Available On July 24 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES – The Doobie Brothers recorded some of the band’s most iconic music during their dozen years with Warner Bros. Records, scoring major hits with timeless tunes like “Long Train Runnin’,” “Black Water,” and “Takin’ It To The Streets.” With 46 million albums sold during their outstanding career, The Doobie Brothers have nothing left to prove, but this summer the group is still “Rockin’ Down the Highway” as they tour North America.

Rhino salutes the group with a new 10-CD boxed set that features some of the band’s greatest albums. THE WARNER BROS. YEARS 1971-1983 will be available on July 24 for a list price of $79.98.

The set includes more than 110 songs from 10 albums: The Doobie Brothers (1971), Toulouse Street (1972), The Captain And Me (1973), What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974), Stampede (1975), Takin’ It To The Streets (1976), Livin’ On The Fault Line (1977), Minute By Minute (1978), One Step Closer (1980), and Farwell Tour (1983).

The Doobie Brothers started out in 1969 as a northern California bar band. In 1970 the band signed with Warner Bros. and in 1971 released its self-titled debut album. It was the beginning of a 12-year streak in which The Doobies released ten new albums. The group’s commercial breakthrough came with its sophomore effort, Toulouse Street, which boasted popular tracks like “Listen To The Music” and “Jesus Is Just Alright.” The string of hits continued on The Captain And Me with “Long Train Runnin’” and the classic “China Grove.” The Doobie Brothers notched their first #1 in the funky “Black Water” from their 1974 album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.

In 1975, the band began to expand Pat Simmons’ and Tom Johnston’s rock and country influences with R&B and even scored a hit with its cover the Motown track, “Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While.)” In 1976, with the addition of Michael McDonald to the band, they introduced more R&B and keyboards to their rocking sound and the hits kept rolling with the title track from Takin’ It To The Streets. In 1979, The Doobie Brothers won four Grammy® Awards on the strength of its triple-platinum album, Minute By Minute. The final disc in this new collection is the 1983 live album Farewell Tour, which includes performances of songs that spanned the band’s entire history to that point. This 10 CD Set represents an outstanding body of work from one of America’s most popular bands.

THE WARNER BROS. YEARS 1971-1983 Album Listing

• The Doobie Brothers (1971)
  Toulouse Street (1972)
  The Captain And Me (1973)
  What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974)
  Stampede (1975)
  Takin’ It To The Streets (1976)
  Livin’ On The Fault Line (1977)
  Minute By Minute (1978)
  One Step Closer (1980)
  Farwell Tour (1983)

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ON TOUR

JULY

1 Foellinger Theatre Fort Wayne, IN
3 Henry Maier Festival Park Milwaukee, WI
4 Summit Park Blue Ash, OH
5 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Grand Rapids, MI
13 Plains Of Abraham Quebec City, QC
17 Moondance Events Walker, MN
18 Riverside Casino & Golf Resort Riverside, IA
19 Divots Event Center Norfolk, NE
31 Cape Code Melody Tent Hyannis, MA

AUGUST

1 Mohegan Sun Wilkes Barre, PA
19 Blue Hills Bank Pavilion Boston, MA
21 Marvin Sands PAC (CMAC) Canandaigua, NY
22 Meadowbrook Gilford, NH
25 Artpark Lewiston, NY
26 Dutchess County Fairgrounds Rhinebeck, NY
28 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
29 Nikon At Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
30 Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa / Event Ctr. Atlantic City, NJ

SEPTEMBER

1 Koka Booth Amphitheatre Cary, NC
2 Pier Six Pavillion Baltimore, MD
4 Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY
5 Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ
10 Oak Ridge Farm Arrington, VA
11 Harrah’s Cherokee Cherokee, NC
12 Buford Community Center Buford, GA
17 College St. Music Hall New Haven, CT
18 The Capitol Theater Port Chester, NY
19 Ocean City Bike Fest Ocean City, MD

OCTOBER

1 The Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA
4 Sonoma Music Festival Sonoma, CA

NOVEMBER

15 Pfeiffer Hall Naperville, IL