Savatage — Live in Anaheim
Recorded August 26, 1990
Jezebel's · Anaheim · 
United States
Featuring Ray Gillen
Setlist
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“To see Ray Gillen reunite with Savatage on Strange Wings during the Gutter Ballet tour, in Anaheim.”
Context
On August 26, 1990, Savatage arrives at Jezebel's, in Anaheim, between the heaviness of the early albums and the theatrical expansion of Gutter Ballet. The tour brings that change to the clubs. Criss Oliva and Chris Caffery split the guitars, with Jon Oliva fronting the quintet.
Ray Gillen comes in on Strange Wings and shares vocals with Jon, picking up a partnership that already existed in the studio. On Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll, Gillen takes the vocals and Jon sits behind the drums. Later, Power of the Night hands the mic to Caffery and puts Jon on guitar.
After this run, Caffery leaves the band, and Streets: A Rock Opera deepens the narrative direction in 1991. The Anaheim night remains in circulation as a bootleg, edited from two cameras. The record keeps a lineup still mixing its new ambitions with Sirens and The Dungeons Are Calling.
- Jon Oliva takes the drums on Rock and Roll and hands the vocals to Chris Caffery on Power of the Night.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Jon OlivaVocals, keyboards, drums on Rock and Roll and guitar on Power of the Night
- Criss OlivaLead guitar
- Chris CafferyGuitar and lead vocals on Power of the Night
- Johnny Lee MiddletonBass
- Steve WacholzDrums
- Ray GillenguestVocals on Strange Wings and Rock and Roll
Trivia
Ray Gillen had already sung on the recording of Strange Wings on the album Hall of the Mountain King.
Jon Oliva plays a right-handed guitar left-handed on Power of the Night.
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