About
Neal Joseph Schon was born on February 27, 1954 at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He picked up his first instrument at the age of 5 and by the age of 15 he had joined Santana and was traveling the world.
In 1973 he left Santana to join Gregg Rolie in a new group soon to be known the world over as Journey. Neal is the only original member that has been on every Journey album. His biggest influences are Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
Neal's other projects include Schon & Hammer, HSAS (Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve), Bad English, Abraxis Pool, Hardline, Planet Us, and Soul SirkUS. His solo albums are Late Nite, Beyond The Thunder, Electric World, Piranha Blues, the Grammy Nominated album called Voice and his latest solo album, "i on U" .
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