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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJourney guitarist Neal Schon contemplates new lineup after 3 members visit White House
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/neal-schon-journey-feud/
Journey are apparently at another career crossroads. Founding guitarist Neal Schon spent the week taking a trio of bandmates to task publicly over their recent White House visit, capping a period of deep inner turmoil. By yesterday, Journey appeared to be breaking apart.
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These recent turn of events follow a visit by three band members to President Donald Trumps press room apparently without Schons knowledge in the days before the bands tour finale at the Classic East festival in New York on July 30. Schon immediately began expressing surprise and dismay. Subsequent news reports then misrepresented the trip as band-sanctioned, which Schon angrily reiterated was not the case. (NBC, for instance, reported that Journey Poses for Pictures in the White House Press Briefing Room.)
Wow, this is not the Journey I started in 1972 and have been fighting to protect since the beginning, Schon wrote on Facebook on July 28. Ive discussed this many times with management and counsel, and they both agreed that there should never be anything to do with religious beliefs or politics with Journey.
The White House photo op featured keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who has been married to Trumps spiritual advisor since 2015; singer Arnel Pineda; and bassist Ross Valory, who co-founded Journey with Schon and singer and keyboardist Gregg Rolie in the early 70s. Schon later confirmed that the group had met specifically to discuss the implications of such an official visit, and that hed argued against it many, many times.
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Journey guitarist Neal Schon contemplates new lineup after 3 members visit White House (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Aug 2017
OP
LisaM
(27,830 posts)1. Wait - Trump has a spiritual advisor?
I know that's not the point of the article, but that strikes me as so unlikely.
dawg
(10,624 posts)2. She's a prosperity gospel preacher, and ...
apparently is now the "Yoko Ono" of Journey.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)3. The controversial Paula White, now married to Jonathan CAin.
Donald Trumps God whisperer
The woman who led the candidate to Christ has many of the same problems connecting with evangelicals as he has.
By KATIE GLUECK 07/11/2016 05:08 AM EDT
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-pastor-paula-white-225315
There were the IRS investigation and the business troubles, the divorces and the rumored affairs splashed across the tabloids. And always, there were the biased media that lay in wait, desperate to seize on any hint of internal dysfunction or family drama.
Donald Trumps spiritual adviser paced the stage in black stilettos, railing against the unfairness of it all.
It was a spring evening in 2011, and pastor Paula White the woman credited with leading Trump on a faith journey to Jesus Christ was speaking at a pastors conference about her own experiences. But at times throughout her two-hour sermon, she could easily have been talking about Trumps.
For the evangelical leaders she now aims to convert to the GOP nominees team, thats exactly the problem.
The woman who led the candidate to Christ has many of the same problems connecting with evangelicals as he has.
By KATIE GLUECK 07/11/2016 05:08 AM EDT
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-pastor-paula-white-225315
There were the IRS investigation and the business troubles, the divorces and the rumored affairs splashed across the tabloids. And always, there were the biased media that lay in wait, desperate to seize on any hint of internal dysfunction or family drama.
Donald Trumps spiritual adviser paced the stage in black stilettos, railing against the unfairness of it all.
It was a spring evening in 2011, and pastor Paula White the woman credited with leading Trump on a faith journey to Jesus Christ was speaking at a pastors conference about her own experiences. But at times throughout her two-hour sermon, she could easily have been talking about Trumps.
For the evangelical leaders she now aims to convert to the GOP nominees team, thats exactly the problem.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)8. Oh, so no longer having an affair with Benny Hinn?
I guess that's progress.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)10. He's been a little preoccupied lately
rurallib
(62,448 posts)13. does Christ look much like George Washington on a $$$$bill?
talk about totally fucking fake shit!
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)15. Well, I can see a couple of things about her
That might interest Don.
riversedge
(70,299 posts)5. Seth Meyers Introduces Trumps Spiritual Advisor Paula White
saw this earlier (Paula White is his s. advisor)
http://splitsider.com/2017/08/seth-meyers-introduces-trumps-spiritual-advisor-paula-white/
Seth Meyers Introduces Trumps Spiritual Advisor Paula White
By Megh Wright August 2, 2017
riversedge
(70,299 posts)6. also............
malaise
(269,157 posts)4. Looks like the end of the Journey
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)9. Separate Ways
heh
SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)11. lol!
malaise
(269,157 posts)12. You win the thread
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)7. So many missed opportunities here--"Separate Ways"
"We sailed on together, but drifted apart"
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)14. Lovin', Touchin', Gropin'...
n/t