Generation Gap

While driving across town one day, an old Doobie Brothers tune, "China Grove", came on the radio.
I cranked the volume up and jammed with the song while my kids in the back seat looked on with smiles and wonder.
When the song finished, my 8 year old Tommy asked me who that was. I said, "Tommy, that was music your Mom and I grew up on - they're called the Doobie Brothers." He responded with the typical,
"Oh, cool." and then after a brief pause he asked "So are they dead yet?"
Originally published November 14, 2002.