Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton; Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers; country hitmaker (and Variety‘s 2023 Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year) Ashley ...

“We were a work in progress all the time,” Tom Johnston says ... Then there were the hits: Listen to the Music, Long Train Runnin’, China Grove, Takin’ It to the Streets, and many more ...

“We have 10 new songs sung by Tom, Michael and Pat ... The album will be the first with new music featuring McDonald, Simmons and Johnston since “Takin’ It to the Streets” was released in 1975.

Funk innovator George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers’ Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons and The Beach Boys’ Mike Love are among this year’s inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

A classic rock band has released two new songs from their upcoming album that will feature its core lineup for the first time in 50 years. The Doobie Brothers released “Walk This Road” (featuring ...

This combination of photos show members of the Doobie Brothers, from left, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick ... Clinton is an innovator of American popular music — a long overdue inductee ...

Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons ... and “The Captain and Me,” and radio hits such as “Listen to the Music,” “China Grove,” “Black Water” and “Long Train Runnin‘.” ...