Don't Stop Believin': The Man, the Band, and the Song that Inspired Generations

Truth be told, I didn't love it - I'm not even sure I liked it. A portion of that dislike comes from foolishly expecting this book to be full of great insight and details into the inner workings of Journey. I consider myself a big Journey fan and, as such, would be keen to hear any seemingly otherwise restricted truths and details about the band and it's evolution. This was a foolish assumption on my part as this is, in all fairness, a memoir on Jonathan Cain - not on Journey - and as such I felt quite bored and annoyed during a lot of this as I would consistently realize "I don't really care and am not really interested all that much in this guy". Again, my fault ... not J.C.'s fault. My biggest disappointment with the book is, well, the fact that JC narrates it. He is a poor public speaker - he awkwardly over-enunciates throughout the entire reading - it's tough to listen to. Pauses where there shouldn't be pauses. Accenting particular words unnecessarily. There are several periods in the book where it seems like he is fake-crying as a means to over-sell what he wants to come across as a very vulnerable point... but it just sounds silly. I guess that's kind of key to a memoir - narrating it yourself, but man... it's tough to listen to. Couple of other notes: People complain about overly religious sentiments and comments - I didn't really feel that way about the first 80% of the book, but the last 20% was heavy. I also felt like he introduced way too many names throughout the book of irrelevant people that you couldn't possibly remember, nor should you need to. It also seemed like he jumped around on the years quite a bit back and forth throughout the book - made it hard to follow along. Lastly, the last 20% of the book was arguably just boring - definitely the worst part of the book for me. You should be the most captivated and excited at the conclusion, not just ready for it to be over. So, in summary, I didn't like it all that much. You might - just be completely aware that this is a memoir about the keyboardist life - this is NOT a book of great stories and insights and secrets into Journey behind the scenes.

Jonathan and Journey are awesome. I have been blessed to have met them several times. Journey has helped make each day better. Great book and audiobook