Friday, August 21, 2009

The Doobie Brothers "Jesue is Just All Right"

Missing my good friend Keith Knudsen who passed away approximately four years ago from cancer.
He was one of original drummers for the Doobie Brothers & played with them up until his death. He and fellow Doobie Bros member, John McFee founded Southern Pacific with Stu Cook of Credence Clearwater and Kurt while the Doobies were in a retirement for a while. John McFee and Keith played for Yazawa, Japan's Elvis, on time off from Doobie Brothers concerts. Keith and I became friends and remained so for decades.
We met the night of Victor and my second Doobie Brothers concert when I took a small shopping bag of my chocolate Bonnie's Brownies, a business I started in '77 and continued up until I then started Hot Productions, Ltd. so that Victor could direct his own TV commercials and I produced them. I sent them backstage for the Doobie Brothers while we were standing out back of the Mann Music Center near the stage entrance chatting with the concert promoter and long time friend, Larry Magid.
Next thing I know, Keith Knudsen had come outside to meet me since a sexy depiction of myself was on the boxes of brownies. He ended up inviting Victor and I to sit on the stage while the band played the concert that night. When it was all over we went to his dressing room and he ended up coming home with us and we spent most of the night talking. After that evening, we remained friends for about 25 years.

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