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Post by kim on Apr 23, 2011 10:43:35 GMT -5
Although I was never a fan, and can't recall if we had
a following, let alone a thread posted here for this group...
was wondering, any fans here?
I was never much of a fan of the group per se, but respected
those that migrated from Steely Dan to further their career
and influence on music over the years.
Any takers?
Thanks
Kim
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Post by Equinox on Apr 23, 2011 11:08:46 GMT -5
Wasn't a huge fan, but liked them in the early 70's. Long Train Runnin' and China Grove always bring back High School dance memories, as they were must plays for the local bands.
Once Michael McDonald took over the singing, I stopped listening.
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Post by Jesse on Apr 23, 2011 15:21:15 GMT -5
One of my favorites, but I will admit that there are very few Doobie Brothers gems to be found outside their greatest hits packages.
Not sure where this song came from, but it's one worth having in your collection:
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Post by rtbuck on Apr 23, 2011 15:40:03 GMT -5
I Like the Doobie Brothers, I seen them last summer & they were phenomenal live. Here's a review in case anyone missed it:
The Doobie Brothers
Date: 8/10/2010
Venue: Artpark Lewiston, NY
Review by Bucky
In the mid 70’s when I was around 12 years old I was buying the latest 45’s & this is was my introduction to the Doobie Brothers with their hit from 1975 “Black Water”. Sometime in the late 70’s I caught a concert by the Doobies on PBS & loved it especially the song “China Grove”. I went out & bought ‘The Best of the Doobies’ record & ended up wearing out the grooves. The next time I saw them on TV was on an episode of “What’s Happening” in which one of the show’s main characters (Rerun) received free tickets to a sold out Doobie Brothers concert but in return he had to bootleg the show. Things went bad when he was dancing around at the end of “Takin it to the Streets” & his recorder fell out of his jacket. Fortunately all that was audible was him eating popcorn.
Last night the Doobie Brothers played a concert in Lewiston, NY & it was a phenomenal show in which they performed their standard classic hits, a few new song s from their upcoming ‘World Gone Crazy’ album, & a few songs that surprised me. The show broke all attendance records at the Artpark venue & people were still filing into the concert 8 songs into their set. The Doobies consisted of Tom Johnson(vocals/guitar), Patrick Simmons(guitars/vocals), John Mcfee(guitars/vocals), Guy Allison (Keyboards/vocals), Skylark(bass), Marc Russo(saxophone), & two drummers (Michael Hossack & Ed Toth). The band sounded great & kicked off their set with “Take Me in Your Arms” which had the crowd singing & dancing. My set list may be a little off but without stopping for a moment the band rocked out three more songs “Jesus is Just Alright”, “Dangerous”, & “Rockin’ Down the Highway”. “Dangerous” had a spectacular opening intro with Patrick Simmons & Tom Johnson jamming a bluesy riff together & then the two were joined by John Mcfee on slide guitar. After those three songs the band went back to their 1973 album ‘The Captain & Me’ album & performed “Clear as the Driven Snow” before playing their classic hit “Taking it to the Streets”. Tom Johnson told the crowd that the Doobies would be releasing a new album titled ‘World Gone Crazy’ the band proceeded to play three tracks from the upcoming album “Nobody” (The first single from the album), “World Gone Crazy”, & “Back to the Chateau”. All three songs were great but “Back to the Chateau” was the best & most rocking of the three songs. Up next was my favorite part of the performance as the band went back to their ‘Toulouse Street’ album & played a bluesy Sonnyboy Williamson track titled “Don’t Start Me Talking”(which the New York Dolls covered & also David Johansen solo covered a more bluesy version than the Dolls rocking version). The band jammed out this song with great blues style & then immediately went into Bobby Day’s “Little Bitty Pretty One”. I could just feel what song would be next so I turned to my wife & said “I guarantee you “Black Water” will be next!” which it was & the crowd kept on singing & dancing to the 1975 smash hit. They finished out their set by playing “China Grove”, “Without You”, & “Listen to the Music”. Overall, it was a spectacular show & the band sounded tight as ever & it was great hearing songs such as “Clear as the Driven Snow” & “Don’t Start Me Talking”.
Bucky
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Post by Ricky on Apr 24, 2011 2:41:24 GMT -5
good band ...I am not a fan of McDonald either
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Post by blackers45 on Apr 26, 2011 23:54:33 GMT -5
Theres only 2 guitarists who can rock a black hat, Blackmore and Slash. Not the guy in the video.
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Post by Rush862 on Apr 28, 2011 10:01:42 GMT -5
One of my favorites, but I will admit that there are very few Doobie Brothers gems to be found outside their greatest hits packages. Not sure where this song came from, but it's one worth having in your collection: This is from their latest cd World Gone Crazy... a very good cd if you are at all into the Doobies... I am a bigger fan of the non McDonald version of the Doobies, but have always been a fan regardless... it was great when Tom Johnston came back and they brought back the original sound of the Doobies instead of the R and B stuff they were doing with Michael McDonald... I think that those who don't know the Doobies without McDonald need to check out their older stuff, and not be afraid to try some of their more recent material... they have released two fairly solid cds in the past number of years and still put on a great live show. |
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Post by Trexx on Apr 28, 2011 13:35:36 GMT -5
Love the old stuff, can't stand the McDonald version at all.
The "Jesus" song is way cool.
China Grove...
Black Water, terrific...
Yeah, the old stuff without the "muffle-man" singer.
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Post by Jesse on Apr 28, 2011 14:28:00 GMT -5
One of my favorites, but I will admit that there are very few Doobie Brothers gems to be found outside their greatest hits packages. Not sure where this song came from, but it's one worth having in your collection: This is from their latest cd World Gone Crazy... a very good cd if you are at all into the Doobies... That's what all the information I looked up tells me. However, "World Gone Crazy" was released last July and I've had this song in my collection for several years already.  |
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