Geno
July 20th
The Doobie Brothers are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a stop tonight at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa. And yes, Michael McDonald is along for the ride on this tour! They sounded fantastic a couple weeks back on the CNN 4th of July concert special. If you’re curious about what songs they do on this tour to see if it’s worth the ticket price, here are the songs they will likely perform in this order tonight.
The band is celebrating their 50th anniversary on this tour so it’s only right they start with one from the very beginning.
The Doobies had a big hit with this one in 1975, but it’s actually a cover of a Kim Weston song from 10 years previous.
Track 1 from Minute by Mintute released in 1978.
Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons wrote this one. But unlike previous singles by the band, Simmons takes the lead vocals on this one.
If the Amp crowd isn’t dancing yet, this song should get ’em up.
The first single from 1978’s “Boys in the Trees,” Carly Simon helped write this one.
Some new music from the Doobies released earlier this year.
A tribute to South Lake Tahoe.
Snow in Florida? There will be tonight. Great track from 1973.
The 3rd single from Takin’ It to the Streets. This one was also covered and released as a single by Carly Simon.
Back to the early days of the band for this one from What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.
One from their 2021 album Liberté.
Some more new stuff before the band gets to the long set of big hits.
The band was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for this one.
Title track to the band’s 13th studio album released in 2010.
Back to the late 70s for this one from “Minute By Minute.” This one was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
It lost… to The Doobie Brothers’ own “What a Fool Believes”.
One of the many hits from “The Captain and Me.”
First recorded in 1966 by the Art Reynolds Singers, the Doobies did it on their second album in 1972 after they heard the Byrds’ version.
A song closely identified with the Doobies, but it was actually first a song for Kenny Loggins. The song scored Grammy Awards in 1980 for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Fun fact about this one… it was covered by 80s girl group Banarama (the ones who did “Venus” and “Cruel Summer”).
No this song is not about China Grove, Texas. By the way don’t leave after this one. 3 songs to come in the encore!
The band’s first #1 hit. Garth Brooks even recorded his own version of this one.
This one even has a cameo in the film “The 40-Year-Old Virgin”.
Finishing the night will be this one that was a call for world peace. Still timely.
