The Importance of a Good Algebra Teacher

I don't know if I wouldn't be here without him. He bought the first clarinet and he put Maurice White's drums in the back of his car with Frank Easley's bass, took us to the clubs. My parents picked out a couple of musicians they trusted to watch over me. They picked out Floyd Newman to take me home at night and take me to the club. But my dad had been his algebra teacher, but he did it anyway. It was unsafe. Beel Street was everything from prostitution and out whiskey running.