Reuniting Journey

Now that Carlos Santana has reunited the bulk of the original Santana band -- along with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, who was in Santana for their third and fourth albums -- Carlos wants to help Neal and Steve Perry reunite in Journey. Carlos Santana on wanting to help Neal Schon and Journey reunite with Steve Perry. Courtesy of Jim Kerr Rock n Roll Morning Show on WAXQ - Q104.3 in New York "I dream of Neal and I talking to Steve Perry and saying, 'Look man, Moses parted the sea, let's part all that stuff aside and write the new songs.' Because if Santana can do Santana 4, you know, Neal and Steve Perry and whoever wants to join in...you know, because it's 2016. Time is short. And there's a chemistry between Neal and Steve Perry and also his new singer [Arnel Pineda]. But I love creating a stage where you can't tell one band from the other." And Neal Schon says with Journey and Santana teaming up for three shows this week in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania -- in which he played in both bands -- he wanted Santana keyboardist and original Journey member Gregg Rolie to sit in with Journey. Neal Schon on his vision for the Santana-Journey shows this week in the Northeast. Courtesy of the Jim Kerr Rock n Roll Morning Show on WAXQ - Q104.3 in New York "If everybody opened their mind in Journey right now and looked at it more like one big show, okay, that we could put into from all the time frames - where we came from - that's what it was supposed to be. It was supposed to be an evolution in the concept of my mind. And some people, you know, were a little just, 'I don't know if I want,' you know, in my band. And I'm going, 'I don't really think it's your choice.'" Schon adds that he decided to be a gentleman about it, "at least for the first gig." We've learned that it's keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who replaced Rolie in Journey, who was against the idea. Ironically, Rolie recommended Cain to replace him.