Journey Guitarist on "Don't Stop Believin'" Origins - Inside Track

Journey guitarist Neal Schon talks about the genesis of classics like "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Wheel in the Sky."
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[@chadlong9614]

One of the most underrated guitarists in the world

[@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel]

And I am the other one! *lol*

[@karicarter6604]

Neal you are a Very talented man and I love journey so much. Greatest band of all time.

[@JamesLongPDX]

My main guitar influence for 40 years.

[@oscarjetson128]

You do realize that this was posted almost 7 years ago, right?

[@neillbaxter9613]

Oscar Jetson lol

[@neillbaxter9613]

Journey is older than that buddy

[@seane113]

Dude had the most epic fro EVER!

[@sandybayless1255]

Their chemistry was phenomenal. Steve perry, neil schon, jon cain. No one could beat them. The greatest band if all time.

[@broadstreet21]

Nobody, until Arnel Pineda came along... and he truly personified their song more than any of them combined.

[@groundedgameplayx]

Steve Smith!!! Incredible drum arrangements for these songs. Check out his videos on drumeo for separate ways and don't stop believin

[@manuelper]

@@broadstreet21 no.

[@broadstreet21]

@@manuelper Yeah he did. Like how many of these band members struggle like Pineda before breaking through?

[@manuelper]

@@broadstreet21 no.

[@denisehedden5108]

🥀Amazing Interview with Neil he's amazing on guitar I love Journey🥀☝️

[@toycollector10]

You're looking good Neal. You are one of my favourite guitarists. TC, New Zealand

[@vinylrevivial5070]

Neal Schon fresken ROCKS .... So underrated ...

[@goceltics8177]

This song saved my life.

[@gaylemillerround123]

Love you Neal ♥️

[@lesliewood4069]

You are one of my favorite ❤️👍🙏

[@broadstreet21]

For the record, before the Sopranos, Open Arms was Journey's biggest hit.

[@juliebridge7590]

Neal, you look great on this vid!! Your natural looks are much better looking than plastic surgery!!

[@journeyon2489]

Journey was the best band ever! To bad it couldn't last. They were good with Steve Perry, Greg Rollie and Jonathan Cain. Love Arnel, beautiful person, but Journey is just not the same. They have no new music of their own. They only play the classic hit songs, which to me is a tribute band for now. Journey back in the day had amazing chemistry and wrote so many wonderful songs together that only a Journey fan would know about. To bad more of the songs weren't played on the radio. HUGE fan since 1983.

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Yes. I get what you are saying. I've seen both versions ... with Steve Perry and with Arnel. I think the experience is pretty awesome either way. ... of course I'm in attendance primarily to see Neal. All good.

[@packohub1145]

Eclipse and Revelation y

[@ZackHall-kt4ww]

Stone In Love is one of my fav's.

[@FathomlessJoy]

I never thought much of Neil. But I was trying (badly) to play Sweet Home Alabama during a guitar lesson. My teacher, who had a beautiful new Mesa Boogie amp, says, "no no no, that is like Neil Schon would play it." I was like, "Huh?" He's like, "Here..." (half just wanting to let the Mesa Boogie strut it's stuff), he stomps a couple pedals and goes into Stone In Love. "That's the tone you are trying (failing) to get." I always thought my teacher was bad ass so that part wasn't new but it was then I saw was Neil was doing in a new light, the tone he was getting from what he was doing, and the style he was bringing to Journey, underneath and around Steve's brilliant voice.

[@thelasskicker8987]

Neal you are very talented you got magic fingers guitar playing was awesome

[@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel]

🎵He took the midnight train goin' anywhere... *KNEEL!* 🎵

[@jinner3796]

Still looking Good Neal

[@arm824]

NEAL, JONATHAN AND STEVE ARE THE BEEEEESSSSSSSTTTTTTTT LOVE U

[@lindasmith3978]

May I honor you with my guitar playing. May I be as good as you on the guitar someday. Amen.

[@dgcmusi]

Great interview

[@broadstreet21]

He needed that anthem all the more when searching for a new lead singer.

[@LouSassles]

He is VERY FUCKING UNDERRATED IN GUITAR PLAYING!

[@daveg4236]

noskilz04 which is mind boggling

[@echoeman]

Let Arnel sing, and have Neal, Jonathan, and Steve start writing together again. It would be epic.

[@dorystevens637]

Arnel can’t write songs

[@trekuhl3966]

One of the top 3 best drum grooves ever by Steve Smith.

[@davidstock2713]

Schon 2nd to none within pauses, un-predictable towards when/where neck wide, some are pull-downs, some are multiple string screamers, some are floyd rose enhanced. Phenominal legacy schon.

[@nancywyatt821]

Why was he trying to claim that he and Gregg Rolie wrote Lights? Steve wrote that song before he met them, only it was about L.A. Neal helped him to change a few lyrics to make it about San Francisco, and Rolie doesn't even have a song credit on it.

[@jdnskipper-vj4rm]

unfortunately in spite of all his skill neil has a bit of a narcissism problem... also he never liked perry

[@MetalRob81]

One of the best out there is you ask me :)

[@karenurbanski5004]

Very talented

[@barrysmith916]

On tour as a working guitarist at 16 years old playing in a band for Carlos Santana.

[@kelvinalvin3171]

*Pure Musician You are➡️ NEAL SCHON⬅️.....You care about your Music with JOURNEY along with your talented co-musicians and other MUSICIANS "Breathing The Life ON For MUSIC!!!!!"*

[@georgemorris4142]

I remember someone gave me a sammy Hager album,neal was on a track I think it was love or money I heard that & ran out & bought departure. & the album with IAN hammer

[@stingyjack2456]

Neal almost looked just like my dad with the fro and stache.

[@tonygammalo4501]

Glad Neil came clean on Open Arms. He fuckin HATED that song.

[@thepurpleufo]

NEAL!!!!

[@lindasmith3978]

Neal Schon is God. Neal Schon is a guitar!

[@broadstreet21]

He is not, Jesus Christ is God.

[@Tezzmeuster]

Shout out to lizzy

[@SuperWhofan1]

Neil was against Open Arms and fought Steve all the way.

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

“Journey Guitarist……” That’s Neil Schon! Introduce him properly please!!!

[@lostintime8651]

Journey's Guitarist. That's funny. It's ole what's his face...?

[@lavonnemcdowell7040]

That's why you need to get Steve Perry back and Greg Mallory

[@jasondenne7909]

Greg Mallory?

[@ru2388]

4:18 just all matter of fact and nonchalant