Following game 7 of the 2011 World Series in St. Louis:

Joe Torre, former major league player, manager, and future Hall-of-Famer. Currently is Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball. He left with a former teammate, Bob Gibson. Gibson doesn't stop for anyone. Period.

"The Big Hurt," Frank Thomas, former major league slugger for the White Soxs, A's, and Jays.

Tim Kurkjian, ESPN baseball analyst and former Sports Illustrated writer. Congratulated me on the Cardinals win and said "it's a great day to be a Cardinals fan."

Dave McKay, Cardinals first base coach, "behind bars."

John  Rooney, one half of the Cardinals radio broadcasting team.

Mike Shannon, current Cards radio broadcaster and former Cardinal player.

Steve Spagnuolo, current head coach of the St. Louis Rams.

Rick Sutcliffe, Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year Award winner. The Missouri native pitched for the Cards and Cubs and three other teams. One of baseball's "good guys."

Bobby Valentine, former major league player and manager, and current ESPN analyst. He was drafted first by the Dodgers in the 1968 Draft.

Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin is in St. Louis, Missouri, this weekend for the city's annual Jewish Book Festival. Arkin, who got his start in acting in St. Louis in the 1950's, is the Festival's featured guest.

Arkin posed for this shot and signed an 8 x 10 for my collection upon his arrival in St. Louis.

80's rocker Bryan Adams brought his Bare Bones Acoustic Tour to Sangamon Auditorium on the campus of the University of Illinois-Springfield tonight. Adams posed (and squinted) for this quick shot and signed a greatest hits disk for my collection upon his late afternoon arrival at the venue.

Adams' 1985 concert at the PCCC in downtown Springfield (with a great opening set by the Hooters) was one of the first concerts I attended.

I was saddened to learn of the death yesterday of "Taz" DiGregorio, one of the original members of the Charlie Daniels Band and co-writer of the group's biggest hit, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."

I had the chance to visit with Taz as he was selling his solo releases and visiting with fans prior to a CDB show this past July at the Morgan County Fair in Jacksonville, IL.

The "Pianist to the Presidents" and the author of the only piano instrumental to hit number one ("Autumn Leaves" in 1955) on the Billboard charts, Roger Williams, died yesterday in California after a battle with cancer.

I met Williams during a break at one of his famous 12-hour marathon piano playing sessions at a Las Vegas hotel in November 2006. He stopped for this photo prior to soaking his hands in buckets of ice following the afternoon session. Williams returned about 20 minutes later to continue playing and taking requests from the modest crowd watching the event.  

There's really only two words to describe Glen Campbell: Music Legend. Last night, I had the privilege to meet him upon his arrival in St. Louis. He was warm and gracious as he signed autographs and posed for photographs for all who asked.

Campbell is kicking off his Goodbye Tour tonight at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. In June, he announced he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. This is his farewell tour before retiring. USA Today published this great story just a couple of weeks ago.

Campbell's list of accomplishments is astonishing. In addition to his acting, his 27 top ten hits and his 45 million albums sold, he also played guitar on the original recordings of such music classics as Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night," Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas," The Monkees "I'm a Believer," Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," and The Beach Boy's "Good Vibrations."

 Best of all, I'll be in the audience at tonight's show.