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The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1970. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies , the band has been active for over five decades, with their greatest success taking place in the 1970s.
"South City Midnight Lady", while being about South San Francisco, is not about any woman in particular. Jeff Baxter of Steely Dan played pedal steel guitar on the track. He would become an official Doobie Brother in 1974. Cecil and Margouleff also added the synthesized effect of a woman whispering at the end. [10]
The Doobie Brothers reformed again in 1987, and the band are still touring, as of 2024, being led by Simmons and Johnston. Their latest album was Liberté (2021). The group has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. [5] [6] The Doobie Brothers were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, [7] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...
With that in mind, Baxter left the band in 1974 to join The Doobie Brothers, who at the time were touring in support of their fourth album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits. As a session man, he had contributed pedal steel guitar on Vices as well as "South City Midnight Lady" on its predecessor, The Captain and Me.
The Doobie Brothers, clockwise from top left, John McFee, Patrick Simmons, Michael McDonald and Tom Johnston. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Farewell Tour is the first live album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1983.It documents the group's 1982 Farewell Tour and is a double album set. By the early 1980s, the Doobie Brothers had evolved from the guitar-boogie sound under original band frontman Tom Johnston to a soulful keyboard-driven AOR sound under Michael McDonald.
Rockin’ Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert is the second double live album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).The concerts were performed to benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society, hence the album's title.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave the album 4.5/5 stars, writing: ...for the average listener, this may be just a little too generous at 33 tracks. That's a long running time, providing room for all the hits plus a bunch of album tracks that weren't necessarily on album rock radio, so this may be too much for listeners who just want the hits; they should stick to that 2001 Greatest Hits.