The Doobie Brothers are on something of a roll, having taken their place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, a year after dropping the bombshell that Michael McDonald would reunite with his former bandmates on a 50th Anniversary Tour.
That was the first time in a quarter-century that McDonald, Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee toured together as the Doobie Brothers.
The 50th Anniversary Tour is over now but McDonald is still takin’ it to the streets with Johnston, Simmons and McFee, who brought their tour to Footprint Center in Phoenix on Wednesday, June 26.
As Simmons joked in an exclusive interview with The Arizona Republic , “Actually, this is the second 50 years of the band we’re celebrating now.”
The show went heavy on their greatest hits — and why would any show not do that? — bringing the set to a crowd-pleasing finish with a triple shot of classics — “What a Fool Believes,” “Long Train Runnin’” and “China Grove” — before returning for a hit-filled three-song encore.