STEVE PERRY REUNITES WITH LONGTIME SONGWRITING COLLABORATOR RANDY GOODRUM (“OH SHERRIE” & “FOOLISH HEART”) ON STRIPPED DOWN & REIMAGINED “MOST OF ALL”
Randy Goodrum/Steve Perry Penned Song Leads Off New Collection TRACES (Alternative Versions & Sketches) Out On December 4 - Two New Versions of The Track With Accompanying Videos Out Now
(11.18.20) — Hall of Fame songwriter, Randy Goodrum, and longtime collaborator, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Steve Perry, continue their hugely successful writing partnership with their latest offering, a reimagined, stripped down version of “Most of All,” the first track from Perry’s upcoming Traces (Alternative Versions & Sketches). Citing the track as “a very important song on this record,” the iconic vocalist has released two versions of “Most Of All” along with accompanying videos: a Stripped visualizer as well as a previously unreleased “Most of All” performance video. Goodrum comments, “”Most Of All” is a perfect example of a Steve Perry/Randy Goodrum co-written song in that it’s sincere, from-the heart, and without compromise. Steve tops it off with a perfect vocal performance and interpretation.”
Goodrum and Perry’s prolific association began with the co-writing of Perry’s biggest solo hits, “Oh Sherrie”, “Foolish Heart” and others from the multi-Platinum, post-Journey, Street Talk. “Oh Sherrie” remains Perry’s biggest hit on his own, having reached #1 on Billboard's Rock chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Foolish Heart" peaked at #18 and both remain staples on radio today.
“I wrote [‘Most of All’] with Randy Goodrum, the same guy that co-wrote ‘Foolish Heart’ and ‘Oh Sherrie’”, Perry has said. “It was around even before I met Kellie (Perry’s love who died before Traces was completed). I didn’t tell her about it to avoid affecting her struggle. But after she passed, I remembered it on my hard drive and realized that it was about her before I even met her, and now it’s even more about her after I lost her."
Perry revealed in an exclusive interview with Classic Rock Magazine that he’d kept two songs from Traces hidden from his girlfriend, Kellie Nash, the inspiration for his return to music. Perry met Nash while she was dealing with a recurrence of cancer and he shared that she told him, “If something was to ever happen to me, make me a promise that you won’t go into isolation again. … I think it would make this all for naught.’” He added that Nash "would love this record, but more importantly she’d be proud that I kept my promise to her and made another record –something I swore that I would never do.” By the time she died 18 months after they’d met, he'd started working on Traces.
About Randy Goodrum:
Randy Goodrum is an American songwriter, recording artist, musician, producer and arranger who has written #1 songs in each of the four decades since his first #1 hit, 1978's "You Needed Me." He is a member the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, a Grammy nominated songwriter, an Academy of Country Music award winner, ASCAP Songwriter of the Year and chart-topping writer of some of the most beloved songs in rock, country, jazz and R&B. He has written major hit records for artists such as Anne Murray (the 1978 chart-topper “You Needed Me”), Journey vocalist Steve Perry (the top 5 “Oh Sherrie”) and many others (including Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, Toto and Michael Johnson), and has collaborated with such music industry legends as Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed—all in addition to releasing a string of highly regarded solo albums. An accomplished pianist, his music has been used extensively in film and television.
In 2020, Goodrum released the long awaited solo album, Red Eye, on his own Clark St. Records as well as a through the prestigious P-Vine label in Japan. The 12-track recording, co-written and co-produced by Goodrum and Larry Williams, has been enthusiastically received around the globe, garnering a vibrant traditional & social media presence including features in Rolling Stone (France), Billboard, Yahoo News and Tower Records (Japan). Also marking the release, Goodrum has been featured as the subject of multiple dedicated syndicated radio programs and podcasts including Legends and The Yacht Rock Show and in a 20 page feature in AOR Age amongst the highlights. Upon the release of Red Eye, musicians and producers like Steve Perry, Nathan East, Judy Collins, Dave Koz, Larry Williams, Jay Graydon, Bob Mintzer, Gavin Harrison and Bruce Gaitsch took their rave reviews on the album — the songwriting, production, vocal styling and more - and shared their tastemakers commentary on social media. Goodrum has said that Red Eye is “the record (he’s) always wanted to make.” A second single will be released in early 2021 as a follow up to the eponymous “Red Eye” which took flight this summer.
For more on Randy Goodrum, go to:
www.RandyGoodrum.com
https://www.facebook.com/RandyGoodrumSongs
https://www.instagram.com/randygoodrum/
https://twitter.com/randygoodrum
Red Eye is available everywhere music is streamed and sold.
Contact for Randy Goodrum: Jill Siegel #teamRandy jillsiegel@gmail.com
**Thanks to Classic Rock Magazine, Ultimate Classic Rock Magazine and Q104.3 I ❤️ Radio for the backstory on “Most Of All” from their interviews with Steve Perry.
Watch the “Most Of All” (Stripped) visualizer HERE
Watch the previously unreleased “Most Of All” performance video HERE.
About Traces (Alternative Versions & Sketches)
In the fall of 2018, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Steve Perry made his long-awaited return with the release of Traces, the legendary musician’s first new album in 25 years. The album’s personal expression of love, inspiration and renewal resonated with both critics and fans around the world, thrilled to have their ‘voice of a generation’ making new music once again.
Now, on Traces (Alternative Versions & Sketches) due December 4th, 2020 via Fantasy Records, Perry re
visits several of his favorite tracks, stripping away the grand production touches, taking the songs down to their essence. Presented acoustic and raw, (including some in sketch form) tracks like “Sun Shines Gray,” “No Erasin’,” “No More Cryin’,” and “Most Of All” take on new and richer meaning. In this setting, Perry’s iconic soulful voice glides out-front vibrant, clear and warm while the lyrics take on greater significance as well, even more intimate than before.
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** Thanks to Classic Rock Magazine, Ultimate Classic Rock Magazine and Q104.3 I ❤️ Radio for the backstory on “Most Of All” from their interviews with Steve Perry.
Red Eye is available everywhere music is streamed and sold.
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“Speaking about the latest collaboration, Songwriter Randy Goodrum says, ”Most Of All” is a perfect example of a Steve Perry/Randy Goodrum co-written song in that it’s sincere, from-the heart, and without compromise. Steve tops it off with a perfect vocal performance and interpretation.””