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27 Feb 1954
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Biography

The son of a woodwind 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.

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.

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Journey
since 1973 Lead vocal, Guitar
Santana
since 1971 till 1972 Unknown
since 2013 Unknown
Bad English
since 1987 till 1991 Electric guitar
Hardline
since 1991 till 1992 Electric guitar
Azteca
Unknown

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