Watch Journey's Neal Schon Perform Onstage Tribute to Aretha Franklin
Journey guitarist calls Queen of Soul "a huge inspiration"
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."
A photo posted by @nealschon on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:55pm PDT
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