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HISTORICAL FACTS: The doobie brothers - The Untold Story

“I’ve never even been on a yacht... I don’t even know what ‘yacht rock’ is supposed to mean. It just seems absurd to me”: The Doobie Brothers on their many imitators, their many hits, and the making of Long Train Runnin’

Ahead of their tour with Carlos Santana, Doobie Brothers guitarists Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee revisit their classic tracks and how they came together

Guitar World

“Kenny came over to me, holding his guitar, and said, ‘I think you should let Mike play the keyboard’”: Charlie Puth on making “yacht rock in 2026” with Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins

Puth says that Loggins came up with the title of their new song, Love In Exile, before they’d even started writing it

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“Even when we went to collect the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1980, I was thinking, ‘How did this happen?’”: This No.1 hit is the pinnacle of yacht rock, but its smooth sound belies its tortuous creation

When Michael McDonald teamed up with Kenny Loggins, there was magic in the air

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"An unexpurgated burst of creativity with no nuance or tact or second-guessing. Just raw, hard rock frenzy unleashed." Japan's Flower Travellin' Band aren't for the faint-hearted on proto-prog-guitar-wigout Satori

Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure

Louder

“Bob Dylan wrote some notes on a napkin and said, ‘Give this to McGuinn. He’ll know what to do withit.’ It was like the Holy Grail”: Roger McGuinn on the making of The Byrds’ countercultural classic

Roger McGuinn explains how Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Bob Dylan and CBS-era Fender amps all factored into the making of The Byrds’ 1969 classic, Ballad of Easy Rider

Guitar World

"Being in this band is like home. I enjoy being a Doobie Brother": 50 years down the tracks, the Doobie Brothers remain friends - even when they argue

With vocalist Michael McDonald on board again and a new album, the Doobie Brothers still have what it takes

Louder

"An album as full of joy as it is of craft": The Doobie Brothers bring back Michael McDonald on Walk This Road

Whoa-oh-whoa, they’ve brought the big gun back into the band for album number 16

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‘Emotion and history through color’: the activism of Tomashi Jackson’s art

The Houston-born artist returns home for a mid-career survey of her work exploring the use of color and discussions of race in America

The Guardian - US

“These are perilous times. We are staring down a dark channel that could lead to totalitarianism”: Even yacht rock icon Michael McDonald is criticising Donald Trump and the US government

Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald is worried about the state of America

Louder

The Doobie Brothers in 2025: A tour, a new album and a date with Songwriters Hall of Fame

Just cue up the first song from the new album by The Doobie Brothers and you’ll hear something unusual: harmony, in a new way

The Independent UK

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Larkin Poe, Ricky Warwick, the Doobie Brothers and five other rockin' rebels, rampagers and rioters

Louder

Doobie Brothers to release first new album with Michael McDonald in 40 years

Doobie Brothers are set to release their new album this summer, which will feature Michael McDonald for the first time in 40 years.

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"Above all, it was detested by the critics": A beginner’s guide to yacht rock in five essential albums

Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian-shirted glory

Louder

Eminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods

Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N

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Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and Stewart Copeland of The Police among the stars confirmed for Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp

Los Angeles camp attendees will learn from former members of The Doors, The Police, Nickelback, Black Sabbath and more

Guitar World

Robby Krieger, Skunk Baxter and Leland Sklar among rock veterans leading the February edition of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp

The Masters of Rock: 2025 edition also features The Police's Stewart Copeland and wraps up with shows at LA's legendary Sunset Strip venues

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"Robin Trower taps into the ethereal magic that made Jimi Hendrix's playing so forward-thinking": Procol Harum's tribute to the departed shines on Broken Barricades

1971’s Broken Barricades was Procol Harum's last with guitarist Robin Trower. Despite – or perhaps because of - this, it’s one of their most guitar-led

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The Doobie Brothers Reunite For New Album And Tour

The Doobie Brothers announce 2024 tour dates and new album featuring Michael McDonald after 44 years. McDonald also set to release a memoir, adding depth t...

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“Don’t sell your first bass. Even if you never play it again, in later life you’ll wish you still had it”: With a stage name coined by Bootsy Collins, Freekbass names the one bass that “like an idiot” he ended up selling

Chris ‘Freekbass’ Sherman on how a Rickenbacker and a BC Rich (via Tiran Porter from the Doobie Brothers) set him on a lifelong low-end path

Louder

“To survive in this game, we had to get away from the 10-minute guitar solos”: the story of .38 Special, Blackfoot and the Southern Rock/AOR crossover

In the late 70s and early 80s, many of Southern Rock’s finest swapped twanging guitars for melodic rock magnificence

The Independent UK

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R

Louder

A beginner’s guide to yacht rock in five essential albums

Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, Hawaiian shirted glory

Louder

Music doesn't get much breezier than The Doobie Brothers on the Midnight Special

Watch The Doobie Brothers play a delightfully carefree version of Listen To The Music on the Midnight Special in 1973

Tribune News Service

Doobie Brothers will continue tour without ailing lead singer

Tom Johnston is dropping off the Doobie Brothers’ ongoing 50th anniversary tour while he addresses a problem with his back.

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