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Rock Hall Of Fame Band On The Their 70s Classic Rock Hit That Wrote Itself | Professor of Rock
TOM JOHNSTON and PAT SIMMONS of the Doobie Brothers tells the story behind and all time classic rock standard. Listen to Music! In the early 70s when the song went to #11 and put the band on the map it was the perfect song for the times because it came from a trying time in our nations’ history. They wrote it as an afterthought but it would become one of the staples of 70s rock radio and we still sing it today.
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Much was changing in music as the 60s switched over to the 70s. Vietnam was raging, young men were being drafted, and were being shipped off, unsure of what the future would hold. It was a time of great trial. It really came to a boil when the tragedy transpired at Kent state in early may of 1970. It was in this exasperating time when a band named the Doobie Brothers formed in San Jose California.
The band would have a massive run through the rock era to now. They were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2020 though they should have been a first ballot. The band two iterations, the Rock and the soul… From 1970 to 1975 it featured lead vocalist Tom Johnston along with the great Pat Simmons leading their classic straight ahead rock sound that included a mix of Folk, R& B and Country With hit galore that would dominate radio from their release to now. Songs like today’s focus: Listen to the Music as wells China Grove, Long Train Running and so many more.
Then Micheal McDonald joined the band in 1975 as a keyboard player and second lead vocalist, to give some relief to Johnston, who had some pretty serious health challenges at the time. . this brought a pop soul element to the band including Taking it to the Streets and the #1 smash What A Fool Believes. They broke up for a time to the chagrin to Michael Douglas… then came back together with Johnston and Simmons hating the charts at the end of the 80s with The Doctor.
The Doobies first album that self titled came out in the spring of 1971 through Warner Bros. Produced by Lenny Wanoker and Ted Templemen who would become a mainstay with the band. The first single called Nobody failed to chart as did the album… The single was rereleased and did a little better charting at #58 on the billboard hot 100 but it was the second album that would have the real impact. Toulouse Street was released on July 1, 1972, Being their first album with new bassist Tiran Porter who became permanent it also included second drummer Michael Hossack to support existing drummer John Hartman, starting their trademark twin-drummer sound.
Toulouse Street is the name of a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans The cover and inside centerfold photos were taken at a an actual former on Toulouse Street. It would have an immediate impact with their first big hit Listen to the Music dropping at just the right time. It really resonated with the masses, with the challenges the nation was facing. It was the perfect song for the moment.
