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  The Doobie Brothers Decade   best quiz  
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The Doobie Brothers band created some great music between 1971 and 1980. Please take this quiz, listen to the music, and have some fun.
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  Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years    
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The Doobie Brothers cut their first album, "You Just Can't Stop It" in 1971. Forty-one years later, The Doobie Brothers have released a new DVD/CD "World Gone Crazy." Still bringin it big time, let's get to know these guys a little better...
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The Doobie Brothers Trivia Questions
1. The first song on the Doobie Brothers' first album, "You Just Can't Stop It", released May 16, 1971, has been revised and is on their 2011 album, DVD, CD pack. Name that song:

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: Nobody

"Nobody" was released on the new DVD/CD, "World Gone Crazy" in 2011 and the Doobie Brothers are receiving great reception to the new version of this uplifting song. Originally written by Tom Johnston, the new version has major acoustical changes by Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee.

2. Another tune on the Doobie Brothers' first album, "You Just Can't Stop It", is about "a crazy little town down around San Antone" according to Tom Johnston's lyrics. What is the name of this crazy place where people look to the east?

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: China Grove

There really is a China Grove in Texas!

3. In 1972, the Doobie Brothers recorded a single called "Listen to the Music." Please complete this line from the second verse of the song's lyrics: "What the people need is a way to make 'em ________."

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: smile

"Listen to the Music" was the first major hit for the Doobie Brothers. It was part of the group's second album, entitled "Toulouse Street." The song, written by Tom Johnston, reached the number eleven position in the U.S. singles charts in November 1972. The lyrics read, "What the people need is a way to make 'em smile / It ain't so hard to do if you know how / Gotta get a message / Get it on through..."

4. Which Texan city is mentioned in the first verse of the lyrics to the Doobie Brothers' 1973 song "China Grove"?

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: San Antonio

The Doobie Brothers' Tom Johnston wrote "China Grove" in order to pay tribute to a small town in Texas located near the city of San Antonio, Texas. The first verse of the song says, "When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town / Down around San Antone / And the folks are risin' for another day / 'Round about their homes." The song reached number 15 on the U.S. singles charts.

5. According to the second verse of the 1973 Doobie Brothers' hit "Long Train Runnin", which woman did the singer see "down along the tracks"?

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: Miss Lucy

The second verse of the Doobie Brothers' song "Long Train Runnin" reads, "You know I saw Miss Lucy down along the tracks / She lost her home and her family / And she won't be coming back..." Tom Johnston's composition was the first top ten hit single for the band; it reached the number eight position in the U.S. charts in June 1973.

6. Pat Simmons' awesome creativity displayed in the lyrics and instrumentals on "Neal's Fandango" was inspired by one of his heroes, Neal Cassady. Where is the place of Simmons' home, at least this home?

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: Loma Prieto, California, in the hills above Santa Cruz.

The quick rhythm in "Neal's Fandango" makes the lyrics especially fun to conquer. "Going back I'm too tired to roam, Loma Prieto my mountain home, on the hills above Santa Cruz, to the place where I spent my youth."

7. Please complete the title of a popular Doobie Brothers' album from 1973: "The _____ and Me."

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: Captain

The album entitled "The Captain and Me" elevated the Doobie Brothers to the level of pop music stars. It was the group's third official release, and it climbed to the number seven position on the U.S. album charts in 1973. "The Captain and Me" contained the hit songs "China Grove" and Long Train Runnin." This album achieved double platinum status in 1986.

8. Which 1973 Doobie Brothers' ballad begins with the lines, "Up all night I could not sleep / The whisky that I drank was cheap / With shakin' hands I went and I lit up my last cigarette"?

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: South City Midnight Lady

"South City Midnight Lady" is one of the prettiest ballads performed by the Doobie Brothers . It was composed by Patrick Simmons and features some wonderful acoustic guitar, piano, and steel pedal guitar interaction. "Without You" is a hard-driving rock song, and "Jesus Is Just Alright" is a Christian-style rocker. "Take Me in Your Arms" was released on the "Stampede" album in 1975.

9. The Doobie Brothers have been produced for much of their career by Warner Brothers. What is the name of the producer who first produced their music and who produced their album "World Gone Crazy"?

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: Ted Templeman

Templeman, a musician himself, can be seen in an interview on the video that accompanies the DVD of their 2011 release, "World Gone Crazy."

10. In 1974, legendary session guitarist Jeff Baxter joined the Doobie Brothers. Please supply Baxter's nickname.

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: Skunk

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter was a well-known session guitar player long before he joined the Doobie Brothers. He had already played with Jimmy James and the Blue Flames (Jimi Hendrix), Ultimate Spinach and Steely Dan. Baxter played steel pedal guitar on the Doobies' songs "Black Water" and "South City Midnight Lady" before officially joining the band. How Baxter got the nickname "Skunk" is anybody's guess.

11. What city has played an extremely important role in the blues, jazz and bluegrass compilation of sounds that the group produces in each concert, as well as Hawaiian slat-key soquels, Motown soul and good old rock and roll?

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: New Orleans

The Doobie Brothers' album "Toulouse Street" contains the collection of pieces written and sung by the band that cover New Orleans jazz and blues as well as the mixes that reflect the distinct vibes of New Orleans.

12. In 1975, the Doobie Brothers had a number one hit with the single "Black Water." According to the lyrics, what kind of "funky" music does the singer want to hear?

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: Dixieland

Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers wrote "Black Water" to pay tribute to the mighty Mississippi River. The song was originally the flip side of the single "Another Park Another Sunday," but "Black Water" became the more popular of the two songs and was re-released in late 1974. The song's final lyrics were particularly catchy: "I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland / Pretty mama come and take me by the hand...Come and dance with your daddy all night long..." The song rose to the number one spot in the U.S. singles charts in March 1975. "Black Water" appeared on the 1974 album "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits."

13. In their song "World Gone Crazy" what are the reasons given for the songwriters' viewpoint, that the world has gone crazy?

From Quiz Doobie Brothers Bringin' It After 40 Years

Answer: Too many people working harder than ever and still having their homes taken away, and innocent men are being hauled off to jail.

Heard this song in concert in the summer of 2011, and the crowd accepted this as one of the songs that brings the cheers from the crowd, like "Black Water" and "Listen to the Music."

14. "She had a place in his life / He never made her think twice / As he rises to her apology / Anybody else would surely know..." Which 1978 Doobie Brothers' smash hit contains the above lyrics?

From Quiz The Doobie Brothers Decade

Answer: What A Fool Believes

The song "What a Fool Believes" appeared on the 1978 Doobie Brothers' album "Minute By Minute." It was released by the group in January 1979, and it reached the number spot in the U.S. singles charts in April 1979. The song, written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, won the 1980 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Some of the lyrics read, "What a fool believes he sees / No wise man has the power to reason away..."

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