Last night (Monday) on the Late Show with Letterman, he mentioned the passing of Warren Zevon. Letterman and Shaefer were very good friends with Warren and he had appeared on the show many times as a guest as well as filling in for Shaefer as band leader. Lettermans comments showed a degree of class I would not normally associate with a Talk Show host, also every time the band played out for a commercial and back in again, they played a Zevon tune which I think was a fitting way to honor the man.
As a longtime fan of Warren, and player of a number of his songs, his passing leaves a big hole inside.