LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…BORN 1954 ON AN AIR FORCE BASE IN OKLAHOMA, NOW HE’S A RESIDENT OF THE BAY AREA, AND TODAY NEAL SCHON CELEBRATES HIS 65TH BIRTHDAY. BEST KNOWN AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR JOURNEY, HE STARTED HIS CAREER AT THE AGE OF 15 WITH SANTANA. HE TURNED DOWN A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH ERIC CLAPTON AND DEREK AND THE DOMINOS BEFORE HE JOINED SANTANA. KEEP IN MIND , HE WAS FREAKIN’ 15 !!!
HE’S PLAYED IN BANDS WITH JAN HAMMER, SAMMY HAGAR, PAUL RODGERS, AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF BAD ENGLISH. THIS GUY IS BAD-ASS ON GUITAR
HERE’S A GREAT VIDEO OF SCHON WHEN HE WAS PLAYING WITH SANTANA AT THE AGE OF 16 !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEAL SCHON
photo thanks-Snassek
