Watch Journey's Neal Schon Perform Onstage Tribute to Aretha Franklin

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Journey guitarist calls Queen of Soul "a huge inspiration"

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Neal Schon paid tribute to Aretha Franklin during Journey's set at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, on August 17. Schon, who posted a clip of the performance to his official Instagram account, wrote: "I did [a] tribute to Aretha Franklin- Queen [of] Soul R.I.P. with much Love & RESPECT."

In a separate Instagram post Schon said: "I’ve been paying respect to Aretha during my solo spot in our shows. She was the best and Huge inspiration not only as an artist but kind to all."

Neal Schon BB&T Center Fort Lauderdale Florida last night. I did tribute to Aretha Franklin- Queen Soul R.I.P. with much Love & RESPECT @nealschon @nealandmichaeleschon #ladym 🌹 vid @journeymusicofficial #schön #schon #nealschon #journeythroughtime #guitar Neal Schon Music

A photo posted by @nealschon on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:55pm PDT

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.