{"id":27783,"date":"2025-07-25T09:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27783"},"modified":"2025-07-26T09:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T13:38:45","slug":"e5c4p3-band-takes-fans-on-a-hot-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/e5c4p3-band-takes-fans-on-a-hot-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"E5C4P3 band takes fans on a hot journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hot? So what!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undeterred by stifling heat and humidity, fans of the E5C4P3 Journey tribute band and other music lovers turned out in droves Thursday night on the Madison St. Plaza in Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They certainly weren’t disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five-man band performed all the Journey hits \u2013 and there are a lot of them \u2013 to a highly appreciative audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temp stood at an oppressive 92 degrees when the music kicked off at 7 p.m. It was so hot that a later light rain of a few minutes received some cheers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The crowd size rivaled that of the one of two weeks earlier, when The Hairbangers Ball played the plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor did the heat deter dancers who were feeling the great music of the band, featuring the voice of Jason Kelty, who amazingly sounds exactly like Journey’s great Steve Perry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelty, 54, a Cleveland native who has been performing professionally since 1992 and founded the E5C4P3 band in 1993, provides, as one source says, the classic Perry tone down to a \u201cT\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the fifth appearance of E5C4P3 on the plaza in Decatur Chamber’s Summer Concert series and surely won’t be the last if dates can be worked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After performing all the Journey hits \u2013 and tossing in a drum solo by Michael Scott Nelson \u2013 the band wound up the night with a rousing rendition of \u201cWheel in the Sky\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E5C4P3 (pronounced \u201cEscape\u201d) uses the original spelling from the legendary album that included the biggest Journey hits of all-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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