Thursday, June 26, 2008

BROTHERS OF THE DOOBIE VARIETY


Who of course, are neither brothers nor doobies. But, listening to this CD at lunch today, brings to mind how they were actually two different bands. Now this bootleg recorded in Tokyo, Japan in 1979 shows the difference between the two of them. Two thirds of the songs are good old rockin' Doobie Bros. songs, the other third are Michael 'the man who killed the Doobies' McDonald songs. I remember after probably 2 albums into the MM version of the band, I stopped buying their albums. They were a kick-ass rock band, and became a wimpy-ass R&B band, due to MM's songs.
But if you see them now, after the break-up and reunion, and now sans MM, they're back to being a kick-ass rock band, who play mostly their songs, and not his.
Which is as it should be in a perfect world...

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