Meet Neal Schon, Michaele Salahi's other man
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:46 pmMeet Neal Schon, Michaele Salahi's other man
Before White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi went their separate ways, before Michaele walked into Neal Schon's open arms — before Schon became the Other Man in the latest Salahi scandal — Journey's lead guitarist was known for making music, not headlines.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/sto ... 50514796/1
By Olivia Barker and Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
Journey guitarist Neal Schon finds himself back in the spotlight thanks to his new girlfriend, 'Real Housewives of DC' and White House party crasher, Michaele Salahi.....
Last week, after Michaele Salahi was reported missing by her husband, she turned up on tour with Schon, her boyfriend from the late '90s. (Just last night, the new couple was snapped smooching backstage at a Journey show in San Antonio.) Schon called the reunion a "fairy tale." Tareq Salahi called himself "blindsided." He filed for divorce.
The hair may be shorter and the trousers a tad less tight, but Schon, 57 — the only founding member to perform on every album, according to his website — is still cranking out arena rock to sold-out crowds. (Before that, Schon played in Santana.) In November, the band, now fronted by Arnel Pineda — Steve Perry and Journey went their own separate ways in 1998 — will release Greatest Hits Volume 2, featuring singles, album tracks and rarities from 1978 to 1996. (Remember Stone In Love? Still They Ride? A lot of biggies were on the first volume, of course.)
Salahi's new beau is generous: While on the road, Schon has been giving away a new Paul Reed Smith SE guitar (his signature brand) that he personalizes before the concert. After the set, he has a security guard bring up an audience member and hands it over during the encore song, Any Way You Want It, encouraging the fans to play, or sing, along.
Schon wasn't born and raised in south Detroit but at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City and then San Francisco, which remains his home base. (His parents were musicians.)
His marital history is a bit murkier. There's debate about whether his union two months ago with 1986 Playboy Playmate Ava Fabian is legally binding (he refused to talk about her to Diane Dimond, who interviewed Schon and Salahi for The Daily Beast). E! News tallies his trips down the aisle at four, including with Amber Kozan, a Michaele look-alike who split from Schon in 2008 after seven years and one child together, Aja, 9, a dead ringer for her dad.
On Kozan's MySpace page, there's a picture of Aja strumming an acoustic guitar. Maybe she'll follow in the fret-steps of big (half-) brother Miles, a guitarist who has jammed with his dad Schon onstage. It's unclear who his mother is.
Before White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi went their separate ways, before Michaele walked into Neal Schon's open arms — before Schon became the Other Man in the latest Salahi scandal — Journey's lead guitarist was known for making music, not headlines.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/sto ... 50514796/1
By Olivia Barker and Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
Journey guitarist Neal Schon finds himself back in the spotlight thanks to his new girlfriend, 'Real Housewives of DC' and White House party crasher, Michaele Salahi.....
Last week, after Michaele Salahi was reported missing by her husband, she turned up on tour with Schon, her boyfriend from the late '90s. (Just last night, the new couple was snapped smooching backstage at a Journey show in San Antonio.) Schon called the reunion a "fairy tale." Tareq Salahi called himself "blindsided." He filed for divorce.
The hair may be shorter and the trousers a tad less tight, but Schon, 57 — the only founding member to perform on every album, according to his website — is still cranking out arena rock to sold-out crowds. (Before that, Schon played in Santana.) In November, the band, now fronted by Arnel Pineda — Steve Perry and Journey went their own separate ways in 1998 — will release Greatest Hits Volume 2, featuring singles, album tracks and rarities from 1978 to 1996. (Remember Stone In Love? Still They Ride? A lot of biggies were on the first volume, of course.)
Salahi's new beau is generous: While on the road, Schon has been giving away a new Paul Reed Smith SE guitar (his signature brand) that he personalizes before the concert. After the set, he has a security guard bring up an audience member and hands it over during the encore song, Any Way You Want It, encouraging the fans to play, or sing, along.
Schon wasn't born and raised in south Detroit but at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City and then San Francisco, which remains his home base. (His parents were musicians.)
His marital history is a bit murkier. There's debate about whether his union two months ago with 1986 Playboy Playmate Ava Fabian is legally binding (he refused to talk about her to Diane Dimond, who interviewed Schon and Salahi for The Daily Beast). E! News tallies his trips down the aisle at four, including with Amber Kozan, a Michaele look-alike who split from Schon in 2008 after seven years and one child together, Aja, 9, a dead ringer for her dad.
On Kozan's MySpace page, there's a picture of Aja strumming an acoustic guitar. Maybe she'll follow in the fret-steps of big (half-) brother Miles, a guitarist who has jammed with his dad Schon onstage. It's unclear who his mother is.
