The Doobie Brothers Element New Album, ‘Stroll This Highway’

The Doobie Brothers are readying their sixteenth studio album, with the gang revealing that Michael McDonald will go back to accomplish vocals at the newly introduced Stroll This Highway.

Information of the band’s drawing close file was once shared all through a year-end wrap-up submit shared to Fb on Monday (Dec. 30). “It’s arduous to consider some other 12 months simply shot via like a rocket!” the band wrote. “We’re lately celebrating nearly 56 years in combination as a band. 55 years since we launched our first actual self titled album The Doobie Brothers.

“It’s been an extended winding highway since the ones early days however we’re nonetheless running in combination, doing our easiest to stay inventive, and having a look ahead to bringing our song to you other people in the market once more subsequent 12 months.”

Reflecting on their actions throughout 2024 (which integrated on the subject of 60 are living displays and featured U.K. opening for the Eagles), the Doobie Brothers closed via having a look forward to the approaching 12 months and their plans for brand spanking new song.

“Right here’s the purpose we’ve set for 2025,” the submit persisted. “This educate assists in keeping rollin’ down the monitor and we’re nearly able to unencumber our new album Stroll This Highway someday after the primary of the 12 months. We’ve got 10 new songs sung via Tom [Johnston], Michael [McDonald], and Pat [Simmons]. The 3 folks wrote songs and collaborated in combination. We had numerous a laugh recording it and we really feel very pleased with the effects.

“John McFee added his improbable musical skills as smartly. Another time we became to the fantastic John Shanks who produced, wrote, and performed at the tracks with us. Thankfully we’re again running with our pals at Warner Brothers/Rhino Information in this unencumber. We’ll most likely debut a track quickly after the primary of the 12 months and the whole album will apply someday within the Spring/Summer time.”

Probably the most notable takeaway from the band’s replace is the go back of McDonald on an album of authentic song. Becoming a member of the band in 1975 forward in their Takin’ It to the Streets album the next, McDonald remained lead vocalist of the band till their 1982, overseeing a few of their hottest releases, together with 1978’s Minute via Minute – their best album to best the Billboard 200.

Even though the Doobie Brothers would reunite in 1987, McDonald’s time with the band was once fairly sporadic, with stints inside the staff in 1992, 1995, and once more in 2014 as a studio member. His remaining studio album of authentic subject material recorded with the Doobie Brothers was once 1980’s One Step Nearer, even though he would function on one track from 2010’s Global Long gone Loopy, and have at the band’s 2014 covers/collaboration album Southbound.

Whilst McDonald rejoined the band as a full-time member in 2019, he was once in the long run absent from their 2021 album, Liberté.