Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers assumed the song he was writing in 1973 about a slow-moving Texas town called "China Grove" was fictional. Until he remembered that it wasn't. The song started ...

The Impact of “China Grove” “China Grove” was the second single to be released from The Doobie Brothers’ third album The Captain and Me, following on the heels of their first Top-10 ...

With the Doobie’s Hall of Fame induction ... the Music,” the Doobies still held onto their biker-rock edge. “China Grove,” which conjured images of crowded, Hells Angels-populated bars ...

“We were a work in progress all the time,” Tom Johnston says, recalling the Doobie Brothers’ first ... Long Train Runnin’, China Grove, Takin’ It to the Streets, and many more, which ...

A large part of what has made the Doobie Brothers' music so enduring ... Tom Johnston - 7: "Natural Thing," "Long Train Runnin'," "China Grove," "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman," "Without You" (with ...

Tom Johnston still sounds great on the microphone after more than a half century of rocking with San Jose’s legendary Doobie Brothers ... including such gems as “China Grove,” “Takin ...

Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers performs Oct. 25 ... including such gems as “China Grove,” “Takin’ It to the Streets,” “Listen to the Music,” “Black Water,” “Rockin ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Doobie Brothers hits include “Listen to the Music,” “Black Water,” and “China Grove.” ...