I CAN’T PROVIDE YOU ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT JOHN NEFF COLABORATED WITH IN HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET DIZZY READING IT LIKE I DID. YOU’LL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT SOME, SUCH AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS, THE ALLMAN BROS, WIDESPREAD PANIC, JAPANCAKES, PINK STONES, STAR ROOM BOYS, BLOODKIN AND PLAYED WITH BOOKER T OF THE INFAMOUS BOOKER T & THE MG’S.

NOW YOUR OWN YOUR OWN. YOU MUST DO THE READING YOURSELF. IT’S REMARKABLE.

HE BEGAN PLAYING GUITAR AT AN EARLY AGE AND TRANSITIONED TO PEDAL STEEL WHEN MOVING TO ATHENS. HE BASICALLY TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE PEDAL STEEL. HOWEVER, HIS SISTER MARRIED WILLIAM TONKS AND THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD BROTHER-IN-LAW TO HAVE. TONKS IS ONE OF THE GREAT MUSCIANS HERE IN ATHENS.

NEFF MOVED TO ATHENS IN HIS EARLY TWENTIES AND STARTED PICKING THAT PEDAL STEEL AND CONTINALL ...