NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" music director Paul Shaffer is not letting up on his efforts to help paralyzed British rock icon Mike Smith.
Smith, who was the singer/songwriter for 1960s superstars the Dave Clark Five, broke his neck in a fall three years ago and his been hospitalized ever since near Aylesbury, England.
Shaffer last year staged the "British Invasion: A Tribute to Mike Smith" concert in New York featuring the Zombies, Billy J. Kramer, Denny Laine of the Moody Blues and Peter and Gordon.
DVDS of the concert sold on livenation.com will help pay Smith's bills at Stoke Mandeville spinal injury hospital, Shaffer told Tuesday's New York Daily News.
Shaffer said he recently delivered a "British Invasion" DVD to Smith, who he found to be "amazingly positive for a guy in such a state of affairs."
"He has a tracheotomy. He moves around in a motorized wheelchair. Luckily, his right arm is mobile enough to operate it," Shaffer told the Daily News. "Nonetheless, he's a lovely English gentleman with a great sense of humor."
