R.I.P.

Jimmy Smith, jazz organist extraordinaire. I was even considering seeing him play next week at Yoshi's. Go and listen to his stuff. What the man played was amazing.

Keith Knudson, drummer of the Doobie Brothers. I don't care what people say but the Doobies in the 1970s had "it." Great band, even if they were considered a second-tier. I liked them pre-Michael McDonald, when they really rocked. Saw them last year and they were fantastic.

The superstition is that they always run in threes...rumor has it that Bob Woodward is ready to name Deep Throat, and some are speculating that it's William Renquist!