The Doobie Brothers have just released their new single, “A Brighter Day” to adult contemporary radio stations. The song is the first track from their latest album World Gone Crazy. Request “A Brighter Day” on your local AC station!
Doobie Brothers Pat Simmons was recently interviewed on Examiner.com. Read the full interview here.
Doobie Brother Tom Johnston was recently interviewed on IndyStar.com. Read the full article here.
Doobie Brother Tom Johnston was recently interviewed in the Fairfax Times. Read the full article here.
Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with Doobie Brother Pat Simmons regarding the band’s 1982 Farewell Tour and other topics of interest. Read the full interview here.
The Weekender recently conducted an interview with Doobie Brother John McFee. Read the full article here.
John McFee, Stan Lee, and Chris Evans
The Doobie Brothers’ own John McFee made a special appearance at the recent Comic Con 2011 event, appearing at the Captain America Military Salute at the LMT Music Lodge in San Diego.
This was a unique event, featuring, among other things, appearances by the legendary “Mr. Marvel Comics” Stan Lee, “Captain America” Chris Evans, a performance by the Army Band, as well as Navy SEAL Foundation presentations and even a magnificent live Bald Eagle named Mr. Lincoln, courtesy of the American Eagle Foundation.
John made a brief speech acknowledging the Doobie Brothers’ long term and ongoing commitment to supporting the men and women of the U.S. military, and then provided the event finale with a performance of a composition of his specially written for the occasion entitled “Age of Innocence”. He says, “I was grateful for the opportunity to be part of this event, and to have a chance to mention the role that our late drummer, Keith Knudsen, played in getting the Doobies back together all those years ago for a truly worthy cause. Keith was inspired by Shad Meshad’s (founder of the National Veterans Foundation) work, and from my perspective our efforts with benefit concerts, charity auctions, and appearances to help our service people really amount to the least we can do.”
McFee was “overwhelmed” by the occasion and opportunity to be involved, and particularly at getting the chance to meet and speak with members from all branches of the military, posing for photos and exchanging stories. Plus he got to meet one of his heroes from a different front, Stan Lee (McFee is a genuine comic book fan), and movie hero Chris Evans, aka the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four movies and currently in a theater near you as Captain America: The First Avenger – check out the photos, and you’ll see a truly stoked John McFee getting his very rare copy of Stan Lee’s 1947 Secrets Behind The Comics autographed…
On August 7th we’ll be performing a benefit concert for disaster relief in Japan and for organizations worldwide promoting safe, non-nuclear energy. You can help now by donating $10 with a simple text. Text MUSE to 80888. A one time $10 donation will be added to your mobile phone bill (messaging and data rates may apply. US only). http://www.musiciansunited4safeenergy.com/index.html
If you can’t make it to the M.U.S.E. concert on August 7th don’t worry. You can watch the whole show live thanks to StageIt. For a $5 minimum donation you can pre-register at http://bit.ly/musebenefit to watch the concert. StageIt will begin at 2PM (PST) on August 7, one hour before show-time. Viewers will have access to exclusive pre-show content including interviews and greetings from the performers, as well as the main feed of the entire concert.
Doobie Brothers vocalist/guitarist Patrick Simmons and his wife (noted book author and lifetime motorcycle enthusiast) Cris Simmons, will be making an appearance at the 71st Sturgis Motorcycle Rally on Tuesday, August 9th. Check out this blog post for more information.
