
Artist
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers is a rock artist from San Jose, California, USA formed in 1970. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · San Jose, California, USA · Best rock albums
- 42
- Releases
- 1971–2025
- Active years
- 1970
- Formed

Artist
The Doobie Brothers is a rock artist from San Jose, California, USA formed in 1970. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · San Jose, California, USA · Best rock albums

Most popular
The Captain and Me
1973

Best of The Doobies
1986

Minute by Minute
1978

Toulouse Street
1972

Takin' It to the Streets
1976

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
1974

Livin' on the Fault Line
1977

Stampede
1975

Best of The Doobies, Volume II
1981

The Doobie Brothers
1971

Walk This Road
2025

Liberté
2021

Cycles
1989

One Step Closer
1980

Brotherhood
1991

Keep On Runnin' (Live)
2024

Acoustic Sessions
2023

Sleepy Eyed (Live 1973)
2022

Live At Wolf Trap (Live At Wolf Trap National Park For The Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia/2004)
2020

Live from the Beacon Theatre
2019

Long Train Runnin'
2015

The Warner Bros. Years 1971-1983
2015
Live at the Greek Theater 1982
2011
World Gone Crazy
2010

Farewell Tour
2008

The Platinum Collection
2007

The Very Best Of
2007
The Very Best of The Doobie Brothers
2007
Live at Wolf Trap
2004
Greatest Hits
2001
Sibling Rivalry
2000

Best Of The Doobie Brothers Live
1999

Rockin' Down The Highway: The Wildlife Concert
1996
Listen to the Music: The Very Best of The Doobie Brothers
1993
Introducing the Doobie Brothers
1980

Listen to the Music / Toulouse Street
Single · 1972

Learn to Let Go
EP · 2025

Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples)
Single · 2025

Angels & Mercy
EP · 2025

Lahaina (feat. Mick Fleetwood, Jake Shimabukuro & Henry Kapono)
Single · 2023

Takin' It to the Streets / For Someone Special
Single · 2010
Long Train Runnin' / Natural Thing
Single · 1973
The Doobie Brothers formed in 1969, with members Tom Johnston (vocals, guitar), John Hartman (drums), and Dave Shogren (bass); Patrick Simmons (vocals, guitar) joined in 1970. Tiran Porter replaced Shogren, 1971; Michael Hossack (drums) joined in 1971, replaced in 1973 by Keith Knudsen. Jeff Baxter (guitar) joined in 1974; Michael McDonald (keyboards, vocals, songwriting) joined in 1975. The Doobie Brothers epitomized mainstream rock and roll throughout the 1970s with a string of platinum albums and top ten hits. Personnel and stylistic changes notwithstanding--and both were substantial--the Doobies packed concert halls worldwide for more than a decade. Today their work is a staple of the "classic rock" format radio stations, and members of the original group are playing live together again. Reflecting on the resurgent popularity of the California-based hard rock band, Rolling Stone contributor Jeffrey Ressner concludes: "While the group has gone through numerous evolutionary changes over the past two decades, it refuses to become extinct." Like so many other rock bands, the Doobie Brothers formed in California around a nucleus of semi-seasoned professional performers. The origin…