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| "Minute By Minute" Autographed LP with Certificate of Authenticity (with Michael McDonald). |
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About this item
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock group, best known for hit singles like "Black Water", "China Grove," "Listen to the Music," "Long Train Runnin'," and "What a Fool Believes." They have sold millions of records from the 1970s to the present.
In 1969, singer, guitarist and song writer Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman formed the nucleus of what would become The Doobie Brothers. Skip Spence of Moby Grape (formerly of the Jefferson Airplane) introduced them to one another. In 1970, they teamed up with bass player Dave Shogren and singer, guitarist and song writer Pat Simmons. Tom Johnston attributed the band's eventual name to friend and housemate Keith "Dyno" Rosen, who considered it an improvement over Pud (their first name).
After numerous changes in line up, the Doobies' trademark sound - an amalgam of R&B, country, bluegrass, heavy metal and rock and roll - emerged fully formed in the sophomore album, Toulouse Street (which spawned the classic rock staples "Listen To The Music," "Rockin' Down the Highway" and "Jesus Is Just Alright"), brought the band their breakthrough success.
In 1974, Steely Dan co-lead guitarist Jeff Baxter (nicknamed "Skunk") learned that his band was retiring from the road and that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker intended to work almost exclusively with session players in the future. In need of a steady gig, he segued into the Doobie Brothers as third lead guitarist in the middle of their current tour. He had previously worked with the band in the studio, adding pedal steel guitar to both Captain ("South City Midnight Lady") and Vices ("Black Water").
By the end of 1974, Johnston's health was suffering and in 1975 he required emergency hospitalization. With a tour already booked and an album to record, guitarist Baxter proposed recruiting a fellow Steely Dan alum to fill the hole: singer, song writer and keyboardist Michael McDonald. The resulting LP, Takin' It to the Streets, debuted a radical change in their sound. Above all, McDonald's voice became the band's new signature sound.
After almost a decade on the road, and with seven albums under their belts, the Doobies' career unexpectedly soared with the success of their next album, 1978's Minute by Minute. It spent five weeks at the top of the music charts and dominated several radio formats for the better part of two years. McDonald's song "What a Fool Believes," written with Kenny Loggins, was the band's second #1 single and earned the song writing duo a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
The Doobie Brothers have reunited, changed line up, but still continue to tour today. The've been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1996 but have yet to be nominated.
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