“We were a work in progress all the time,” Tom Johnston says, recalling the Doobie Brothers’ first era ... with two – 1973’s The Captain and Me and ’74’s What Were Once Vices ...

The Doobie Brothers' long career can be broken into three parts: pre-Michael McDonald era, the Michael McDonald era and post-Michael McDonald era. Before the singer-songwriter and keyboardist ...

GM: After Pretzel Logic, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker determined that Steely Dan would just be a duo going forward, so you joined The Doobie Brothers ... cover “Take Me in Your Arms (Rock ...

The Doobie Brothers, Pat Simmons (from left),Tom Johnston ... new memorable songs that could have easily fit on “The Captain and Me” and “Stampede.” “I kind of felt like we were in ...