The Doobies are so amazing live. Got to see them a couple of years ago. Hoping we can get back to concerts soon. I have heard you talk about them before. If you have not had the chance to see them come on over to the U.S. when they come back out. I’ll let you stay in the guest room and make you a pot of chili!

What can be said? They're simply one of the top American rock bands of all time.

What I like about your videos is the look on your face when you're watching the clips. You can really tell the admiration you have for the people playing the music; real music that is - not the X Factor disposable rubbish that will be forgotten in two weeks. You also seem to have found a list of all my favourite bands (massive Doobie Brothers fan!) Keep the good stuff coming it's much appreciated by people who love music.

Wow -- love this one, Fil! The most, seemingly, simple tune, can be massively difficult to carry off, seamlessly! The Doobies were genius, in their own right -- definitely, one of my favorites & I love this beautiful piece of music, played to perfection! Thanks Fil, for the incredible analysis -- I would imagine, as a Musician and Teacher, a piece and performance like this one, must make your heart skip a beat, a little... From Harlem, New York -- rock! Goodnight/Day!✌🏼💖🎶🎵

A lot of people probably don't realise that rock guitarists are not always one trick ponies. It's always good to see guys showing their acoustic chops AND with quality finger picking. Although he doesn't feature here, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who played with the Doobies, has some lessons on KZfaq which show how versatile he is. Worth a look if you haven't seen them.

Loved the Doobie Brothers. When l was touring we did alot of original songs written by myself or co written with our lead guitarist, but we did cover some songs...Queens Stone cold crazy and The Doobie Brothers Without you, from The Captain and me album always got huge reaction from the crowd! Two great rock songs. Great Review my friend! 😎🎼🎶🎵🎶

The Doobie Brothers have always been such a tight band! I saw an interview a while back where Patrick Simmons said he wraps gaffers tape around his thumb to attach a normal pick to it instead of using a regular thumb pick! If you look closely here, you can see it! Too funny! 👍🏻🎸

such a great band! Love the way you enjoy talking about each video. you are so good at what you do.

Please... You can not leave out the playing of Cornelius Bumpus who was one of the best woodwind players around. Rest in Peace Cornelius

Hi from Texas , years of playing together that what it comes to .If you notice John McFee keeps looking at Patrick playing , letting Patrick set the tempo . John was quite a artist , playing many types of string instruments . Great 70's band at a time when disco ruled .

Epic video and love this picking! I’ve met them 3 times and they are just so easy going! Front row and have tapped their boots! Pat and John still play this in 2019!!!! I must say I saw them first in 1978 and at least 10 times in 40 years! My absolute favorite!!!! Snuck backstage and Pat was sipping tea for his pre performance drink! Also was interviewed by a tv station one night and made the news! I’m so in love with the DB! Thanks for uploading this awesome song! Epic analysis!!!! 💋

Fil, thank you for posting this Doobie Brothers video. Your analysis was spot on, much like their playing!! Simply beautiful! Cheers

I saw the Doobie Brothers live at an outdoor concert in 1977. That was a great day! Though like fine wine, they do get better with time!

I got to see them live back in the early 70s when they were in their prime (pre-Michael McDonald) and they were awesome.

One of my favorite groups, although I love the more vocal songs from the mid 70’s.

Musical brilliance at it's finest!!! Great vid Fil !!

Great video, love the Doobie Brothers, just discovered your channel and subbed last week! Thanks for your work and analysis.

One of the tightest bands on earth, there’s a viral video of them playing Long Train Coming recently and it’s ridiculous

I really enjoy your breakdown of this piece your perspective is very enlightening.

Hi from Hawaii. This is an awesome duet that I never heard and I want to thank you for presenting it on your feed. The title of the song says it all, it is in a similar style of Hawaiian music that we call "Hawaiian slack key" style. A lot of original songs that was created in Hawaii after the Portuguese, who arrived in Hawaii in the late 1800's, introduced the guitar to the Hawaiian people was played in this style. Some of the iconic players in Hawaii that used this style was Gabby Pahinui. the Beamer Brothers, and Olomana. Take a listen to these recordings and you will hear the same style. Thanks again for the great presentation.

Great video Phil! Thanks! Those guys definitely have skills for sure!👍😎🎸🎶

I keep coming back. Nice to hear comments from a genuinely nice string player. Great KZfaq channel!

I really enjoy your videos. Your insight into the music, as a musician yourself, is really interesting. You have a great smile, too. Glad I subscribed.

Oh No another band I only had so so interest in during the seventies but this is exceptional ! Thanks Fil !

Ok - discovered you a day ago. Now working through each video. Half these guys I have not heard of before - how could that be possible I wonder given I am 56. You have a great channel.

TDB will be performing Toulouse St and The Captain and Me in their entirety at The Beacon Theatre in New York this November.

Beautiful harmonies and harmonics.

Clover's John Mcfee grew up in Mill Valley ca.. A little younger than John Cippolina { Quicksilver} and Terry Haggerty { Sons of Champlin}, I always thought he was the strongest MarinCounty musician, among many others .Strong country and bluegrass influences, along with the other stuff. . Saw Clover many times, mostly at the Lions Share on Monday nights { 1968-71} ? If the instrument had strings, John " got on with it".Fiddle on Orange Blossom Special , Pedal and lap steel, mandolin tunes. Tele, and SG, Rock n Roll, R/B stuff. This is when he is barely 20. Clover was hired by Nick Lowe to be the supporting band for Elvis Costello's 1st record. Keep em coming Fil.!

I really enjoyed this one and I have never seen it, it is quite the pleasure!

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IT SOUNDS LIKE A FOLK SONG 😍😍😍

Gr8 talent & hard work makes it LOOK easy

Bravo, for commenting on one of my all time fav bands AND song!

Saw these guys in 1970 open a show and immediately knew they would be headliners.

Always love the Doobs! A delicious soup of rock, soul and country😊

John McFee is awesome. Pat Simmons said that John can play anything with strings. Beside the guitar he plays the pedal steel guitar, Dobro, banjo and I believe the violin.

I love doobies... and the Doobie Brothers as well...another great video Fil......Rock!

🤘great episode Sir Fil!

Nice video. I am happy to see it.

Wow...! Never heard this before...Brilliant...!

YAY! The Doobie brothers, i have always loved their music thanks Fil! And by the way, i took a look see @ one of your covers, i forgot the tune,it was a love tune, very popular, and i must say i was pleasantly surprised, your singing voice, and guitar playing, ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON, BEAUTIFUL! Ever think about coming to the suburbs of Chicago for a gig?

I love the Doobie Brothers. Saw them in concert many many moons ago. :-)

Beautiful!

Ok..now you're hitting close to home. When these guys were just getting recognized they, the band lived next door to me, well 1 door down. We had words a few times because they parked their rig full of gear in front of their house. The trouble was we lived in Montara, California at the time a little beach/surf/fishing town 10 or so miles south of San Francisco. We had dirt roads too narrow for big rigs and cars. Even my Scooter (HD) could hardly get around. So, we argued. The brilliant thing is my roommate was the drummer for Norton Buffalo, and fantastic Jazzmen lived all around town. Neil Young's ranch was up the hill. So there was absolutely great music all around. The town wasn't known outside so we all felt safe to hold concerts and jams with just locals. Mid 70s was heaven, really.

I'm really enjoying your discussions Fil and you always seem to hit the same thing or things I key in on, but you explain it better than I can. I'm a guitarist here on Maui and I've seen Pat Simmons maybe 4 or 5 times live. He usually jams in the background with other local musicians at fundraisers and takes the part of a rhythm guitarist, very low key. But I've noticed that when they nod to him to take a lead, he plays like an absolute metronome! His timing is somehow beyond perfect--he quietly puts everyone on stage to shame with the clarity and precision of his leads, which are also musical and technically correct. I always struggle with precision when I play leads (I'm great on emotion!), and Pat Simmons makes it look so easy. Kudos to him, and kudos to you for noticing in just this quick view!

Quite simple, it's called TALENT!

Saw them do this live in Boston 40 years ago or so (really 40 years ago?). Keep it up Fil. Your channel is my fave!

Hey Fil... BillyJ... great acoustic work.. really nice... great vid.. have a good night.... cudos to Frampton too...👍

Fil... John McFee is the guitarist on Elvis Costello's first album, 'My Aim Is True' - and has featured on a number of Costello albums over the yuears. He's also all over 'Almost Blue' - a given, really, seeing as he's a top country pedal steel player, too. McFee's own band at the time was Clover - the entire band was on the whole of My Aim Is True. Fun factoids, fans!

Stampede is my mosr listen to Doobie lp. Saw them in the day. Remarkable

Another great analysis Phil. I have always loved the Doobies and like you I listened to 'Long Train' and 'Listen to the Music' literally to death in my teens! You should try 'The Captain & Me' the track that is and for a future video how about looking at Corrada Rustici playing on Narada Michael Waldens 'The Dance of Life'? his solo in that track has to be heard to be believed!

Great vid and analysis, Fil!! MacFee, Clover with Huey Lewis. circa '71. Crazy, huh? Equally crazy is this vid here. This is mid '80s and spot on. Maybe part of the retirement vid or whatever that was. Saw something on HBO then. Me, Captain and Me for Ukiah (family moved that way) or Natural Thing or WWOVARNH, Down In The Track. Tommy Johnston. Winterland at least twice. I love The Doobs.

I seen the Doobies while smoking a Doobie "Just about everybody was back in the day" at the Toledo sports arena in July 1973, they were awesome.

Brings back memories of rolling up the coast highway north of San Francisco.

Great you chose SKSRag for this analysis. Every album has one instrumental track. For the 'record', I became DB fan the moment I heard Tom Johnston 'chukka chukka' rhythm on LTTM. All their hits from the seventies are as relevant today as the where then. But maybe the most interesting aspect of this multi-stylistic, versatile, extremely talented yet highly underrated outfit are its 'deep-cuts'. The song in the video is just an example of the band vast catalogue of superb tunes only fans are aware of. On one hand, there are the acoustic marvels such as I Cheat the Hangman, Texas Lullaby, Tell me what you What, Toulouse Street, Captain and Me, South City Midnight Lady and Rainy Day Cross Road Blues. Best of all: Clear as the Driven Snow. On the other end of the scale, the band offers hard rocking, funky songs like Eyes of Silver, Sweet Maxine, Dangerous, Need a Little Taste of Love, and the band magnus opus WITHOUT YOU.

Hi fil I hope you're having a great weekend A doobie sounds good right about now😎💗🤟👍

Impressive!

Rock On! John Hartman in Rock N' Roll Heaven.

Awesome guitarists!

I jammed on flute with Pat Simmons in high school at the annual “ hootenanny”. He was already the guitar god of San Jose back in 1968.

I just discovered your channel and have been binging on it for the past couple of days. (You know how one needs to take a KZfaq journey once in awhile.) As someone who loves classic rock, what a wonderful channel; great music combined with learning more about my favorite artists. I can't recall the last time I enjoyed a KZfaq journey this much! Thanks for sharing your passion. Any chance you'd be willing to share your top favorite rock guitar all-instrumental track? If you're not into favorites, I'd be equally thrilled to hear your thoughts on my personal favorites: Slack Key Soquel Rag (Doobie Bros), Little Martha (Allman Bros Band), Mood for a Day (Yes), County Down (Phil Keaggy) and Stealing (Leo Kottke). (I know Kottke doesn't qualify as a "rocker", but I couldn't help but include this one.) As you know, rock all-instrumentals are rare. Any others you can recommend would be greatly welcomed. Cheers!

Fine, so melodically fine! And the finish was Tom-t-rrrrefic.

John Mcfee was originally with Clover out of Mill Valley California. The guy playing the black acoustic. He also plays pedal steel and acrylic violin. When Clover came back from England they bought Elvis Costello with them. Clover became Huey Lewis and the News. John did the guitar work on Costello's first two albums, Allison. He's also played with Huey Lewis on the Sports album. He is a corporate Doobie, lived in Glen Ellen California on Hill road, now lives in Tennessee. When I was 14 he would sit at the studio door in the sunlight playing pedal steel. This guy is a remarkable musician, his specialty is strings. David Lindley is also a remarkable musician he can play anything with strings. John was the first guy I ever met who had an E-BOW. But it wasn't a little one, or one mounted under the bridge like Bruce Springsteen's, it was a big bulky chrome thing that plugged into a 110 outlet, 1973. John McPhee is a remarkable musician. John should be more famous than he is, part of the San Francisco Bay Area Music family. Nobody can really believe that Elvis Costello made it. He was doing this cross-marketing thing between Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. Costello would make other musicians wince. What made Elvis Costello was that he surrounded himself with musicians that were better than him. John Mcfee.

Jeff “ Skunk” Baxter was probably the band’s best lead guitarist. He also was a big part of Steely Dan. The Doobies were almost an ALL STAR band... you had to be pretty darn good, to get into the starting rotation.

Please! Go see them live , find a way while it is possible...I promise you so worth it

Would love to hear your opinion (if you have one on it lol) Steve Rothery's solo's from either Sugar Mice or Easter from Marillion

I wish there was good video of "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman" but I have never found one where they can match the studio version on "The Captain and Me." It is my favourite Doobie Brothers song by a long shot, and I am a HUGE fan and have been since I was in high school back in the early 1970s. Maybe you could just analyze the album's version Fil. I hope you have heard it.

Nice choice. I can’t even guess last time I heard this. And never seen it live. When was this from? I still haven’t gotten used to seeing Patrick with his once trademark long hair.

went to the link. once again, not easy to put into words in ways.

I've seen the Doobie Bros. They are fantastic live. I prefer the Thom Johnson era to the Michael McDonald sound. I think they just have a far more fun "up" sound with Johnson. It kind of got all dark and broody withy MacDonald.

One of my top 3 most pleasurable bands to listen to. I highly recommend listening with Earl Grey and sourdough toast slathered with butter and marmalade. Mmmm-mm

great video 👍🎸 i'm sure they have 8 fingers left hands wizzards 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼 cheeeers

About dissecting an acoustic DB part: Check the bands phenomenal Clear as the Driven Snow at 2.39. Similar guitar duetto! (2.40) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLOfechmura4qac.html

Nice choice! Doobies are from my hometown of San Jose, CA. With Tom Johnston ( Long Train Running, China Groove, Blackwater) they were Great. Than Michael McDonald ( What a Fool Believes, Minute by Minute) comes in and just launches them into space. A tight Band with great Talent and Technique. Thank you for Highlighting them. Shaka Bro'🤙

Hi Fil. I've been enjoying your videos for several weeks now. Some suggestions...Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown), Rod Price (Foghat), Martin Barre.

remininsent of Noah IV on the Sitare and Dilrubar,

Great band. Never saw them in a live show.

Hey Fil. Hello from Canada. Thanks for another great video. Check out Joe Bonamassa live at Rockpalast "you upset me baby".

I had the chance to see the Doobie Brothers live(with the Who) and this was after some of the original members left . i was very dissapointed in thier performance (Joan Jett blew them off the stage. Any thoughts on her)

It's feel, music is an "inside job" and these guys are meshing really well. The Eagles do this really well too. The opening for Tesla's Little Suzi is another example of this. I saw your X Factor videos lol. You even had Sharon Osbourne smiling but she said you were "too clean" and wanted to put a couple of tattoos on your face ha!!! 😀😀😀🤣🤣🤣😎😎😎🤘🤘🤘

Hello I would like to know what mike you have in your youtube

Fil, this was a refreshing change. Ole Clarence Bumpus on Flute and vocals. He was an original member from the 70's Jeff Skunk Baxter days. Brilliant! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🍻

Fantastic band 👍👍🎵🎵🎵

The Doobie Brothers the name is self explanatory and as to how they got their name. Lol

Hey Fil, why not critique Gary Green and Ray Schulman"s acoustic guitar section from ""Exerpts from Octopus" performed live on "Giant on the Box" DVD. Really enjoy your work.

It’s not easy being unison with acoustic guitars and no percussion! A very very beautiful piece! Randy Rhoads did the same thing in Dee with nylon and steel strings in unison.

Have you done a video on Terry Kath? If not, I would love to see that!

Nothing against Cornelius Bumpus, but I find the flute distracting in this version. My favorite version of this is the one from their "Farewell Tour '82" album that was recorded at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

Hi Phil, I would like to request the react to the vid titled "Frank Zappa and T. Bozzio EPIC performance". Mind blowing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻cheers bud.

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Cornelius Bumpus don't get nowhere near the love he should!!!

While we are looking at acoustic performances, take a look at Stephen Stills playing "Crossroads". What do you think of this effort? I really enjoy this performance. Here's a link to the performance. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7qKqZCBv5uXlGw.html

Forgot about the whimsical and melodic qualities of their work! In the 70s I focused on lyrics, rather musicality. Shame on me! Thanks for "teaching" me through this.

I think one of them is now a Doobie Sister.

A request sir fil, kiss unplugged-intro to rock bottom.

Pat Simmons--the true Doobie.

Rock

Wow. At first I thought McFee was Robin Trower.

Why are they called "The Doobie Brothers"??? According to an interview with the band's co-founder Tom Johnston, the name was coined by a roommate he was living with when the group was in its infancy. “We had a guy in the house who said, 'Why don't you call yourself the Doobie Brothers because you're always smoking',” Johnston told the Minnesota Daily Press.

Check out Paco de Lucia. The man is from another planet.

The "Doobie" Brothers? What the heck does THAT mean huh? L;ol. Beautiful music! The flute player is great too. .......Listen to the music....