Hard Working Americans
In 2013 Neal joined with singer Todd Snider, bassist Dave Schools from Widespread Panic, Chad Staehly of Great American Taxi on keyboards and Duane Trucks, also from Widespread Panic, on drums, to form the Hard Working Americans. Their self-titled debut album Hard Working Americans is composed entirely of cover songs from artists ranging from Randy Newman to Drivin N Cryin. Hard Working Americans and was released in 2014 on Thirty Tigers/Melvin Records. In 2016, the band released their second album, Rest in Chaos, which unlike their previous record, is composed primarily of original songs written by the band themselves. The band is currently on hiatus.