 Tell me how Florida and New England got together. When did you guys meet, and what were the circumstances, and what were your impressions of each other in those times? In New Orleans, 19 years ago, I was opening for the Allman Brothers with my solo band, and Derek had started with the Allman Brothers that June, and we met in July. So he'd been with the Allman Brothers about a month. A veteran. Yeah, he was a baby. He was 19 or 20, and I was 28.