The Doobie Brothers - Rockin' Down the Highway (1996) [2004] DVD9

The Doobie Brothers - Rockin' Down the Highway (1996) [2004] DVD9

It's a Doobie delight as members of the veteran group's different eras convene for Rockin' Down the Highway, a 20-song concert recorded in '96 mainly in New York. The show features all three of the band's principal singer-writers:
- guitarist Tom Johnston, who fronted the early, hard-rocking hits like "Listen to the Music," "China Grove," and "Long Train Running" (all performed here, of course, to rapturous audience response);
- keyboardist Michael McDonald, who replaced Johnston in the mid-'70s and whose superb voice and blue-eyed soul influence resulted in perhaps their finest single hit, "What a Fool Believes" (included here as part of a segment recorded in Nashville); and
- guitarist Patrick Simmons, who provided a more folkie-acoustic influence (à la "Black Water") and spanned both the Johnston and McDonald eras.
The Doobie Brothers' harmony singing is spot-on, the playing is righteous, the band rocks, there's plenty of interview material between songs (and a music-only option for those who prefer to get right to the point)... and to top it off, some of the proceeds of which go the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Doobie Brothers lineup: Tom Johnson, Pat Simmons, Micheal McDonald, Keith Knudsen, Mike Hossack, John McFee, Skylark, Dale Ockerman, Danny Hill.
Additional musicians: Corneius Bumpus, Carlos Guaico, Buck Johnson, Guy Allison.

Country: USA
Genre: Rock
Duration: 110 minutes
Year of manufacture: 2004.
Label: Sony
Breakdown into chapters by tracks: yes
Quality: DVD9
Format: DVD video
Video codec: MPEG2
Audio Codec: AC3
Video: PAL, 720x576pixels, (4x3), 25.000fps, 7329 Kbps
Audio: AC-3, 6 channels, 448 Kbps
Audio2: PCM, 2 channels, 1 536 Kbps

Tracklist:
1 Dangerous
2 Jesus Is Just Alright
3 Rockin' Down The Highway
4 Slack Key Soquel Rag (Instrumental)
5 South City Midnight Lady
6 Clear As The Driven Snow
7 Excited
8 Takin' It To The Streets
9 Minute By Minute
10 What A Fool Believes
11 Black Water
12 Neal's Fandango
13 Wild Ride
14 The Doctor
15 Slow Burn
16 Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
17 Without You
18 Long Train Runnin'
19 China Grove
20 Listen To The Music