Michael McDonald has paid tribute to his ex-Doobie Brothers bandmate Johnny Neel, who died Monday at the age of 70.
McDonald – who, in addition to working with Neel in the Doobie Brothers Band, collaborated with him on his 2000 album Blue Obsession – says he was “blessed” to have worked with the blind keyboardist.
“I was blessed by Johnny’s immense talent on the first record I recorded I Nashville,” McDonald says. “I remember knowing right off that he was a good soul too. His musical gift was legendary by then and I consider it an honor to have crossed musical paths with him, if only briefly.”
