Continuing with my review of the Golden Decade of Music 1965-1974, where I am selecting the artists alphabetically and playing selections of their songs I liked or found influential from that Golden Decade. I am now moving into the D’s and on to the next artist, The Doobie Brothers. The Doobie Brothers are a band who got their start playing live all over Northern California in 1970, with one recurring gig that created a strong following among local chapters of the Hells Angels by playing at one of the bikers favorite venues, the Chateau Liberté in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The original band was comprised of Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, Dave Shogren, Michael Hossack, and John Hartman but when they started hitting the charts Tiran Porter had replaced Shogren. The next song of theirs I am selecting is China Grove”, a song written by musician Tom Johnston. It was included on the bands 1973 album ‘The Captain and Me’ and reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is based on a real town in Texas with the same name and its real-life proximity to San Antonio is even referenced in the lyrics. The rest of the song is largely a fictional account portraying China Grove as Texas version of Chinatown. Notable is the mention of samurai, who in fact are Japanese, not Chinese. https://youtube/watch?v=udSHItTjWyQ
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:51:28 +0000
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