The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band, best known for hit singles like "Black Water". They were popular throughout the 1970s.

The original incarnation

The founding members were lead vocalist Tom Johnston and drummer John Hartman, both former members of a group called Pud. In 1970, after leaving that band, they joined up with bass player Dave Shogren and guitarist Patrick Simmons, and thus The Doobie Brothers was formed. The band's name was taken from a slang term for the marijuana joint.

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Tom Johnston - John Hartman - 1970 - Dave Shogren - Patrick Simmons - Slang - Marijuana

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The group's 1971 self-titled debut album failed to chart.

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1971 - Self-titled debut album

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But it was after their next album (on which bass player Dave Shogren was replaced by Tiran Porter), Toulouse Street (which spawned the hit singles "Listen To The Music" and "Jesus Is Just Alright"), that brought the band their breakthrough success. Under the leadership of Johnston and Simmons, the Doobies' trademark sound (a cross between heavy metal and Southern rock) helped lead the band to the Top Ten charts with such other hits as "Long Train Runnin'" and "China Grove" (from their 1973 album The Captain And Me), and "Black Water" (from 1974's What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits). These early singles continued to be hits for the next few years and eventually earned continued airplay among today's Classic Rock radio stations. The following year (1975), Steely Dan member Jeff Baxter (nicknamed "Skunk") joined the band as a guitarist.

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Southern rock - 1973 - 1974 - Radio - 1975 - Steely Dan - Jeff Baxter

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Their live shows had given them an energetic fan base, primarily among the Hells Angels of Southern California.

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Hells Angels - California

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