Neal Schon

Guitarist

Neal Schon was born in Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, United States on February 27th, 1954 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 70, Neal Schon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 27, 1954
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, United States
Age
70 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$40 Million
Profession
Guitarist, Jazz Musician
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Neal Schon Life

Neal Joseph Schon (born February 27, 1954) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and singer best known for his appearances with the bands Journey (in which he is the only constant original participant) and Bad English.

He was a member of Santana prior to joining Journey and was also a founding member of Hardline. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame on August 23, 2013.

Schon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Journey member on April 7, 2017.

Personal life

Schon revealed publicly that he was in a friendship with Michaele Salahi in September 2011. The two women dated back to the 1990s and were very happy together.

Schon proposed to Salahi onstage during a charity concert at Baltimore's Lyric Opera House on October 14, 2012, giving her an oval 11.42 carat diamond engagement ring.

The couple married in a live broadcast wedding held in the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, on December 15, 2013. Schon's fifth and Salahi's second wedding anniversary.

Schon has reported that he has tinnitus, a constant ringing in the ears, as in musicians who have toured extensively.

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Neal Schon Career

Early life and career

Neal George Joseph Schon was born at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, the son of Matthew and Barbara Schon. He is of German and Italian ancestry. His father was a big band musician, arranger, and composer, and played and taught all reed instruments with emphasis on jazz tenor saxophone; his mother was a big band singer. Schon started playing guitar at age 10. He attended Aragon High School in San Mateo, California, later dropping out to pursue his music career.

A quick learner, he joined Santana at age 17, in 1971. Schon has said he was asked by Eric Clapton to join Derek and the Dominos, but that he joined Santana instead, performing on the albums Santana III and Caravanserai. According to Bobby Whitlock,

Schon also played in the band Azteca. In 1973, he, Gregg Rolie and manager Herbie Herbert co-founded the Golden Gate Rhythm Section, which had later been re-named to Journey after a suggestion by roadie John Villaneuva.

Schon's guitar style is influenced by guitarists such as B.B. King, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page and Jimmy Green.

In addition to his nine solo albums and fourteen studio albums with Journey, Schon's work also includes: a pair of albums with keyboardist Jan Hammer, short-term collaborations with Sammy Hagar (HSAS and Planet Us) and Paul Rodgers, stints with Bad English (a supergroup that featured Journey's Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo and Cain's former Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips) and Hardline (which also featured Castronovo). Even as Journey's latest lineup plays to a still-faithful body of fans, Schon has immersed himself in side projects such as Piranha Blues (1999); "Black Soup Cracker", a funk outfit that features former Prince associates Rosie Gaines and Michael Bland; and Soul SirkUS with Jeff Scott Soto.

Schon can be heard on other albums including three tracks on Michael Bolton's The Hunger, with the Schon sound most recognizable on "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". He also joined Larry Graham to play in an all-star band for cult funk artist and ex-wife of Miles Davis, Betty Davis. In addition, Schon (along with then Journey manager Herbie Herbert) also contributed to Lenny White's 1977 album Big City, specifically the instrumental jam "And We Meet Again".

On February 9, 2018, Schon played a charity show at San Francisco's The Independent, benefiting North Bay Fire Relief. The group recruited featured former Journey drummer Deen Castronovo (who also sang some of the vocals), former Journey keyboardist Gregg Rolie and bassist Marco Mendoza of The Dead Daisies.

In 2019, Schon announced a tour to be called Neal Schon's Journey Through Time. The tour was slated to feature Castronovo, Rolie and Mendoza.

He played the Star Spangled Banner on electric guitar for the opening game of the 2022 NBA finals.

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George Tickner, a Journey co-founder, has died at the age of 76

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 6, 2023
George Tickner, a Journey co-founder, died on Thursday at the age of 76. He was a guitarist and original band member but he stopped after the first album, before Journey hit it big. Tickner attended Sandford Medical School for the rest of his life. In 2005, he reunited with the band to be named as a celebrity on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Tickner began recording sessions after leaving the band.

Sara James, a teen singer and French magician Nicolas Ribs progress to the finals of America's Got Talent

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 25, 2022
On Wednesday, teen singer Sara James and French magician Nicolas Ribs were selected to the season 17 finals of America's Got Talent. After learning she made the finals, Sara, Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer pick, said, "I'm speechless, literally." 'Thank you so much for every vote.' I'm just a teen girl from America. The fact that I'm even here is unreal,' she explained.
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