LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 15 2019- HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY TO BAY AREA ROCKER AND DOOBIE BROTHER TOM JOHNSTON.
TOM JOHNSON IS THE GUITARIST, VOCALIST AND FOUNDER OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS AND A FRIEND OF THE SHOW.
HE TOLD US IT ALL STARTED IN SAN JOSE ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR WHERE HE WROTE ‘LISTEN TO THE MUSIC’ ‘ROCKIN’ DOWN THE HIGHWAY’ ‘LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’ AND ‘CHINA GROVE’
THE DOOBIES HAVE SOLD OVER 50 MILLION ALBUMS TO DATE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM JOHNSTON, YOU’RE ONE OF THE GOOD ONES.
HERE ARE THE DOOBIES WITH A LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM 1975
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