By Steve Newton
Back in March of 1987 I interviewed American drummer Steve Smith, who was bringing his jazz-fusion group Vital Information to Vancouver for a club gig at the Town Pump.
Before that Smith had spent seven years with Journey, and was part of that band when it hit it big with singles like “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Who’s Crying Now”, and multiplatinum albums like Evolution, Departure, and Escape.
But in late 1985 Smith suddenly left that lucrative position with Journey, so near the start of our conversation I asked him about that.
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