Doobie Brothers guitarist and singer Patrick Simmons explained that the band have a very good reason for only playing one song from their Michael McDonald era at their concerts.
McDonald joined the Doobies in 1975 and his contribution lent a softer, bluesier feel to their album, Takin’ It to the Streets, which exposed them to a new audience and assured success in the future. They broke up in 1982 but the five-time Grammy winner returned for a reunion in 1987, and has since appeared with them again on a number of occasions.
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