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Charles Thomas Johnston (born August 15, 1948) [1] is an American musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist, known principally as a founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter for the rock group the Doobie Brothers , as well as for his own solo career.
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. 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.
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"Long Train Runnin '" (or "Long Train Running") is a song recorded by American rock band the Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was included on the band's third album, The Captain and Me (1973), and was released as a single by Warner Bros. , becoming a hit and peaking at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
It was written and sung by the band's original lead singer and songwriter Tom Johnston. [4] The song reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100. While there is a real place named China Grove in Texas, Johnston's lyrics about the community are mostly fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40.
Writer Tom Johnston described the inspiration for the song as a call for world peace: "The chord structure of it made me think of something positive, so the lyrics that came out of that were based on this utopian idea that if the leaders of the world got together on some grassy hill somewhere and either smoked enough dope or just sat down and just listened to the music and forgot about all ...
Thomas Jack (Tom Jack Johnston, born 1993), Australian DJ and musician; pioneer of the "tropical house" subgenre Tom Johnston (musician) (born 1948), American musician, co-founder of The Doobie Brothers
Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers) Davey Johnstone ; Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation) Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers) Adam Jones ; Buddy Jones; Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones) Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) Danny Jones ; Kelly Jones (Stereophonics) Mick Jones ; Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon)