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Murray James-Bosch
Murray possesses a unique three-and-a-half octave voice that has thrilled audiences around North America for 30 years. Well known for his work with the Classic Albums Live series, Murray has toured the US and Canada in addition to performing with many Toronto-area bands through the years. Murray's singing is also easily identifiable in one of Canada's most successful radio and TV commercials: Alarm Force!
Murray’s natural talent requires no techno-trickery giving some false impression he’s hitting all those notes in a Steve Perry vocal performance. All Just Journey songs are performed live, in original key signatures with no dropped tuning and no backing tracks.
Wayne Palma
“I can distinctly remember listening to Journey’s Infinity album for the first time back in 1978 and playing Lights over and over again. Hearing Neal’s style just haunted me. I almost gave up playing guitar back then thinking... Why even try to learn this?”
Fortunately, Wayne didn’t.
In the late 80’s, Wayne joined the Heart Tribute band, Lioness. Though fun, the experience became more of a social event rather than a true testament to the music...
“We’d spend more time focusing on our hair, make-up and spandex than we did on the music. The visual emulation of the ‘Heart’ look outweighed the effort we put into the ‘Heart’ music. It’s both funny and sad to say that there are bands out there today who still haven’t figured this out.”
Wayne's engineering career has enabled him the opportunity to work with some of the world’s top bands including Pink Floyd, Rush, Steve Winwood, The Band, Def Leppard, Greg Lake...
Years passed but the longing to play the music of Journey continued.
Dan Benezra
Multi-instrumentalist, including Lead voice, Piano, Keyboards, Bass Keyboard and Guitar.
Throughout the past 25 years, Dan has traveled extensively throughout Canada and USA, playing outdoor festivals, Cruise Lines, Marriott/Holiday Inn Hotel chains in addition to various banquet halls & corporate events.
Performing in a Journey Tribute Band for the past several years has provided him with the platform to perform to large stadium size venues.
In earlier years, Dan’s performed as a one man band throughout Canada, sitting in as piano player for late great Long John Baldry. Also performed on various Cruise lines, where his vocal skills stood the test. A classically trained graduate from the Royal Conservatory of Music achieving A.R.C.T., Jazz programs from York University, he plays a variety of genres from today’s popular music, R&B, Jazz, Classical and contemporary styles. In addition, he is an Alto Vocalist along with being an arranger and composer.
His flare and musicianship bring a level of professionalism, as he is an MBA Graduate from U of T and enjoys multi-tasking and making people dance!
Ian Turner
Ian is a multi-instrumentalist and singer, a veteran on the GTA music scene across a range of genres both live and in studio. Ian has been a Journey fan since his teens and takes pride in faithfully capturing the powerful spirit of Journey on bass and harmony vocals.
Corey Dalling
Corey has been playing drums for more than 25 years, showing interest in a myriad of musical genres.
An eclectic mix of progressive rock, heavy metal, rock, funk, and jazz are the backdrop of Corey’s music journey. If it has a kick-ass groove, he's all over it.
Corey has toured and recorded with a number of original bands that hail from across Canada and played with too many local bands to list. He joined Just Journey with an impressive amount of live and studio experience. His attention to detail in capturing the nuances of Steve Smith's style sets him apart.
Entertaining, high energy, and a driving back beat are all Corey's hallmark performance metrics.
Corey lives to entertain...."A sea of outstretched arms, rocking with horns in the air. It's just what the doctor ordered!"