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[@ktheredfrog]

The community became famous in 1973 when the Doobie Brothers' "China Grove" became a hit song. It was written and sung by The Doobies' Tom Johnston, who wrote it after passing through the town on his way to a concert in San Antonio, Texas. Despite its name and Johnston's lyrics, China Grove does not have a sizable Asian population; residents tracing their heritage to Asia number less than 0.1% of the population. Instead, the town got its name from a grove of chinaberry trees once located near the town's train depot, no longer extant.

[@4nciite]

Chinaberry is actually slang for a Persian Lilac Tree which originated in the Middle East and has nothing to do with China.

[@wesalker3479]

Less than 5 square miles, in size.

[@billbox1916]

Wow!

[@DanDarden]

Well, I guess great minds think alike. I went the same place and did the same thing before reading your comment.

[@gregdayton5117]

Tom Johnston totally rocks on this tune!

[@brenthowell6148]

Tom Johnston sung lead on this song. He was the first lead singer with The Doobie Brothers along with Patrick Simmons. Tom got sick around the mid-seventies, they brought Michael McDonald in, then from that point on he sang lead for The Doobie Brothers. This song was made just before the mid-seventies. They were all great on the songs they sung.✌️

[@brianherrington7226]

Now all three are back together and singing in the band.

[@chrisa4695]

I think Skunk Baxter was brought in to replace Tom Johnston. He recommended Michael McDonald to the band

[@sarahm.5356]

@@chrisa4695 Skunk came on two years before Tom got sick. Skunk did recommend Michael, because they'd been together in Steely Dan. Michael was only supposed to fill in during the tour they were on at the time Tom had to go to the hospital. But he stuck around because it all worked. Tom came back after a year, and the Doobies toured with both him and Michael. But then Tom didn't like the musical direction the rest of the band was liking with Michael, so Tom left again in the middle of making Livin' on the Fault Line album. So then they went on with Michael for a few years, but THEN the manager did stuff the really pissed off Pat Simmons, and he left and that was the end of the Doobies for a few years. Until, of course, they got back together....

[@chrisa4695]

@@sarahm.5356 Good info. Thanks for the clarification. I remember Patrick going solo and being on American Bandstand but I did not know the backstory. I recall it was before the “fair well tour”.

[@paulb4604]

One of the biggest songs by one of the best groups of the '70s!

[@fpanpurrzachariah6290]

The Doobies bus broke down and it took 2 days to fix it. The people of the town were so nice the Doobies wrote this song for them.

[@cesarnarro6013]

There are many different stories about why Tom Johnston wrote this song.

[@dave0915]

"China Grove" 🎵 When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town Down around San Antone 🎵

[@traetitus8779]

China Grove is a town in Texas. They drove through it on their bus. Thats how this song came about.

[@carollandrum9223]

This is before Michael McDonald. I like them better before he joined. Please please react to South City Midnight Lady. My favorite Doobie song!

[@bobleek6975]

Agree I love Michael Mcdonald but he sings a much more mellow ballad type song. To me this is the Doobies. KEEP ROCKIN 🎸

[@bluetopguitar1104]

The original band with Tom Johnston on guitar. My favorite vocalist in the band. Great guitar too. My band played this at lots of high school proms back in the 70s. "Listen to the music" was a giant hit. Also "Jesus is just alright" , " Long train running" and "Eyes of silver" are very cool. They had two drummers and the bass player had a very interesting style. A mix of influences .A major hitmaking band.

[@chab1rd155]

Can't go wrong with the Doobie Bros!

[@grandmarshal7539]

Ahhh...The seventies and 80's. Music will never be the same

[@sassytbc7923]

In the beginning he mentions “a sleepy little town, down around San Antone”

[@davidkilianek9168]

The Doobie Brothers !!! Great group... Now your talking party music all through High School. " Jesus is just Alright With Me." " Take Me In Your Arms.". " Rock'n Down The Highway.". " Long Train Running." Just to name a few.

[@tully3711th]

“Downtown” Chine Grove has 1 firehouse, 1 Dental Office, and 1 City Hall Building. Then scatter about 10 houses and there you have it

[@groverlongwire858]

The lead singer wrote this song just based on the name of the town, making up a cool little story of what someone might imagine while driving through and seeing the sign, “China Grove.” Very creative indeed. We got y’all cranked up down here in Austin! Thank you Asia and BJ for your hard work and good vibes!

[@joeking6763]

LOL - one of the members in this band - DOOBIE BROTHERS - was in the band STEELY DAN that you just played the other day. JEFF "SKUNK" BAXTER - He also worked as a defense consultant and chaired a Congressional Advisory Board on missile defense!

[@CooT317]

Can’t argue about the fantastic voice of MM but I‘ll always prefer these early Doobies. Black Water is my personal fav. Saw them in Chicago in the 90’s with Lynnard Skynnard . What a concert!

[@StevesFunhouse]

Yeah, Michael MacDonald always destroys bands ... not because he's not phenomenal, which he is, but once he joins a band, they are his band and sound like him, killing the original band that everybody loved instantly. The only band that got away with it is Toto, because they didn't feature him and used him for backups ... probably the reason he didn't stay with them too.

[@jimpaquette8007]

@@StevesFunhouse MM brought the Doobies to new heights including a number 1 song and a Grammy for song of the year so I'm sure the band didn't feel destroyed!

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@jimpaquette8007 Never said I didn't like or appreciate the man, just that he has a habit of destroying existing ones when he joins them. Also, the "number 1" spot and a quarter means nothing in the life of a band, especially 1 with such a huge catalog, pre-MM. I am realistic ... I KNOW they needed him (or someone) because of Tom Johnston's illness (while on tour) and his eventual departure, but him joining ... that officially killed the old sound, and I for one, really liked that older sound much, MUCH more ... because it was already great, it was a little unusual, and better represented the name, "Doobie Brothers". When he joined them, they might as well just gone ahead and renamed themselves, "The Michael MacDonald Band" right then and there, because it sounded no different than any other band he had been in, with the lone exception of Toto. That was probably due to the fact that he wasn't there long. Tom Johnston's departure

[@jimpaquette8007]

@@StevesFunhouse I get the fact that you prefer the pre MM days but to say he destroyed the Doobies is your opinion not a fact the man brought many hits to the band I don't think they would feel destroyed at all far from it!

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@jimpaquette8007 Apparently, you don't read so well. I didn't say he destroyed the Doobies. I said he officially killed their old sound, and that is fact !!! It makes no difference how many hits the New Michael MacDonald Band had after that ... because it was no LONGER the Doobie Brothers that the rest of us knew and loved. It also has nothing to do with how famous he (and they) made them after he joined, or whether they were more successful or not, but you can't deny that their sound changed. You are confusing financial success with musical greatness. Success is NOT a measure of greatness ... it can be, if all you're looking at is the revenue they generate, but it is NOT a measure of the greatness of a band any any point in their career. Again, I will say it ... close your eyes and listen to any band that MM was in, and TRY to see and/or identify where you can hear the band's influence, separate from MM. You can't, because not only is he the singer, but he also plays keyboards, in HIS style. The rest of the band may become rich, but they also become unknown. For that reason, people who LIKED the old DBs or, like me, thought their old sound was better, effectively knew the end of an era had come to pass, that ship had sailed and there would be no more "Doobie Brothers" as we knew it. That is fact !!! Finally, I never said they did bad music or never did any good music. I said, they were different ... the Doobie Brothers, in name only, and that I, like many, MANY others, thought so too. We ARE entitled to have our opinions, regardless of what you think, and I won't let anyone try to tell me what I like. or what I can think. Sorry if you can't respect that ...

[@williethebeerman]

Tom Johnston said in an interview he never heard of China Grove and had a dream one night about this strange town. Years later, while in a cab in Texas, the cabbie was asking Tom how he knew about China Grove Texas. Tom said "There really is a China Grove Texas?" The cabbie told him "Yes, and it really is just around San Antonio" Tom was stunned.

[@EarthWalker2023]

Lives 29 miles from China Grove 😆

[@stevedahlberg8680]

But after he learned that, he later recalled that he had seen a sign for it when they were on the road to San Antonio and had just forgotten about it.

[@nativetexan9776]

I use to work in China Grove. This song describes it perfectly.

[@DaveRod76]

Haha, it was in the lyrics that it was in the vacinity of "San Antone," short for San Antonio, Texas. It's a tiny, rural town out there in the middle of no where. haha.

[@ballsyrocker]

After my future wife and I hitch hiked to southern California back in 1975 from north Indiana with 50 dollars ,a duffel bag, and suitcase... we got jobs and saw the Doobie Brothers live at Long beach Arena. They were amazing and we had great seats up front and center area. Same place we saw Led Zeppelin that same year. Both Epic concerts back in the day for $7.50 and $8.50 per ticket for 3 hours of music with each group. Those days are gone and I am blessed to have been there. : ) I am 72 and still a rocker!

[@raymondreid4987]

You must remember that when we allowed immigrants into our country most of them formed small communities in certain areas that carried the culture of their homeland. There is also a little Italy if I remember right it's in NY or around the Bronx area.

[@lancevaughn432]

China Grove Texas just outside of San Antonio. There are great Doobie brothers songs before Michael McDonald. “Black Water”, “ Listen to The Music”,. “Jesus is just Alright”,. “Long Train Runnin“,. “South City Midnight Lady“,. “Rockin Down the Highway”, and many more. I was 14 and 1972 when I started listening to the Doobie Brothers.

[@edchaput3577]

Finally listened to a Tom Johnston song! Now please listen to "Long Train Running" easily their best song... sung by Tom... and if you do, watch the video... Tom Johnston does some insane harmonica work.

[@b.slocumb7763]

I listened to this song on a transistor radio back when I was a kid in the 70s, and only now did I just learn he was singing “China Grove.” Misheard lyrics wins again.😅

[@txrojas]

You just realized that he is singing the title of the song?

[@b.slocumb7763]

@@txrojas Dude, I never knew the title of the song, hence “misheard lyrics.” I was a kid, it wasn’t my kind of music, and if a DJ ever said the title of a song, I only paid attention if it was something I really, really liked. Besides, the only way you would know what he’s singing is if you knew the title of the song. Chill.

[@jd.fotosoul]

Hey guys……….China Grove is 2 miles east of San Antonio, TEXAS….outside loop 410. I have fam out there. :) --- Keep up all of your great video reviews! 👍👍👍👍👍😃😃😃😃😃❤️👏👏👏🇺🇸!!!!!

[@AsiaandBJ]

Thanks for the info!

[@johnisouth6636]

Nothing like listening to good music when your lifted huh BJ 😜😜😜😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joesmith8725]

I live in central Texas. China Grove is out east of San Antonio. Small town about an half an hour away from San Antone. lol Population is about 1K. but back in the 70s (when this song came out) it was only about 400. LOL Have no idea why they sung a song about that town. Great song nonetheless. yes, they always sounded so southern. Love that group.

[@DanielFrost21]

Another great up tempo song from the Doobies is "Rockin' Down The Highway".

[@juliewhite7469]

Good one 👍

[@fredkrissman6527]

Bummer Asia! China Grove is a product of the original Doobies (circa 1973), who I personally liked much more than the still great Michael McDonald era band beginning in '75... btw, CreedenceClearwater is another Cali-born band that had a seriously southern sound!

[@melodymcdonald2140]

Pat Simmons has a really nice laid back finger-picking style, and Tom Johnston was a little R&B, so I think that kind of gave them a Southern sound…

[@kevinsievert4531]

1,100 people live in China Grove, south of Austin, =west of Houston

[@crsounddoctor4937]

Hi Asia & BJ, I'm all the way in with you guys, when it comes to The Doobie Brothers!!! Great reaction!!! Keep them coming!!!

[@fionapomme]

South City Midnight Lady is another great track.

[@shirleybuffington6420]

China Grove is a small town on the Far East side of San Antonio, Texas

[@oldmanghost219]

I saw the Doobie Brothers in 1974 after Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter joined the group and before Michael. It was memorable for the 1st time I saw a group the didn't have a fancy show and just made everyone want to get up and dance. Also I had just reconnected with a cousin I had not seen in a long time and we went together. He died a month later at the age of 19.

[@williamscoggin1509]

This takes me back to my high school days in the mid-70s. California band with lead singer from Texas my home state. 👍🏻🇺🇲 China Grove is a tiny tiny tiny town that doesn't even show up on some maps. If I remember right it is east Southeast of San Antonio. 😀

[@steveboyes3367]

used to play this in a band in 78-80. We always made this the second song in the set cause it made everyone get out there and dance.

[@stevepecorella2704]

Rock’s roots are in Gospel & soul. That’s why you can feel it. Janis Joplin “Ball & chain”, AC/DC “Ride on” or most EARLY rock n roll in the 50s. Then whites picked up on it. Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin. TEXAS is called the Lone Star State.

[@timtravasos2742]

Awesome song. Mysterious meaning to the song.. But awesome creative music. Great bass part.

[@lamusiclover2264]

Michael McDonald wasn't in the group when this song was recorded. He came years later.

[@surlechapeau]

Asia & BJ, you will love their "Jesus Is Just Alright"(banger) and "Black Water"(softer) !!!

[@robertjohnson1681]

timeless classics

[@chrisa4695]

I would add Long Train Running

[@greymattervandal]

Funny how two smaller towns in Texas - this, and La Grange - have the most memorable songs.

[@metalmark1214]

Great song by the Doobie Brothers. Plus I love saying the word Doobie. Dooooobie😂. Also check out Jesus is Just Alright and Black Water.

[@raymondreid4987]

This band has had some of the best guitarists, bass players ,drummers, keyboards and other at anytime anyone who has been apart of this band can step in and play only the best. You should do south city midnight lady a true power ballad by them. They are great live a must too see 👀

[@williamweiss6128]

This is the Doobie Bros I love.

[@otisyoung7061]

They were a rock band till their lead singer got sick and they asked Michael McDonald to come in to sing lead.....Michael wrote songs in more of the R&B style......the original singer eventually got well again and came back and they became rock again

[@pmck6336]

As a kid, this was one of my favorite songs. Listening to it on KFRC AM Radio--- on my Digital Clock Radio. Wow!

[@pacard33]

China Grove is small little offshoot community just east of San Antonio (it really is a part of San Antonio; kinda like Santa Monica is a part of Los Angeles). Lots of good soul food and BBQ joints there!

[@melodymcdonald2140]

Check out Long Train Running, live version from Live At The Greek. It’s an extended version with lots of percussion and guitar solos… really fun! Also try Slack Key Soquel Rag… it’s kind of like a Dueling Banjos with Pat Simmons and John McFee on acoustics. Those guys know how to play!

[@centuryrox]

First line of the song: "When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town Down around San Antone" And that's right where it is, just east of San Antonio.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

They have a lot of good stuff but this is probably my favorite Doobie Brothers song. I just like the way it rocks. And the backing vocals and everything. The very first one of those I ever heard was in grade school and it was called black water, which is more mellow but a really beautiful song. It was on the radio all the time. Later I bought few of their albums. Another hit of theirs is, Jesus Just Left Chicago.

[@robertwalker1803]

Still touring and making albums 50 years later….legends.

[@rdobery]

From what I understand, the town China Grove got its name from a China berry grove of trees that have since died out. That's understandable because last year the few days of snow we had outside of Tyler, Texas almost killed my one China berry tree. All the top 2/3 is dead, but that bottom 1/3 is a fighter.

[@claimguy]

That is just one of the "sweetest" riffs ever put on tape. It's like it's "heavy", but it's not. It's just so smooooooth and bell-like. Add in some keys, drop in the bass, and you have a legend.

[@TimothySielbeck]

China Grove is a large land area, but small town, just east of San Antonio, Texas. The story I heard is that Tom Johnson saw the name on a sign after leaving a concert in S.A. and wrote the lyrics to fit the name.

[@davestang5454]

It's a Chinese immigrant community. One of many in America. Currently, the Plano area of Greater Dallas has a lot of immigrants from China moving in. New Orleans has a similar Vietnamese community on their eastside that I used to shop in when I was living in Biloxi, Mississippi.

[@markwilliams5606]

This is the Early Doobie brothers. Like the. Eagles. Before Michael McDonald.

[@annewoodard6803]

I grew up with this song on the radio and I never knew the words lol. I mean, it’s just a great song, I don’t get the lyrics either, and I’m old. 🤷🏼‍♀️😁❤️

[@oldmanghost219]

China Grove was before Michael joined the group. It was written and sung by Tom Johnston. He called his style of playing the guitar as "Chunk" guitar. That would be the rhythm guitar that gave the Doobie brothers their distinctive sound. My favorites are "Listen to the Music" "Jesus Is Just Alright" "China Grove" "Black Water" and after Micheal joined the band "Takin' It To The Streets"

[@claimguy]

Although I love it when a song has a riff that drops after an intro, there is something about just coming in hot and sparking those "Hell yeah!" feelings that makes this song absolute fire.

[@lynnhoffman247]

My first ever concert in the mid 70’s! 🔥🎶🔥

[@StevesFunhouse]

Yeah, he says in the song that it's "down around San Anton" (i.e. San Antonio, Texas), and it references a community of mostly Chinese people, like Chinatown in San Francisco, CA. So naturally, their Sherriff and police force would be Chinese people, who just may carry Samurai swords (probably only figuratively). However, it has been said that there really aren't a lot of Chinese people in the town, despite the song stating there were.

[@cshubs]

China Grove is a town on the east side of San Antonio TX.

[@davidryan2669]

This song reminds me of High School . I went to 2 of their concerts. They were awesome in concert. I still have the ticket stubs. If you get a chance give a listen to Marc Broussard singing Home.

[@johnandrews3151]

This was before Michael McDonald joined the group in 1975. His first vocal hit with the Doobies was in 1976 with It Keeps You Runnin'.

[@scottvanhille5688]

Great song! About China Grove: It's kind of an interesting story around that song, because it was written around a piano lick. The lyrics anyway, not the chords. The chords, I already had. I was pretty much a guy that would walk into the studio with a song but no words, except on a few occasions, and that was one of them. We went in and we cut the track, and when we brought (keyboardist) Billy Payne in from Little Feat - he played on a lot of our stuff - he played a lick (sings), and that just gave me this idea for this wacky sheriff that lived some place down in Texas, and the name of the town he was working in was China Grove. Source: Google.

[@davestang5454]

That's not unusual. Many great songs start out with just a catchy beat laid down and they build around it and then figure out some words to sing to it. That's why there are plenty of songs that don't seem to make much sense in places. The audience usually doesn't care. They just love the way if makes them feel.

[@mneugent7658]

This was thee song that taught me as an 8 year old, via my 17 year old brother, what stereo is i was blown away. Still love it!

[@robr6787]

I was there earlier today...China Grove is a tiny town in the outskirts of San Antonio Texas...

[@FUBAR1986]

Saw what song and who it was you were listening to put a check up there already because you can’t help but like this song Peace love and joy to you and yours

[@michaelmiller9452]

One of the great rock n roll songs to dance to.

[@Ed9870]

I recently drove through the China Grove suburb while I was in San Antonio, and its a rough part of town these days. You definitely didn't need to be down there after sunset. And I didn't catch any Chinese restaurants on the strip. Just check-cashing places, and liquor stores.

[@blackwolf6082]

This was one of my first albums. I've listened to this one so many times its indelibly fixed in my music brain

[@jessegreen6138]

China Grove is in Bexar county Texas. San Antonio is too. 2010 census has the population 1179.

[@trishdaniel6196]

China Grove is a town in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far east side of San Antonio. The population was 1,141 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[@bryanhale5254]

You know it is funny that somebody showed up at one of the practices where the group was rehearsing and they were all getting high and chilling smoking all these joints and just having a good old time and somebody said you are to call yourselves The Doobie Brothers because back in the day that's what they used to call marijuana cigarettes anyhow yeah we used to do a song by little band so we played this one song yeah it's a song called Road Angel yeah there's so many different styles that they played and different lineups and all sorts of things but it's all good when it comes to the doobies

[@joesmith8725]

The Doobie Doobie Dobie Brothers! Great band and many great songs.

[@kenkonwick6660]

The Doobies are just plain awesome. U will get a lot of suggestions for them. My personal fav is titled The Doctor. I strongly recommend it, coz music is the doctor of my soul...

[@joepimentel306]

This may have mentioned but this song was in a scene in "Field of Dreams"

[@timgrady4630]

"Just Can't Stop It" = ultra funk . Doobies album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits...loaded with gems.

[@mrut7993]

From SongFacts: China Grove is a small town in Texas, about 10 miles from San Antonio in Bexar county. Did Doobie Brothers singer/guitarist Tom Johnston know this when he wrote the song? Sort of. Here's what he told Songfacts: "The words were written last, and they were made up around this whole idea of this wacky little town with a sheriff that had a Samurai Sword and all that sort of thing. The funny thing was that I found out in 1975 in a cab in Houston that there really was a China Grove, although what happened was in 1972 we were touring in Winnebagos, and we were driving into San Antonio. And there is a China Grove, Texas, right outside of San Antonio. I must have seen the sign and forgotten about it. And when I came up with the term 'China Grove,' I thought I was just making it up because of the words being about this crazy sheriff with a Samurai Sword."

[@hog7203]

That's the Doobie Brothers sound I grew up with. The album this song is from, The Captain and Me, doesn't have a bad song on it. One of those rare ones where you can listen to it from start to finish. The previous album, Toulouse Street, and the two albums after, entitled What Were Once Vices and Stampede are flawless also.

[@richardbarton6146]

state of texas, china grove, little small town community just outside of San Antonio,,,

[@racinnut77]

Check out "Black Water", you won't be sorry.

[@kerryknight228]

The Doobies rocked hard before Michael came along

[@firedoc5]

The Doobies at their finest.

[@teeyoung8389]

So glad ..you youngsters are listening to this..👍👍

[@kpolenz9772]

China Grove is on HWY 87 east of San Antonio on the way to LaVernia, TX.

[@geoffsullivan7902]

So much talent in one band….yum.❤️🎼❤️🤘😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@garyopdenaker9269]

Of course they were talking about Texas at the beginning of the song you hear say down around San Anton and then at the end it's the lone Star State.

[@ralphfiligenzi6180]

Gotta love Asia and BJ reacting to these cool classic rock songs!

[@RickHopkin]

First line of the song. A sleepy little town down around San Anton. Makes me want to make a road trip from the DF dub. Ya'll down?

[@mikeadams2677]

the town they are singing about China Grove is on I-10 just east of San Antonio. I've driven through China Grove many times.

[@donstuard2546]

Michael Mcdonald is not in this band at this time. This is the original line up of the band. This song is off the album Tolouse Street or The Captain and Me. I do not remember which without looking it up. This group could rock in the early years and they still do. Michael Mcdonald did not join the band until the lead singer on this song, Tom Thomason, left the band for a while. These two albums were from the early 70s and Mike did not join the band until 1979, I think. It's been a while since I have refreshef my memory.

[@OG_Wakanobi]

I've been to China Grove. Dirt roads southwest of San Antonio. Great people. Also been to La Grange.

[@davestang5454]

Me too. Went to Air Force basic training at Lackland AFB.

[@dagmar.6954]

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band that have been around for 5 decades. They covered many genres of music over the years. They had so many great songs such as "What A Fool Believes", "Listen To The Music", "Jesus Is Just Alright", "Long Train Runnin'", "Black Water", "Takin' It To The Streets", "The Doctor", "It Keeps You Runnin'", "Echoes Of Love", "You Belong To Me", "Take Me In Your Arms" etc.

[@jesseandrade8752]

One of my favorite groups Doobie Brothers. I still need some Santana.

[@victorduffany7723]

"China Grove is a town in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far east side of San Antonio. The population was 1,179 at the 2010 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census 1,247 people, 404 households, and 355 families were residing in the town. The population density was 303.0 people per square mile (116.9/km2). There were 417 housing units at an average density of 101.3 per square mile (39.1/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 86.93% White, 5.93% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 4.81% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.53%." "The town has a total area of 4.3 square miles"

[@billbox1916]

Love you guys! What a great song! I love all the different drum breaks in this one. Doobies 😎

[@kevincaulder20]

My favorite song by the Doobie Brothers is TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (AND ROCK ME). It rocks with raw energy and the vocals and message are on point!! But you should also give BLACK WATER a turn. I think you will like the intricate country feel. Also, I would suggest a song by War. It's called, SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS. The album cut gives you the full experience without cutting out the essential music.

[@TarHeelMan98]

The go to song for Michael McDonald is " i keep forgetting" its the most beautiful and sad thing you will ever hear.

[@zq9m3xh8]

These guys always reminded me of Three Dog Night, and vice versa. Not that I'd ever mistake one band for the other, they each had a very unique sound, but a very similar vibe. I can imagine each band covering the other's hits, and doing them very well. Or....maybe I'm just nuts.

[@slimpickins9124]

Yes!! finally someone doing "China Grove", ya go Doobies.