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"If we do another record, we might just sit in a room together and play the tracks like we used to in the old days and see what happens." ...
Tom Johnston performs onstage with the Doobie Brothers in 1974 “This was during the Vietnam era, so I’m assuming that had something to do with the lyrics I came up with.
Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons – founding and current members of the Doobie Brothers – will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. They and fellow Doobie Brother ...
With a new album, tour and impending induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Doobie Brothers are takin’ it to the streets like it’s 1976.. The quartet of Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston ...
After more than 50 years of music making, it is namely the first record which has been jointly recorded as a band by Tom Johnston (76), Pat Simmons (76), John McFee (74) and Michael McDonald (73).
Johnston temporarily departed the Doobies in 1977, five years before the group broke up. He returned to the reformed band’s ranks in 1987 and helped lead its full-fledged reunion two years later.