Johnny Neel, Songwriter and Allman Brothers Band Keyboardist, Dies at 70

8 Oct at 23:05

Johnny Neel, songwriter and previous participant of the Allman Brothers Band and the Dickey Betts Band, has actually passed away. He was 70 years of ages.

His previous bandmate Warren Haynes verified the information of Neel’s fatality in a sincere social media post No reason of fatality has actually been provided. “Aside from being an amazing musician and singer, Johnny was one of the funniest people on the planet — a true character. ‘Johnny Neel stories,’ as we refer to them in our little chunk of the music world, are legendary,” he created. “There 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. His uncanny ability to draw from so many musical styles and genres was amazing and his gift for improvisation was unmatched. We 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. Johnny’s music and his legend will live on forever. Miss you Neely.”

Neel was born upon June 11, 1954, in Wilmington,Delaware He signed up with the Allman Brothers Band on key-boards and harmonica in 1989 and dealt with the team on the 1990 cd, Seven Turns, on which he co-write 4 tunes consisting of the hit solitary “Good Clean Fun.” He additionally co-wrote “Maydell” from the team’s last cd, 2003’s Hittin’ theNote

In 2019, Neel endured a stroke however recuperated and quickly went back to carrying out.