothing like riding from San Rafael, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and rambling down 280 by Crystal Springs, blasting Raised On Radio.

It's all about the fantasy, pretending your beat-up car was a sporty convertible. In fact, many audiophiles now live here in the Bay Area. They need to get out to the sparkling coast, and play Raised On Radio. Hard to believe that that album is now 30 years old.

Anyway, here's Raised On Radio's penultimate song, "The Eyes Of A Woman." During my sophomore year, one of the few girls I liked was the Squeaky-Voiced Girl. SVG and I shared common friends. But she and I did not have any classes together. Nor did we have the same free periods. The few times SVG and I were together, we shared Walkmen. "The Eyes Of A Woman" was one song we shared and liked. If only she and I crossed paths more often...

The next two years, same thing: no classes or free periods with SVG. And I never saw her at dances, either.


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