I hate to disagree but the Blues Image was from Florida if my memory serves me correctly. The Tampa area mostly.We used to see them open for other groups like the Allman Bros. The conga player from Blues Image was Joe Lala who went on to play with Stephen Stills and Chris Hillman in Manassis. { sp? }. For some reason I can't remember the singer / guitar player. {rumored to have a huge ego } It will probabally come to me on the drive home tonight.