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According to Tom Johnston, Rosen said, "Why don't you call yourself the Doobie Brothers because you're always smoking pot?" Hartman has said he wasn't involved with choosing the name, and didn't know that "doobie" meant a marijuana joint until Rosen told him. Their friend Keith "Dyno" Rosen, who lived with or next-door to the band, came up with the name after the band had difficulty coming up with one on their own. While still playing locally around San Jose, the group adopted the name "Doobie Brothers". He was already an accomplished fingerstyle player whose approach to the instrument complemented Johnston's rhythmic R&B strumming. Simmons had belonged to several area groups (among them "Scratch", an acoustic trio with future Doobies bassist Tiran Porter) and also performed as a solo artist.
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In 1970, they teamed up with singer, guitarist, and songwriter Patrick Simmons and bassist Dave Shogren. They were mostly a power trio (along with bassist Greg Murphy) but briefly worked with a horn section. Johnston and Hartman called their fledgling group "Pud" and experimented with lineups (occasionally including Spence) and styles as they performed in and around San Jose. Spence introduced Hartman to singer, guitarist, and songwriter Tom Johnston and the two proceeded to form the nucleus of what would become the Doobie Brothers. Ĭareer Original incarnation ĭrummer John Hartman arrived in California determined to meet Skip Spence of Moby Grape and join an aborted Grape reunion. The group has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on November 7, 2020.
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The band's sixteen Billboard Hot 100 top-40 hits include " Listen to the Music", " Jesus is Just Alright", " Long Train Runnin'", " China Grove", " Black Water" (#1 in 1974), " Takin' It to the Streets", " What A Fool Believes" (#1 in 1979), and " The Doctor", all of which remain in heavy rotation on classic hits radio. The band has released six live albums, and numerous greatest hits compilations, including 1976's Best of The Doobies, which was certified diamond by the RIAA for reaching album sales of ten million copies, the band's best selling album. The group's fourteen studio albums include six top-ten appearances on the Billboard 200 album chart, including 1978's Minute by Minute, which reached number one for five weeks, and won the band a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, while the single " What A Fool Believes" from the album won three Grammys itself. In 1987 the Doobie Brothers reformed with Johnston back in the fold McDonald, who had previously made several guest appearances since their reformation, returned to the band full-time in 2019 for their 50th anniversary tour. Frequent lineup changes followed through the rest of the 1970s, and the band broke up in 1982 with Simmons being the only constant member having appeared on all of their albums. Johnston and McDonald performed together as co-lead vocalists for one album, Takin' It to the Streets, before Johnston retired fully in 1977. McDonald's interest in soul music introduced a new sound to the band. Michael McDonald joined the band in 1975 as a keyboard player and second lead vocalist, to give some relief to Johnston, who was suffering health problems at the time. Johnston provided the lead vocals for the band from 1970 to 1975, when they featured a mainstream rock sound with elements of folk, country and R&B. They performed gospel influenced songs such as "Take Me in your Arms" and " Jesus is Just Alright". Active for five decades, with their greatest success in the 1970s, the group's current lineup consists of founding members Tom Johnston (guitars, vocals) and Patrick Simmons (guitars, vocals), alongside Michael McDonald (keyboards, vocals) and John McFee (guitars, pedal steel, violin, backing vocals), and touring musicians including John Cowan (bass, vocals), Marc Russo (saxophones), Ed Toth (drums), and Marc Quiñones (percussion). The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band from San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. See List of the Doobie Brothers band members