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The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. Active for five decades, with their greatest success during the 1970s, the group's current lineup consists of founding members Tom Johnston (guitars, keyboards ...
- 1970–1982, 1987–present
- See: List of the Doobie Brothers band members
- San Jose, California, U.S.
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THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (Apr 30, 1971) * Nobody * Slippery St. Paul * Greenwood Creek TOULOUSE STREET (Jul 1, 1972) * Listen To The Music * Mamaloi * Rockin' Down The Highway * Toulouse Street *...
- “Listen to the Music” (Toulouse Street, 1972) The Doobies’ breakthrough hit is a soft-touch anthem that crossed formats from rock to top 40 to adult contemporary — hilariously getting the word “doobie” mentioned, quite a bit, on generally conservative airwaves of the latter two.
- “Black Water” (What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, 1974) Country music, and Mississippi for that matter, were about as far away from FM rock as you could get at this point in time.
- “Takin’ It to the Streets” (Takin’ It to the Streets, 1976) McDonald’s first single with the Doobies (and title track of the group’s sixth album) was a winner, a people-have-the-power anthem that fit his native Ferguson, Mo., nearly four decades later as it did bicentennial America — and will probably sound just as relevant, and resonant, for eternity.
- “China Grove” (The Captain and Me, 1973) Plain and simple — it rocks. Johnston’s opening riffs are the stuff of air guitar legend, and the “sleepy little town” comes alive in clear detail.
May 9, 2024 · The Doobie Brothers, American rock band whose shift from Southern rock and blues-inspired compositions toward a commercially appealing soft rock sound resulted in its relevance and popularity throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was formed in San Jose, California, in 1970 by.
