Tom Johnston Finally SHOCKS Fans About Michael McDonald..

Tom Johnston Finally SHOCKS Fans About Michael McDonald..

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[billjohnson]

He is a great talent and he saved the Doobie Brothers by sending them in a different direction that was incredible. I played in several rock bands, managed and promoted them. Whining babies! Learn to share and cooperate. Sure McDonald maybe didn't come from gritty rock and roll, but from study, hard work, and long hours of production. His songs are timeless and he deserves tons of credit!

[DiBiasehere]

Johnston is a Tremendous player, songwriter, vocalist.

[mrpoizun]

When McDonald replaced Johnston, the Doobies just became his backup band. It was no longer the Doobie Brothers. Totally different styles. I was surprised they agreed to do it that way.

[martinturvey]

Tom Johnston and Michael McDonald are both great talents, and they seem to be good friends now so all is well

[cmatovich]

I wonder about the scripts of these docs sometimes. It feels like they repeat the same paragraph over and over, just worded differently.

[travelinben]

Although a great talent in his own right, I never considered Michael McDonald a member of the Doobie Brothers.I was/am, a Tom Johnston/Patrick Simmons fan from the beginning, and always will be.

[robertschneider]

I’m glad he stayed true to his art. Who cares what the media thinks.

[RinoUnivers]

Always preferred the Tom Johnston Doobies. They were and they will always be the true Doobie Brothers sound.

[ls]

This video doesn't even mention that McDonald has reunited with the Doobie Brothers on recent tours and they are now recording a new album together. I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes but I like the fact that all these guys can put their egos aside and join together for a fuller collaboration of the great history of Doobie Brothers music with and without Michael McDonald.

[ifwas]

I graduated high school in 76. A bit before graduation, The Doobie Brothers released Takin' It To The Streets. Most of the people I knew rejected it because they (like me) preferred the old sound. I still like the Johnston fronted Doobies better, but my appreciation for the role McDonald played in joining the band has actually grown. If people want to take issue with McDonald, start with Ted Templeman and Pat Simmons recognizing a cash cow when Simmons got Templeman to hear McDonald do Takin' It To The Streets.

[butchsnyder]

I love both incarnations of the Doobie Brothers. I view it like Van Halen with David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar. They're both great, but different.

[MrBarrystuart]

Internal creative struggles within bands is an old story, it's not like Michael McDonald is any more difficult to work with than anyone else - the video over sensationalizes this idea. Moreover, I like the R&B polish he brought to the Doobie Brothers; it made their sound much more multi-dimensional. After a few years of success, most bands have to adapt and change up their sound in order to be relevant and progress musically. By 1975, Michael McDonald helped the Doobies do just that - they sort of needed a change agent in order to move forward.

[ShiddyFinkelstein]

Could never stand the cubicle music of MM. I like it less now.

[garymesser]

I think he was amazing, if I was producing a big production, as a producer, Michael would be my first choice as backing vocal.
Very distinctive, and soulful. I’m a be there. With James Ingram was a Masterpiece!

[danielthompson]

In the words of Garth Algar...The original Doobie Brothers didn't write songs that everybody would love...they left that to the Bee Gees and Michael McDonald.

[craigpierce]

Doobie Brothers needed a singer BAD! Tom was ailing badly at this time. But for me, the Doobie Brothers ended when Tom stepped away. Things change, sometimes good, sometimes bad.

[stillastillsfan]

McDonald has had an amazing career. Aside from the Doobies, his initial solo album was incredible. I still listen to it. His background vocals with Steely Dan and sometimes collaborations with others such as Ingram and Cross are timeless.


The Doobies 1980? Concert in either Oakland or Santa Barbara? (It is on YouTube) is where they reached their pinnacle.

[bobpierce]

I was in high school (9th-12th) between 1971-'75 during (to me) the peak Doobie Bros. years. 'Listen To the Music', 'Jesus Is Just Alright', 'China Grove', 'Blackwater', 'Take Me in Your Arms' in this section of the '70s cemented my love for the group or the Tom Johnston version of it. They were fairly comparable to The Eagles whom I loved, so I (and all my friends) were horrified at hearing 'Takin' It To The Streets' or the new Michael McDonald version. It had morphed into something entirely different. The very idea of Michael singing any of Tom's hits was ludicrous. The only other comparison I could make was when Foreigner morphed into Journey in 1984 with "I Want to Know...". I've never liked Journey, but am not knocking them or their fans. They stayed true to their sound & style, Foreigner didn't. I still love their first 4 albums as much as ever, but like the Doobie Bros., separate each from both versions of each. In both cases, loving the first, hating the second.

[neilouellette]

Even though Jeff "Skunk" Baxter suggested to bring in McDonald in 1976 because of working with him in Steely Dan, Jeff quit the band in early 1979 noting he couldn't work w/McDonald any more. McDonald was squeezing guitar parts out of songs to make them more keyboard oriented. Skunk Baxter had enough and left as he and McDonald weren't getting along.

[jaykay]

McDonald "saved" and "wrecked" the Doobies simultaneously. With the passage of time, it's easier to put it into perspective. I was bitterly disappointed in the direction that McDonald took the band in. I remember when I was in college, I went out and bought "Takin it to the Streets", and thought it was garbage. I thought McDonald sounded like a sick cow, and it didn't sound anything like the Doobies, no gritty edge, nothing I could even recognize. Johnston had to step back for health issues, and McDonald contributed songs that made the band a boatload of money and kept
their success going. It's hard to "blame" McDonald, although once Johnston returned it was obviously impossible to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Most bands have 5 peak creative years, and then kind of "peter out" and live off what they did forever. That might have happened to the Doobies had McDonald not showed up, but we'll never know. What we do know is that McDonalds contributions took their popularity to another level. I still don't like that "period", but many people did, and it brought new fans into the fold. It's really a "mixed bag", and an interesting "rock and roll" story.