* 1962- Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
* 1975-Started playing guitar at age 13: first guitar was a Fender Bronco
* 1980-Attended Berklee College of Music Summer Session
* 1980-Graduated from high school
* 1984-85-Attended Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) in Hollywood, California
* 1986-Moved to Atlanta to teach at Atlanta Institute of Music; meets drummer Jeff Sipe
* 1986-88- plays with musicians such as Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, who introduce him to Col. Bruce Hampton. Later meets and plays with Kofi Burbridge, Count Mbutu, and Matt Mundy.
* 1989- Asked to join Bruce, Oteil, and Jeff to form Aquarium Rescue Unit.
* 1989-1995- Aquarium Rescue Unit with Col. Bruce Hampton.
* 1995- Col. Hampton leaves ARU. Singer Paul Henson joins.
* 1997-Frogwings with Butch Trucks, Derek Trucks, John Popper, Kofi Burbridge, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones
* 1998-99 - Jazz Is Dead with Billy Cobham, Alphonso Johnson, T Lavitz. After Billy Cobham departed in 1999, Rod Morgenstein and Jeff Sipe took over the drum chair.
* 2000-Project Z with Ricky Keller and Jeff Sipe . Begins recording Project Z’s Debut Album
* 2000-January-Auditions for Phil Lesh and does Spring Tour
* 2000 with Phil Lesh and Friends
* 2000 May- joins Allman Brothers from May to late September for ABB Summer 2000 Tour
* 2000 October- becomes full time member of Phil Lesh and Friends
* 2002- (March) Recorded Project Z’s second album (to be released in Aug/ Sept. 2005)
* 2002 Fall-joins original members of the Grateful Dead when they reunite as the Other Ones
* 2003 and 2004 – The Dead Summer Tours
* 2004 Fall- works on Mahavishnu (Meeting of the Spirits) and Miles Davis (Black Satin) Tribute Albums
* 2005- A short hiatus until going to play with The Codetalkers featuring Col. Bruce Hampton. Continues to play with Phil Lesh.
* 2006-Spring-Herring, Rodgers, Sipe, Fountain and Van Allen
* 2006-Summer- Herring, Rodgers, Sipe and Fountain
* 2006-Fall-Joins Widespread Panic for Fall Tour
* 2007- Continued to play with ARU, WP and some close friends
* 2008- Touring with Widespread Panic
Records his first solo album "Lifeboat" which was released in October. (Abstractlogix)
* 2009-Continues with Panic. Tours "Lifeboat" in Spring (Oteil Burbridge, Scott Kinsey, Greg Osby, and Jeff Sipe) and Summer (Scott Kinsey, Greg Osby, Jeff Sipe and Neal Fountain).
*2010-2011- Panic
*2012-Panic Wood Tour, Joins Phil Lesh for Terrapin Crossroads Grand Opening,
* 2012 Releases 2nd Solo Album, Subject to Change without Notice
* 2013-2014 ( The Ringers)
*2015 Col Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit
* 2017 Forms new Band The Invisible Whip . Tour with John McLaughlin as co-headliner
*2019 Forms new Band The 5 of 7. Touring September-December 2019