Interesting Jim Peterik There was a lot of resentment that I was writing songs not only for Survivor, but I was writing them with .38 Special too. Im talking about resentment from my own band, Survivor. What I tried to explain to them, which fell on deaf ears, was that the .38 songs would never have been right for Survivor. They came from another place in me and were very much a product of the synergy of Don Barnes, Jim Peterik and Jeff Carlisi. All they could see was competition on the charts from someone who wrote the songs for both bands. When .38 Special came in to write for the next record, I was kind of sneaking around. Survivor didnt even know .38 Special was in town. We had to find places to write songs. We couldnt go to the band house, and at my house, what if one of the guys stopped over? So we went to my mothers house and wrote in the basement. We were writing Caught Up In You in this gloomy room in my mothers basement all dark and dank, and were writing this hit song. I was feeling like the bad kid playing hooky or something. (Jim is author of the book Songwriting For Dummies.)
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:54:00 +0000
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