That's a hell of a pace for this song. Absolutely fantastic. Saw them in high school in the 70's and it is still one of the best concerts I have ever seen.
Toulouse Street and The Captain & Me - two of my favourite albums from the Seventies. Still much played today. Never understood why they were never bigger here in the UK.
My high school's marching band show this year is the Doobie Brothers, and this song is in the show, along with takin' it to the streets, listen to the music, and china grove.
Feel pretty sure this film was shown on Whistle Test in '75 and I went out & bought What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits which became one of my all time favourite albums. Thank you Bob Harris.
What else is amazing about these guys is, since 1987, they've raised around 2 mil. from benefit concerts for American's veterans foundations. If you haven't seen them live lately, they still go like all hell. The Veterans Network
@TheVeteransNetwork That's awesome. They've also done benefits all through the years for hospitalized children. Even when the band members have been fighting, they've put it to the side to go and do that. Good for them. Makes me proud they're from my town.
Excellent Video, Excellent Band. One of the Best bands ever, should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame(a long time ago). I'm not sure but it looks like Jeff 'Skunk'Baxter playing one of the drum kits. Excellent stuff. Hartley C.
I missed seeing them back in their heyday '72-'75 but will go see them this summer for the unheard of price of $35 for pre- ferred seating! 3/5 of The Toulouse Street lineup and no Michael MacDonald!!!
I think perhaps there has always been crap. Now, we just give 'em all record contracts! This is one of my favourites songs. By any band. The Doobie Brothers' sound, I hope, stays with us.
muchos recuerdos me trae a mi memoria está musica, excelente para oirla y relajarse dejarse llevar por la brisa de oct y volver a esas epocas tranquilas.
Tape's probably worth a fortune now, even if you can find it. Probably a few little boutique places still turning it out for the price of a new house...two years ago that is!
Definately 1974 Tom was gone from touring by 1976! This song started the whole guitar rock thing for me! It took me from The Osmonds and The Jackson 5 (yes I admit it)to Rock metal and landed me as a certified KISS nut! I believe it was J5 on the juke box in my neighborhood hang out! I spent a lot of dimes on this bad boy!
And I just heard a current or recent dance tune that uses a sample of the original strumming guitar riff from "Long Train Runnin" in its mix. I didn't catch the name of the song, but I hear that kind of thing a lot, never credited or identified. If you're not old enough to know where the samples are from, it probably sounds original to you. As a coworker recently said to me, "They sample bits of older songs because they're not capable of writing their own stuff." So true.
@f0bfan4eva I am fortunate to have been born in 1961, and I agree, the music of the 60s and 70s was really sent from heaven abovve, straight to the artists, that's what it was in the 1960s and 70s! I feel really sorry for the kids today! About all we have today is the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, and they started in the 80s!
Is that Jeff skunk Baxter I see playing the drums? I think this is older than 76 man. I would say 1974. Either way one of the coolest live concert jams I have seen.
I agree wholeheartedly. If you talk to any audio engineer or any audiophile, they will say that analog recording sounds much better, clearer, and more vintage. It FUCKIN ROCKs! Screw digital recording; it's too bad everything nowadays has switched to digital formatting.
I MUST WRITE THIS IN CAPITOL LETTERS BECAUSE IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ARE "NOT" IN THE ROCK IN ROLL HALL OF FAME. Along with CHICAGO. At least for me it totally debunts the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. If these two bands aren't there, what bands are there which are less deserving? No trip to see this place for me. Rock on Doobies.
Seems funny to see this--the hair, and a more active group onstage back in the day...then to see The Skunk working the drum kit like that...then again, whoever thought he would also be a respected Defense analyst?
Well, to be fair, there are some advantages to digital. It allows recordings to be reproduced many times without audio degradation, and it makes it much easier and cheaper to archive recordings without taking up too much space. But yeah, as far as actual sound goes, I much prefer analogue.
yea...thats when the band changed to micheal mcdonald joined and the band moved toward the soul movement then he came back and they became a super band!!!
@TheVeteransNetwork The government should pay for it's vets...what a bunch of crap, having to ask the people...start demanding it...take it to the people!!! Victory 4 the vets. V
Amen to that. Today's music is uninspiring for the most part. Aside from a handful of talent, the rest get out there by knowing people and hiding behind top notch recording equipment. The Doobies are a classic that did it right...they need Michael McDonald back though, lol. He was a nice ingredient to what they already had established. :)
well, seeeing the oldest version here from ´71 so far, and Led Zep´s Trampled Undrefoot is from ´75 album :) but then again they said "half of the stuff is old" :) ( but maybe not that old :) maybe :)
True but I believe Tom was not touring by 76 and McDonald was the new voice of the Doobies by then. Baxter recorded Stampede with the band in 1975. So if it's not 1974 then it's 1975. I saw them at Madison Square Garden in 1976 and was shocked there was no Tom Johnston on stage but instead some deep voiced soul singer, what a horrible dissapointment that was!
