Jonathan Cain, "A Day To Remember"

Posted by Luminator (A) on May 3, 2023 at 19:28:24

In 1998, I did, on occasion, get to meet Bay Area audiophiles in person. But that was limited, because I was a league bowler at San Francisco's Japantown Bowl. In addition to that, we had to travel to tournaments and the so-called "travel league," which rotated alleys throughout Central California.

I could have gone with the guys in vans. Instead, I went with my female friends, who used these road trips as weekend getaways.

One day, after bowling at Pacifica's Sea Bowl, my friends and I went to Stonestown Galleria. At the Tower Records, we saw a new solo album from Journey's keyboardist, Jonathan Cain. Called For A Lifetime, the album cover looked like it was supposed to be San Francisco's Palace Of Fine Arts.

One of my friends bought For A Lifetime at the Hollywood Tower Records. We met up with some SoCal friends, and did not listen to the CD, until we started driving home to the Bay Area. But when we did, we were kind of surprised that this album was mostly piano-based wedding songs.

If we took Highway 101, we could stop off at California Missions. When we came across a quinceanera, we had to do a double-take. Although it was fancy, no, it was not a wedding. But you know what? We were in our mid-20s, and that plus Jonathan Cain's For A Lifetime reminded us that we were now eligible (but maybe not ripe) to get married.

The young women took Cain's For A Lifetime wherever we went. It made for a more peaceful ride. When we arrived at a Tahoe cabin, we played this CD. It was there, that "A Day To Remember" became a favorite of ours.

Some of my audiophile acquaintances, because they aren't Journey fans, actually like Cain's piano-driven material better than his synths. The guy who sold me his Simaudio 820S has long loved "A Day To Remember," and he's perfectly fine, with audiophiles not knowing about it :-)

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - Jonathan Cain, "A Day To Remember" - Luminator 19:28:24 05/03/23 (0)

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