Luke Bryan currently has the number one song in country music. And, a couple of weeks ago, he stopped for this photo as he made his way into a St. Louis casino to do a little gambling. Bryan was in town to perform at former St. Louis Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa's annual ARF fund-raiser at the Peabody Opera House. In addition to posing, Bryan signed my "Rain is a Good Thing" promo disk and a couple of 8 x 10s.

Blues and soul legend Etta James died today after a lengthy battle with leukemia.

This shot is from May 2009 following one of her performances at B.B. King's in New York City. Her tour manager snuck her out of an alley door, but I managed to spot her as she entered her hotel a few doors down. Although she kept complaining about the cold, windy conditions, she stopped for the photo and signed an 8 x 10.

Here's the "tan one" George Hamilton upon his arrival at the Fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri, for this afternoon's matinee performance of La Cage Aux Folles. In addition to posing for the shot, Hamilton signed two promotional shots from Love at First Bite.

 
A few minutes later, his co-star, Christopher Sieber, came walking up the street and stopped for this photograph. Sieber, a Broadway veteran and television actor, was one of the original cast members of Spamalot.

 
Lunch at Pappy's Smokehouse was next. They have THE BEST Q in the city! St. Louis Blues' defenseman Roman Polak was seated next to us and took this photo with me after he finished his ribs.