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Southbound (The Doobie Brothers Album)
''Southbound'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers featuring collaborations with various artists in remakes of various hits by the band. It was the group's only album that featured Tony Pia since he joined the band in 2010 before leaving the group in August 2016 since Hossack's retirement due to cancer and his death in 2012. And it was also the band's last studio album to feature keyboardist / vocalist Guy Allison before his departure from the group in October the following year in 2015. Track listing Personnel Credits taken from album's liner notes. The Doobie Brothers * Tom Johnston - lead vocals , electric guitar , backing vocals , guitar solo and acoustic guitar * Patrick Simmons - lead vocals , lead guitar , acoustic guitar , backing vocals * John McFee - electric guitar , banjo , autoharp , fiddle , guitar solo , steel guitar solo , slide resonator guitar , backing vocals * Michael McDonald - lead vocals and keyboards , backing v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in 1970 in San Jose, California, known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies. Active for five decades, with their greatest success in the 1970s, the group's current lineup consists of founding members Tom Johnston (guitars, vocals) and Patrick Simmons (guitars, vocals), alongside Michael McDonald (keyboards, vocals) and John McFee (guitars, pedal steel, violin, backing vocals), and touring musicians including John Cowan (bass, vocals), Marc Russo (saxophones), Ed Toth (drums), and Marc Quiñones (percussion). Other long-serving members of the band include guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (1974–1979), bassist Tiran Porter (1972–1980, 1987–1992) and drummers John Hartman (1970–1979, 1987–1992), Michael Hossack (1971–1973, 1987–2012), and Keith Knudsen (1973–1982, 1993–2005). They performed gospel influenced songs such as "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Loggins
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His early soundtrack contributions date back to '' A Star Is Born'' in 1976, and he is known as the King of the Movie Soundtrack. As a solo artist, Loggins experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for "Footloose" in 1985. ''Finally Home'' was released in 2013, shortly after Loggins formed the group Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman. He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award. Early life Loggins was born in Everett, Washington, the youngest of three brothers. His father, Robert George Loggins, was a salesman of English and Irish ancestry, while his mother, Lina (née Massie), was a homemaker of Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Farr
Tyler Lynn Farr (born February 5, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Originally signed to BNA Records Farr released two singles for the label before it closed. He transferred to Columbia Records Nashville, releasing two albums: '' Redneck Crazy'' in 2013 and '' Suffer in Peace'' in 2015. Overall he has charted eight singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. His highest ranking on the latter chart is " A Guy Walks Into a Bar" which placed at No. 1 in 2015. Biography Tyler Farr grew up in Garden City, Missouri and attended Missouri State University getting a degree in voice. Farr co-wrote the songs "Hey Y'all" for Cole Swindell and "She's Just Like That" for Joe Nichols. In early 2012, Farr released his debut single, "Hot Mess" which he co-wrote with Rhett Akins. Billy Dukes of ''Taste of Country'' gave the song four stars out of five, calling Farr's voice "unique, but not distracting." Following the merger of his original lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" is a song written by the premier Motown songwriting/production team of the 1960s Holland–Dozier–Holland. The first hit recording was sung by Kim Weston in 1965. It was most popular in 1975 when it was recorded by the Doobie Brothers. Early versions Eddie Holland of Holland-Dozier-Holland made the original recording of "Take Me in Your Arms" in 1964. This version was not released commercially until 2005. Holland-Dozier-Holland had Kim Weston record the song in 1965 and her version was released that September. Mike Terry is the baritone sax player. It peaked at number 4 on the R&B chart in ''Billboard'' and at number 50 on the Hot 100. In 1967, Holland-Dozier-Holland had the Isley Brothers recorded the song. Their version released in March 1968 and reached number 121 in the U.S.Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004 and 22 on the R&B chart. The American jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears released a versio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Paisley
Bradley Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album ''Who Needs Pictures'', he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 35 Top 10 singles on the US '' Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, 20 of which have reached number one. He set a new record in 2009 for the most consecutive singles (10) reaching the top spot on that chart. Paisley has sold over 11 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey James
Casey Everett James (born May 31, 1982)"Happy Birthday, Casey James and Michael Lynche" AmericanIdol.com. FOX. June 1, 2010. is an American and from , , who was the third-place finalist on the ninth season of '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Theft (duo)
Love and Theft is an American country music duo consisting of vocalists Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles. They originally recorded as a trio with vocalist Brian Bandas; after he exited the band, Gunderson and Liles continued as a duo. Signed to Lyric Street Records subsidiary Carolwood Records in 2009, Love and Theft made their chart debut in early 2009 with the single " Runaway," which reached the Top 10 on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. The band's debut album, ''World Wide Open'', was released on August 25, 2009. In 2011, following the departure of Bandas, Love and Theft continued as a duo consisting of Gunderson and Liles. The duo moved to RCA Records Nashville that year and released the single " Angel Eyes", which became their first number 1 single. It and the Top 40 singles " Runnin' Out of Air" and " If You Ever Get Lonely" all appear on their second, self-titled album. A third album, ''Whiskey on My Breath'', followed in 2015. Musical career Love and Theft was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takin' It To The Streets (song)
"Takin' It to the Streets" is a song by the United States, American Rock music, rock band The Doobie Brothers from the Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers album), album of the same name. It was their first single with Michael McDonald (singer), Michael McDonald on vocals and was written by McDonald. Reception The song peaked at number 13 in the US and number 7 in Canada. ''Cash Box'' stated that "both instrumentally and vocally this is the best thing the Doobie Brothers have done to date," adding that "the melody is based around a strong chordal structure" and that the repetition of the song title in the refrain, chorus has "maximum hook (music), hook potential." ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Michael Gallucci rated "Takin' It to the Streets" as the Doobie Brothers' 6th greatest song, praising McDonald's "soulful rasp" on the vocal. The staff of ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' rated it as the Doobie Brothers' 3rd best song, saying that it "hits an elemental theme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Young (musician)
Christopher Alan Young (born June 12, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, he was the Season 4 winner of the television program ''Nashville Star'', a singing competition on USA. After winning, he was signed to RCA Records Nashville, releasing his Chris Young (album), self-titled debut album that same year. It produced two singles on Hot Country Songs with "Drinkin' Me Lonely" and "You're Gonna Love Me". His second album, ''The Man I Want to Be'', was released September 1, 2009. It included the singles "Voices (Chris Young song), Voices", "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)", and the The Man I Want to Be (song), title track, all of which went to number 1. Young's third album, ''Neon (Chris Young album), Neon'', produced two more number ones in "Tomorrow (Chris Young song), Tomorrow" and "You (Chris Young song), You" in 2011 as well as the top 5 hit "I Can Take It from There" in 2012. The follow-up, 2013's ''A.M. (Chris Young album), A.M.'', pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Grove (song)
"China Grove" is a song by American rock band the Doobie Brothers, released in 1973 for their third studio album ''The Captain and Me''. It was written and sung by original lead singer/songwriter Tom Johnston. The song reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. While there is a real China Grove, Texas, a real China Grove, North Carolina and a real China Grove, Alabama, Johnston's lyrics about the community are fictional. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 40. Composition and recording In 2010, examination of the master recording tape for the track by recording engineer Chris Baseford revealed that, similar to most bands of the time, the band played together while tracking in the studio instead of overdubbing the instrumental elements. The production on the song was described as "pretty standard". Aside from the drums, panned slightly off center, additional percussion like a tambourine and hand clapping overdubs were added. Baseford described the bass performance and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huey Lewis
Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Lewis sings lead and plays harmonica for his band, Huey Lewis and the News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best known for their third, and best-selling, album ''Sports'', and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film ''Back to the Future''. Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979. Early life Huey Lewis was born in New York City. His father, Hugh Anthony Cregg Jr., was an Irish-American from Boston, and his mother, Maria Magdalena Barcinska, was Polish, from Warsaw. His grandfather, Hugh Cregg, was district attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts from 1931 to 1959. Lewis was raised in Marin County, California, living in Tamalpais Valley and Strawberry, and attending Strawberry Point Elementary School (where he skipped second grade) and Edna Maguire Junior High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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