{"id":30546,"date":"2024-10-07T21:02:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T21:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/warren-haynes-pays-tribute-to-former-allman-brothers-band-keyboardist-johnny-neel\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T21:02:26","slug":"warren-haynes-pays-tribute-to-former-allman-brothers-band-keyboardist-johnny-neel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/warren-haynes-pays-tribute-to-former-allman-brothers-band-keyboardist-johnny-neel\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Haynes pays tribute to former Allman Brothers Band keyboardist Johnny Neel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-07\/Getty_JohnnyNeel_100724.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Steve Eichner\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Gov&#8217;t Mule<\/strong> frontman <strong>Warren Haynes<\/strong> is paying tribute to musician <strong>Johnny Neel<\/strong>, a member of the <strong>Allman<\/strong> <strong>Brothers Band<\/strong> and the <strong>Dickey Betts Band<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>who passed away Oct. 6 at the age of 70.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Neel\u2019s death was confirmed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnnyneel\/posts\/pfbid0rMwn78jwYWiT8ha3tA2iTz3grxPK2h3RVog4EMVLiHYkZ8yXLAbiXJv4Qr12P6Uel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>on his official Facebook account<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, with the post noting he\u00a0died \u201cfrom a massive heart failure.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAside from being an amazing musician and singer, Johnny was one of the funniest people on the planet \u2014 a true character,\u201d Haynes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/warrenhaynes\/posts\/pfbid02tZq3uEdsEdg7GUUU4cngK5oxVwVLaT5xQoeyje45rQ9icT8grVjtU1RnVjHuSe2ml?rdid=fuvQil1jDDkkOs9K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>wrote on social media.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> \u201c\u2019Johnny Neel stories,\u2019 as we refer to them in our little chunk of the music world, are legendary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Waynes then shared tales of him meeting Neel in Nashville, and them both joining\u00a0the Allman Brothers and the Dickey Betts Band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMostly what I want to focus on, however, is what a musical person Johnny was,\u201d he shared. \u201cThere was always music in his head. It was his savior. Whenever we were writing together, he was an endless fountain of ideas, and the same on stage or in the studio.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe wrote a lot of music together, we played a lot of music together, and we traveled the world together, and maybe most importantly, we had a lot of fun times and created a lot of beautiful memories. Hence the stories,\u201d he concluded his post. \u201cJohnny\u2019s music and his legend will live on forever. Miss you Neely.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Neel joined the Allman Brothers Band in 1989 ahead of their second reunion tour. He played keyboards in the group and also appeared on their 1990 album <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Seven Turns<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, co-writing four songs on the record, including the single \u201cGood Clean Fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. 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