style="font-size:15px;"> Through the eye of the tiger : the rock ’n’ roll life of Survivor’s founding member / by Jim Peterik with Lisa Torem.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-940363-16-5 (trade paper : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-940363-56-1 (electronic) 1. Peterik, Jim. 2. Rock musicians—United States—Biography. 3. Survivor (Musical group) I. Torem, Lisa, author. II. Title.
ML420.P459A3 2014
782.42166092—dc23
[B]
2014003378
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Copyediting by Eric Wechter
Proofreading by Brittany Dowdle and James Fraleigh
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Cover photo by Marc Hauser
Text design and composition by John Reinhardt Book Design
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There’s a Story in My Eyes . . .
Dedicated to the first cool guys in my life,
Binky Cihak and Johnny Babinek—
on Wesley Avenue we learned about cars, ukuleles, marbles,
scooters, and the wonders of rock ’n’ roll.
Contents
I. There’s a Story in My Eyes …, Introduction by Jim Peterik
II. In the Light of 1,000 Smiles, Introduction by Lisa Torem
3. Capturing Memories from Afar
5. A Bad Guitar and a Simple Song
7. Under the Spell of the Hot Lights
8. Such Complete Intoxication
9. From the Backstreets to the City
10. My Wavelength Gets a Little Longer
11. Time to Trade Those Dreams
12. Two Worlds Collide
13. The Child Is Born a Survivor
14. The Man behind the Music
15. The Dream Gets Changed on Its Way to Reality
16. Living for a Dream
17. The Currency of Love Changes Hands
18. Don’t Lose Your Grip
19. Storm upon the Skyline
20. Keeper of the Flame
21. Oceans between Us
22. Mean Streets, Blind Alleys
23. It’s the Singer Not the Song
24. On the Road Again
25. Venting Years of Frustrations
26. Sun Sinkin’ but the Fire’s Still Burning
27. Another Part of the Plan
28. The Path from Dark to Light
29. Caught in the Game, Again
30. Turning My Back on the Thunder
31. A Man and His Will to Survive
32. The Fire Within Still Burns
33. The Search Has Come Full Circle
Acknowledgments
Chiseled in Stone … Postscript by Jim Peterik
I FIRST MET Jim Peterik in 1968, or was it ’69, hmmmmm…
The roads are windswept and slippery as our tour bus creeps up I-57 headed for a snowbound Chicago. At 4 a.m. I am eyes open in the back lounge, iPad in hand, rummaging through my
