From: DDuBray@cox.net   
      
   Patrick (hammer-on downhome whistlestop guitarist) Simmons is who I think   
   you're thinking of...and the Michael McDonald Doobie Brothers period is far   
   superior to all of that flag-waving, China Grove, Natural Thing nonsense.   
      
   As night has turned into day and then night again, I have rethought my   
   position about Michael McDonald on the bill with Steely Dan, however.  That   
   crap last night I said about the wives now wanting to go with us because MM   
   is on the bill -- giving us middle-aged married guys a free pass to go see   
   SD with them now in tow -- might actually be a DRAG, come to think of it.   
      
   Are you with me, Doctor?   
      
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   "diane"  wrote in message   
   news:1141880064.940703.128530@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...   
   > More like he saved the Doobies from a slow and agonizing death! I   
   > despised the Doobie Brothers until he joined them. It's true, his vibe   
   > was about as un-Doobie as it could be, but oh my god, that whiny nasal   
   > goosefleshing vibrato of that Patrick whats-his-name... oh my god. If I   
   > had to hear that one more time I'd go up a wall.   
   >   
   > I'm sure the Doobies sounded fantastic to all the bikers, stoned out of   
   > their minds on beer, weed and whatever. But aside from "Jesus is just   
   > all right," "Cold Black Water" and maybe one other tune, I found them   
   > unlistenable in the 1970s, 1980s and whatever tribute band is   
   > pretending to be them in the 1990s and 21st century.   
   >   
   > I never did understand why Skunk went off to play with them instead of   
   > Don and Walt. Probably the dope was better in Doobieland.   
   >   
   > love and kisses   
   > diane <-- this space for rent   
   >   
      
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