Neal Schon (b. February 27, 1954 in Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and later lived in San Mateo, California), is an American guitarist best known for his work with Journey. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A water tower on the north side of Tinker Air Force Base Tinker Air Force Base — Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC)— is a major U.S. Air Force military base located near Oklahoma City, in the suburb of Midwest City, Oklahoma. ... Nickname: Capital of the New Century, OKC, O-City Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ... Hillsdale Inn, Honeymoon Suite (demolished 5 April 2001) San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. ...

The son of a woodwinds player, Neal himself played the oboe for many years beginning in high school. Schon first picked up the guitar at the age of 10. He joined Santana as a teenage prodigy at the age of 15. Schon had famously been asked by Eric Clapton to join Derek and the Dominos, but decided instead to join Santana for the album Santana III. Schon also played in Azteca before moving on to form Journey, a group he continues to lead. A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Carlos Santana in concert, Barcelona 2003 Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Santana III (officially untitled) was the last album done by the Woodstock-era lineup, and it was also considered by many to be the bands peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz and Latin music. ... Azteca was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band formed at the end of 1971 by Neal Schon, later of Journey fame, along with Larry Graham (bass) and Gregg Errico (drums), both from Sly and the Family Stone and Peter Sears (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship) keyboard. ...

His 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 (which also featured Journey’s Jonathan Cain and Deen Castronovo and Jonathan Cain's former Babys bandmates John Waite and Ricky Phillips) and Hardline (which also featured Deen Castronovo). Even as Journey’s latest lineup plays to a still-faithful body of fans, Schon is immersed in side projects such as Piranha Blues (1999) and "Black Soup Cracker" a funk outfit that features former Prince associates Rosie Gaines and Michael Bland, and most recently Soul SirkUS with Jeff Scott Soto. A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. ... Jan Hammer in Miami Vice Jan Hammer (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and musician. ... Sammy Hagar in concert Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar, (aka The Red Rocker) is a U.S. rock guitarist, singer, composer and former member of Van Halen, and of the early 70s rock band Montrose. ... Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve were a band made up of singer Sammy Hagar, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Kenny Aaronson, and drummer Michael Shrieve. ... Planet Us were a band that featured Sammy Hagar on lead vocals, Neal Schon on guitar, Michael Anthony on bass, and Deen Castronovo on drums. ... Paul Rodgers (born 17 December 1949, in Middlesbrough) is an English singer/songwriter known chiefly as a member of the bands Free in the 1960s and Bad Company in the 1970s. ... Bad English is an American rock band formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys. ... Jonathan Leonard Cain (born February 26, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, most known for his keyboards and songwriting roles in the rock band Journey. ... Deen Castronovo is a drummer who has played in various bands, including Cacophony, Bad English, Journey, The Enemy, Wild Dogs, Dr. Mastermind, Hardline, Planet Us, Soul Sirkus, and former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butlers G/Z/R, as well as in backing bands for Ozzy Osbourne and Paul Rodgers. ... The Babys, on the cover of their 1977 Broken Heart LP. From left to right: Tony Brock, John Waite, Michael Corby, & Wally Stocker. ... Missing You record cover John Charles Waite, born on July 4, 1955, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, is a rock singer. ... Ricky Phillips is a bassist who has played in The Babys, Bad English, and Coverdale Page. ... Hardline is a band created by brothers Johnny Gioeli and Joey Gioeli, who had previously played in the bands Killerhit and Brunette (which at one point was the top-drawing band in Hollywood, setting the all-time attendance record at Gazzarris), later played in the band Gravity, and have... Multi-instrumentalist, Producer/Song writer Rosie Gaines is the youngest of 10 children. ... Michael Bland (born March 14, 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. ... Soul Sirkus is a band that initially featured singer Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Neal Schon, bassist Marco Mendoza, and drummer Deen Castronovo. ... Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer best known for being vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteens first two albums. ...

The late-1970s arrival of Eddie Van Halen quickly eclipsed Schon's bravado, giving rise to a new era of the technically facile rock guitar virtuoso. Nonetheless, Schon has secured a place as a respected and influential blues rock guitarist. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Neal Schon can be heard on Michael Bolton's The Hunger on three tracks; the Schon sound is most recognizable on "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay". Schon's style can best be characterized as aggressively soulful, taking obvious inspiration from 1960s-era soul singers such as Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, and blending them with blindingly fast bluesy runs similar to Johnny Winter and Alvin Lee. Bolton on his Bolton Swings Sinatra album cover Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin in New Haven, Connecticut, February 26, 1953) is an American pop, rock and adult contemporary singer-songwriter known for his soft rock ballads and powerful singing voice. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. ... Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American R&B/soul singer and actress. ... Johnny Winter (born John Dawson Winter III on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American blues guitarist and singer, well known for his albinism, as well as his musical skills. ... Alvin Lee (born December 19, 1944) is a British rock guitarist who was famous throughout the 1960s for his work with the The Jaybirds, and in the 1960s and 1970s with Ten Years After. ...

Schon currently endorses Gibson guitars, and has a signature Les Paul model, but also uses Paul Reed Smith guitars. In the late 1980s, Schon manufactured and played his own line of guitars. This article is about the American musical instrument manufacturer. ... For the jazz guitarist, see Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul signature model is among the most recognized solid-body electric guitar designs. ... Paul Reed Smith is one of the worlds premier luthiers and the founder and owner of PRS Guitars. ...

Discography

• Untold Passion (1981)
• Here to Stay (1982)
• Late Nite (1989)
• Beyond the Thunder (1995)
• Electric World (1997)
• Pirhana Blues (1998)
• Voice (2001)
• I on U (2005)
• Neal Schon & Jan Hammer Collection: No More Lies (1998)

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External links

• List of Authorized links from Neal's Official webpage
• 2005 Neal Schon Interview on Modern Guitars magazine
• Interview with Neal Schon