Last month he confirmed he'd be moving on after their European tour, and that his final appearance would be on the US Blues Cruise next month. He'll be replaced by Bart Walker.

Zito tells American Blues Scene: "In 2011 I was just developing this sound I had in my head, blues but kind of country. I was really getting in there - then here comes the Royal Southern Brotherhood, out of the blue.

"I'd been writing with Cyril Neville and I've known Devon Allman for years. We got into the Brotherhood - and part of me, right away, was like, 'I don't know that I want to do something.' I'm in the middle of this career, and I was starting to get somewhere."