The past few days, I’ve been devouring “We’ll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives”, the “swingin’ showbiz saga” memoir written by David Letterman’s band leader, Paul Shaffer. The book somehow found its way into my Christmas stocking. Which goes a long way to explaining the muffled piano sounds I heard repeatedly in the living room, leading up to Christmas Day…

What a page-turner! Shaffer relates story after story of his encounters with music legends, and his own musical career. This cat has done it all, and been smack-dab in the eye of history the whole time! SNL, The Blues Brothers, Late Night With David Letterman – if you like your comedy accompanied by music, this book is…I want to say “bible”, but maybe there’s a more appropriate description considering Shaffer’s own religious persuasion.

Plus, HE’S CANADIAN (or at least born and raised here), so there’s one more reason for a shivering Canuck to admire his successes.

In the first few chapters alone, there are anecdotes about jamming with Bob Dylan, and backing up Ray Charles. Going from watching The Ed Sullivan Show, to playing nightly in The Ed Sullivan Theater.

I tend to keep my books in a certain small room of our home, allowing me to typically digest only small snippets at a time, but several occasions this blasted book has been impossible to put down, forcing Mrs. That Dan Guy to tentatively peek in, just to ensure I’m not dealing with something irritable, or (at my age) nodding off whilst going about my business.

So far, highly recommendable – find yourself a copy, and get in on the groovin’!!

Chow for now!!