We got the news this week from the Skanner that Portland vocalist Linda Hornbuckle is not well. We'll never forget the first time we heard her voice. She was playing with Mark Bosnian in a new soul cover band called Salmon Dave, 25 or 30 years ago. An outdoor show at the Shemanski Fountain, it was. Hornbuckle sang the first couple of lines of the first song, and you knew. You just knew.

They're having a benefit for her on Sunday the 11th, two shows, at Jimmy Mak's. It seems like showing up would be a good way to say thanks to somebody's who's given a lot, and we hope can give plenty more.