Petra concert in 1986 introducing new lead singer John Schlitt
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- After Greg X. Volz left Petra in 1986 John Schlitt became the lead singer. This is one of his first shows as the new front-man, sporting long white tails. If only he had a top hat and cane, maybe he would have ended up in Van Halen!
I never imagined that John sang Greg's entire repertoire and never thought he could compete with his own songs. I am pleasantly surprised. I still think these songs were made for Greg's voice even though John did great. then Bob found the perfect formula for John. So the genius here is Bob Hartman. amazing Petra forever.
I agree on this.
Great analysis.
It is a great truth ... Bob Hartman is a genius
@@glzhorik7223 The true genius is Jesus Christ giving Bob Hartman the wisdom and knowledge to discern.
Of course Bob was and is the Genius of Petra. Regardless of who is singing. And we all know God gave him his gifts MrFrank.
0:47 Chameleon
5:10 Stand Up
10:39 Clean
13:48 Second Wind
20:35 Angel of Light
26:46 Hallow Eyes
34:02 Bema Seat
38:41 Medley (The Coloring Song/Road To Zion/More Power To Ya)
43:28 Keyboard solo
45:28 Not By Sight
51:31 Judas’ Kiss
56:06 Instrumental jam
59:41 Praise Ye The Lord
1:07:35 Adonai
1:13:23 Godpleaser
1:18:47 It Is Finished
You're a good man
Thank you 🙏
You know the way to a Petra fans heart. 😎
Needs to be pinned
In later years John would sing Beat The System too.
Very Cool! Love John! Met him once , talked for about an hour. Awesome Guy!
Hartman STILL sounds great live. Saw them a couple weeks ago on their 50th Anniversary reunion tour. Versailles, Ohio.
We did too, he is an absolute monster on guitar. He keeps very busy on that thing through every song. Amazing writer and player.
Arguably Petra with their best lineup. John Schlitt, Bob Hartman, John Lawry, Mark Kelly & Louie Weaver. I'm a huge Greg Voltz fan, but this is really cool.
Kelly Matthews totally agree
I love Ronny Cates, but Mark Kelly's backing vocals are phenomenal.
@@bassistguy YES!!!
I really missed John Lawry's keyboards, in later yesrs
@@timfoote2874 Me too.
I was fortunate and blessed to get to to see the first show of the "Back to the Street" tour in Rapid City SD with John. Ive met him and his wife and they are wonderful people.
I was there at the same show... it was a great evening! John was awesome... still is!
I've never heard John singing "Chameleon," my favorite Petra song. He did extremely well! Both John and Greg had unique styles, but both are amazing talents! I really don't get bogged down in the debate, because both are great!
Totally agree!
It's especially cool if you hear John's story prior to joining the band...he got saved and was working a construction job that was an hour drive each way. Had two Petra albums on tape and would listen to one on the way to work and one on the way home. So he definitely knew these songs really well.
Agreed. The haters are way too hard on Schlitt. His voice has a much harder rock/metal edge than Greg'a smooth early 80s rock tone.
I really love Chameleon too! It would be so cool to have it re recorded
I totally agree both vocalist are great! Praise be to God for giving them the talent!
Nice to hear John singing so many of the classic songs. This was a VERY good line up.
I’m an atheist now......for twenty years. Yet I still love this music. Brings me back to my youth. Love their harmonies. Songs are so catchy and memorable. Great music is great music. Strong vocals are strong vocals. Doesn’t matter that I disagree with the underlying message. I appreciate Petra for the music and the lives they touched......including my own. god bless them.
why are you atheist now
David Maggs all I was trying to do was appreciate great music and acknowledge the fond memories I have of seeing Petra live. I’m not trying to get into a theological argument. To answer your question.......I no longer believe in a god because I have read the Bible many times and honestly sought after the lord in prayer and fasting. I saw believers of many faiths who were just as passionate as I was and had to stop and ask myself....”how do I know I have the correct faith?” I asked the lord. For years. “Please God.....show me the way.......I don’t want to get to heaven and be shown that I was only 70% correct.” I wanted to please the father. In an effort to seek him and understand him.......I came to the conclusion that he isn’t there. Sorry if that offends you. I still love John’s voice and Bob’s lyrics are quite clever.
Elton Sean You gave up on God but He didn’t give up on you. I’ll be praying for you.
@@ArizonaRedTV I'm minding my own business here and you have to send an offensive message like that? Can't you just accept that I have different beliefs than you, yet still appreciate great music...regardless of the message?
I'm confused! You claim you're an atheist but you said god bless. So you believed that there is a God.
John is absolutely astounding! Both he and Greg are/ were great live performers. Thank God Bob Hartman found him, & found the perfect style & direction, instead of trying to pound a "square peg into a round hole". Not that John couldn't have adjusted, he showed early on he was quite capable. Petra (IMHO) set the standard for CCM & I cannot say whether it was with John or Greg, that I truly ever saw a sub-par show. Whether a free concert or a big arena show, (All the times I saw them), it was always a full setlist and 100% effort by every member of that band.
Wow this is epic I love Petra. And John Schlitt fit perfect in the the band Petra. Praise the Lord for Bob Hartman finding John as Lead singer or I would have never been a huge Petra fan. Way to go
I'll admit I was one of the naysayers that said "Petra couldn't work without Greg Volz" and then some months after this concert, they came to the Ohio State Fair in the summer of '86 and when John came out and sang "Chameleon" as the first number and onwards, I knew Petra was going to be around for awhile. I soon bought "Back to the Street" and played it til it wore out.
What a coincidence! I was at that same concert and still have the pictures I took. I just wish that I had a zoom lens back then! But I'm with you...Greg and John are both great singers and each of them elevated the band to a higher level.
I was the same way. Now I tend to favor John.
I said the same thing, and my twin brother said, "just wait, and you'll see." I'm never going to tell him how right he was. I really don't want to hear him say I told you so. We were 14 at the time John came in.
Love this! John is such a good singer. Cool to hear him sing songs I'm used to hearing Greg sing. Also his energy is so infectious!
I became a Petra fan about 1986. My brother let me borrow his "Never Say Die" tape and I loved it. It's cool to listen to John Schlitt sing all the Greg Volz favorites here.
Cool nice to hear John singing all for Jesus The ROCK of my Salvation.
Got to see Greg on the "Beat the System" tour and later as a solo artist. I saw John with Petra during "Beyond Belief" and "Unseen Power". I love Petra!
I never thought that I would see or even hear John singing classic Petra! 🙌🏻
Yeah! Agreed! This is WAY beyond cool! I thought I would be hearing the Back to the Streets 1986 album, but this was before that!
John was born to do this
GOD HAD EVERYONE'S LIVES PREDESTINED TO BE EITHER SAVED ,,,, EPHESIANS 1:4-5 OR ROMANS 8:29-30 BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,,,, AND FOR THE LOST REVELATION 17:8,,, THE COST OF THE CROSS TO GOD THE FATHER HE PLEAD FOR US... REVELATION 13:8
THERE ARE 5 CROWNS TO EARN TO GLORIFY JESUS WITH, AS WE ARE EXERCISED BY IT!!!!
I loved this! I didn't know about the band until 1987 when This Means War came out. The album blew me away!! It was hard to imagine that Petra ever had a different lead singer than John Schlitt!!
A friend gave me a bunch of record albums of Petra's earlier years with Greg X Volz...and he was awesome too!
I guess I worked my way backwards through their music history. Both lead singers are awesome and I thank God for them...
Bob Hartman is my favorite songwriter...ever...and he kept this all together by the grace of God!!
Me too, it was not till recent years I really got into the old Petra with Greg's voice but This means war was the album that got me hooked to Petra.
John and his voice was the face of Petra for me but Greg's voice is great too!
Really love to see Petra sing
Petra is a good singer right 😅
This is a really great view into the development of the band.. Most of the arraignments are still from "Captured".. Its great to see J.S before Back to the Street!!. This is kind of "Captured in Time and Schlitt"!!.. Thanks for posting this concert!!!!
I was at this concert My best friend took me there for my 21 birthday Our seats were in the the orchestra pit first row right by a big speaker It was an awesome concert
Amasing
It was very smart starting off with Chameleon to show Schlitt had the range to hit those notes at the beginning. Good stuff... Greg & John are both enormous talents and easily some of the best vocalists in music during their prime.
Really awesome to hear John singing these songs! Personally, my favorite Petra is all with John, but I ADORE the music Greg put out when he went solo, so it's all a massive win in my eyes!
Been a Petra fan for 45 years. Today in May 2024 is the first time I have heard John sing the Volz Era songs.
Man oh man, I just got an early Christmas present. I've never seen this concert with John singing all Greg X Volz songs. I'd heard about this specific concert. I'd seen him sing "It is finished" before here in Australia for the "This means war" concert, but not all these oldies for a whole concert. Thanks so much for the upload. John has done so well with pretty much all songs covered in this concert. Both he and Greg had such a fantastic range. Thanks to john for keeping close to the original songs and not trying to change them.
this band is such a huge part of my christian experience. passion for jesus ignited and a message with no compromise.
I saw there Back to the Streets tour with John. Seen Petra three times....they were impressive with both John and Greg! Over all my favorite band!
Me too, with DeGarmo and Key, in Oregon. Absolutely wonderful show.
This brings back a lot of memories. I don’t think I ever saw this version of Petra. Thank goodness for,the iPhone though. Now anyone can produce HD videos, that are so good.
0:56 “You’re hired”
This showed up on my recommended, and I’m glad it did! I first saw Petra on the This Means War tour and worked backward to discover the music they put out prior. Fell in love with them and have seen them 20 + times.
Great songs never get old
realy cool, to open up with camelion, as you know johns testemony which fits perfectly.
44:09 the famous John Lawry "Jesus loves you" solo! He even did it on the Farewell tour.
THE BEST, THANKS, HI FROM ARGENTINA.
Fantastic!!! tks for sharing
I have always appreciated the talents of John Schiltt and Greg Volz. John did an excellent job performing music written for Greg Volz voice. I know their voices are distinct. I believe the songs well performed in John Schlitt's key, which means that the band performed the Greg Volz songs, not in Greg's key, but performed in the key better suited fo John Schlitt. Very good job. Both are premier lead singers. Greg turned down REO Speedwagon to minister for Petra. John Schlitt came over from a very successful turn singing lead for Headeast. Both the best lead singers available.
John Schlitt has a one of a kind voice
Wow! Saw them in ‘86 shortly after BTTS album’s release They were great and John’s testimony was great to hear. Kind of glad I got that new album before I saw them. Would have been bummed to have just missed Greg.
Epic!!!!
Thanks so much for share this video, great PETRA ever. God bless
So cool.
I was first introduced to Petra with the More Power To Ya album. I got to see them on the Beat the System and Back to the Street tours. Great shows, but I was getting into heavy metal and Stryper was the only Christan band that was really holding my attention for a while. Then, I completely ignored Christian music and the Lord for a number of years, but when The Lord brought me back, I began to see what amazing music Petra had been making for SO long. Lyrically, song writing, and musicianship were absolutely top notch. Thank you for sharing this.
Great job, not Volts, but very impressive. Thanks for posting this.
Wow! Where did you get this footage? This is Schlitt singing pre- Back to the Street Album. I didn't know that existed.
I remember my first Petra Concert was in Louisville, Kentucky at Memorial Auditorium and I was with friends when I went to it.
I never thought this was available for watching. I was always a Greg Voltz fan - he was THE voice for Petra. It took time adjusting to John's vocals. But he was the best choice to fill some very big shoes and he succeeded, happy to say.
Neat to see this, he actually did quite well here. My favorite era was the Greg X Volz era on up to John in "This means war" when I was a teen. My favorite song of all time is "Adonai" and love how Greg sang it, John's take on it is exceptional too.
Now if John can sing "Lucas Mcgraw"....
Nobody should ever sing Lucas McGraw.
@@mikekadell3543 HAHAHA LOL man but it sounds so funny 😆
I had heard that they did some shows with John before the new album, cool to see it up here.
I think I opened for Petra 5 times.
John Schlitt and John Lowrey were the most real and memorable Christians, along with Steve Camp, taht I met in the Christian Music Business.
It was probably this tour, and he was wearing the Steve Perry White Tux Jacket.
War Memorial Trenton
Spectrum in Phili
Lancaster High School?
another High School in Hagerstown MD
Another sizable venue in Norfolk Va.
Claire Brothers was running the Sound.
The best sound experience on stage. Turned my Power Amp off on the sound check, and waiver the Union Hands to take the Bass Cabinet (I later sold to Adam Nitti) off the stage, and Played through my Racked Yamaha PB-1. It was blistering out of the Side-fill Myers Monitors, clean and perfect.
My sound only reached Claire Brothers magnitude when I ran a 3300watt GenzBenz Arena Rig.
My first concert ever was the tour for Back to The Streets. I might have wore a white coat with tails to my prom because of John Schlitt 😎
I have heard John sing a few of Greg's songs in concert back in the late 80s. He always covered them well, even though my mind kept trying to fill in Greg's smoother voice. But where John really shined for me was when he sang music written for his style. It was only then I was totally hooked on Petra's later style and sound, which morphed around John's energy and vocals.
The song that crossed over between John and Greg's style the best (in my opinion) was It Is Finished, which set the stage for the harder, more sizzling sounds signature in Back To The Street, This Means War, and beyond.
It's sad to see in the comments there's ex Christians, it's by FAITH we believe , not by sight. Christian rock music like Petra and David Meece are the best.
greatest front man of all time
Incredible to hear the Greg-X-Songs with the Schlitt-Voice !! They should have made some re-recordings oft the favourites with him ! Greg was not bad, but John sung them in another voice ! I like both ! My favourite ist "Itr is finishes" with the Schlitt-Voice, because of the more rough Power.
Loved hearing this…. Was really turned off when John became lead singer in 86 because the first I heard him was on their first album together. Maybe if I would have heard this first I would not have tuned them out for so many years? I’ve REALLY come to love his voice now though. Going to hear them for their 50th anniversary tour, again. Bema Seat wasn’t quite the same though. The songs before that were right on tap though.
John Schlitt my favorite Petra lead singer!👍🏻❤😉
John was the right choice to replace Greg. But, I still prefer Greg.
Adonai with John on vocals is even better than the original. Remember hearing Petra do the same song On fire-tour (88 or 89 in Oslo). It was even heavier sounding and amazingly good!
the begining of a new era
Shirt with tails lovin it
HERMOSO.
Where did this concert take place? Bob Hartman said " we are so glad to be in your country"?
Legal ver o John catar as músicas do Greg
Not that I don't like Greg's voice, but John Schlitt's voice is suited for the transition/evolution of Petra music to fit the 80's hair metal era.
Such a different sound with John at vocals...he's SO much better, much wider vocal range (natural)! Still wish they would've toned down the keys a bit...
GOD HAD EVERYONE'S LIVES PREDESTINED TO BE EITHER SAVED ,,,, EPHESIANS 1:4-5 OR ROMANS 8:29-30 BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,,,, AND FOR THE LOST REVELATION 17:8,,, THE COST OF THE CROSS TO GOD THE FATHER HE PLEAD FOR US... REVELATION 13:8
THERE ARE 5 CROWNS TO EARN TO GLORIFY JESUS WITH, AS WE ARE EXERCISED BY IT!!!!
John does a good job but there's no replacing Greg on those songs
What is the location of this concert?
Around 9:22 John says Norway
Very good, but do I hear Greg X. Volz's voice in the backing vocal tracks? Sure sounds like it to me...
I think Mark Kelly and John Lawry did background vocals...
@@RockitD They did
Probably John Lawry, his singing voice is similar to Volz's.
@@RockitD NO BUT MARK KELLY JOHN LAWRY AND BOB HARTMAN DID
@@mikosoft Mark Kelly
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Major disappointment going to Creation 86 and Greg wasn't there :-(
What happened to the CLASSIC PETRA reunion? Just curious.
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Does anyone know where this concert was at? And exact date?
March 12, 1986
Vennesla Athletic Hall, Vennesla, Norway
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John singing “Chameleon” completely blew me away! I am a millennial, so I grew up on John Schlitt’s Petra (particularly his Petra Praise album). I am a bit partial to him for nostalgic reasons, but I still love Greg and classic Petra. Seeing both eras combined like this is super cool!!