Day 42: February 11: Taking it to the Streets

"I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see."

In 1979 James joined a mess of contemporary stars like Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Parker Jr. and the Doobie Brothers for a protest/benefit concert called No Nukes.  A double album followed with a few James tracks including the underrated "Honey Don't Leave LA" from his JT album.  The highlight for me though is this really cool collaboration- one of the now standard everyone on stage together to end the show kind of things that have become commonplace over the years.  What's cool about this one is that they give James his own verse.  There may have been no nukes, but from the looks of James there were plenty narcotics.  Fun video.

Taking it to the Streets

Michael McDonald had several big songs with the Doobie Brothers, perhaps most notably What a Fool Believes.  I've always been more partial to the other Doobie voices though.  Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons will always be the heart of the band for me.  Here's a pretty one.  This performance is a little past their prime, but it's still nice.

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