Johnny Neel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Johnny Neel
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Jun 11, 1954(1954-06-11)
Age	70
Birthplace	Wilmington
Country	United States
Birth City	Delaware
Horoscope	Gemini

Johnny Neel Biography

Johnny Neel is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on June 11, 1954 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Neel was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He cut his first single, entitled “Talking About People”, at the age of twelve, as Johnny Neel and The Shapes Of Soul, which was a hit on local radio in the Wilmington/Philadelphia area. In his later years the Johnny Neel Band had a huge following across the east coast, and also released two albums that were well-loved by fans. Neel relocated into Nashville around 1984. He was performing with various bands in local clubs attracted the attention of the former Nashville residence Dickey Betts who requested Neel to become part of the touring band and soon began work on Betts’ solo album with Epic Records. This led to seven tracks from”The Pattern” album. Disruptive album that was released in 1988, which included the AOR song, “Rock Bottom”.

in 2000 Neel came out with Late Night Breakfast which was recorded in the Straight Up Sound Studio with members of his band The Last Word, along with special guests guitarists Shane Theriot (The Neville Brothers) as well as Rick Vito, as well as Wayne Jackson on trumpet. In 2000, the album Late Night Breakfast was released on Neel’s Breakin’ Record label.

Neel has provided vocals on five songs included on four Walt Disney Records CD releases, related to the Pixar Animation Studios movie releases, Finding Nemo, Cars, and Ratatouille. These include “Saturday Night Fish Fry” from the 2003 release Finding Nemo: Ocean Favorites, “My Old Car” from the 2006 release Lightning McQueen’s Fast Tracks, “One Meat Ball” and “Banana Split for My Baby” from the 2007 release Ratatouille: What’s Cooking?, and “Hot Rodder’s Lament” from the 2009 release Mater’s Car Tunes.

In addition to Blue Floyd and X2 projects, Neel was a part of two other all- star collaborations. The group Deep Fried included Neel on keyboards, drummer Matt Abts, guitarist Brian Stoltz, and bassist George Porter Jr.. Their album The Deep Fried Sessions – Live was released in 2004. The other group, The Grease Factor released two live recordings; Off the Cuff in 2004, and Live From Zambifest 2004 in 2005. The Grease Factor included guitarist Shane Theriot, bassist Derek Jones, drummer Jeff Sipe, and percussionist Count M’Butu.

In 1995 the album of Neel Commin’ Atcha… Live was released . It contained live performances of “Read Me My Rights” and “Maydell”. The album featured an appearance live by Neel as well as the band The Last Word including Jack Pearson and the majority of musicians from The Last Word album.

Johnny Neel Net Worth

Johnny Neel is one of the richest Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnny Neel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Neel’s enthralling piano and harmonica on his Pattern Disruptive album inspired Gregg Allman to ask Neel to join his band, which resulted in the inclusion of the track “Island” on The Gregg Allman Band album (also released in 1988) written by Allman, Dan Toler, and Tony Colton. In 1989, Neel was asked to join the newly reunited Allman Brothers Band. He was absorbed in performing writing, recording, and writing which resulted in four songs of the group’s Seven Turns album (released in 1990) and the smash song “Good Clean Fun”, written by Neel along with Allman along with Betts. Country stars in 2002 Montgomery Gentry included “Good Clean Fun” as a track on the My Town album. album.

In 1994 the album of the same name, Johnny Neel and The Final Word came out. The album featured the track “Maydell”, which was co-written by Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers/Gov’t Mule) and was covered by Allman Brothers on their Hittin The Note album as well as by John Mayall on his Wake Up Call album. The album also featured the track “Read Me My Rights” which was co-written by Delbert McClinton and was performed by McClinton on his Nothing Personal album, by Ann Peebles on her Full Time Love album and with Dorothy Moore on Stay Close to Home album and performed by Dalton Reed on Louisiana Soul Man. The album also featured appearances from Jack Pearson (Allman Brothers) on guitar, and Delbert McClinton playing harmonica.

During the period of time the Late Night Breakfast recordings were made, Neel also became a member of Blue Floyd, an all-star jam band performing variations on the material of Pink Floyd. In addition to Neel, the band was composed of guitarist Marc Ford, drummer Matt Abts, bassist Berry Oakley Jr. (OKB Band) and until his death, Allen Woody on second guitar. Neel and Abts then went into the Straight Up Sound Studio and recorded the X2 funk/jam duo project. X2 – Johnny Neel / Matt Abts was released in 2002.

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Also in 2012, in recognition of their contributions to the world of music, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to the Allman Brothers Band. Neel made significant contributions to the history of the band, playing keyboards and harmonica during their 20th Anniversary Reunion tour, performing on the Seven Turns album, and co-writing four tracks on that album, including the chart topping hit Good Clean Fun.

Facts & Trivia

Johnny Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Johnny Neel celebrates birthday on June 11 of every year.

In 2019, Neel joined Chris Anderson, formerly of the Outlaws, in a new band entitled “Rattlebone” and released a record, “World’s Gone Crazy.” The band debuted their music in Nashville, TN on February 9, 2019 and played the first Synchronicity Southern Rock Festival in Wimauma, FL on February 23, 2019.