Songs like "Jesus Saves" and "Ghost in the Ruins" were "rocked up", said O'Neill, while many others, including "Believe", "Heal My Soul" (which is based on a traditional Welsh lullaby, " Suo Gân"), and "A Little Too Far", all appear in the same version intended for their Broadway performances. He would later rejoin Savatage in 1995 for the recording of Dead Winter Dead and has remained a member ever since. Īfter the tour supporting Gutter Ballet however, rhythm guitarist Chris Caffery left Savatage on friendly terms to rejoin his brother's band, where he could play lead guitar instead of rhythm guitar. The band then decided that their next album would be based on the play and started pre-production in October 1990, entering the studio to record what would become Streets at the beginning of 1991. The record they were working on still received the name of the play, Gutter Ballet, and the song from the play "When the Crowds Are Gone" was recorded for the album. Soon after, however, the band felt they were not ready yet, and postponed the idea for their next record. During the recording of its follow-up in 1989, Criss Oliva found a play and accompanying music written by O'Neill, which the band intended to use on their album. Savatage had thought about writing a rock opera after their successful collaboration with O'Neill in recording Hall of the Mountain King. It was never meant to be an autobiography and it is considered coincidental that the life of lead vocalist Jon Oliva mirrored that of the main character DT Jesus at the time. The concept of Streets is based on a book written by Paul O'Neill in 1979 as a Broadway play and stored in a drawer at O'Neill's home until guitarist Criss Oliva found it and suggested it be Savatage's next album. ![]() Streets recounts the story behind DT Jesus and his rise to fame again and his second fall. He is a drug dealer as the story begins and just another lowlife on the streets of New York City. ![]() ![]() The story features a fallen rock star called DT Jesus (DT is short for either De-Tox or Down-Town), who has hit hard times.
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