Iconic GRAMMY Award-winning, Platinum-selling, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame band The Doobie Brothers wrapped up the summer leg of their highly-acclaimed WALK THIS ROAD TOUR at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. The tour kicked off in July, hitting the UK and Ireland before launching stateside in Detroit on August 4th with special guests Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band. Celebrating the band’s critically acclaimed new studio album WALK THIS ROAD (Rhino Records) the tour featured premiere live performances of new songs “Walk This Road feat. Mavis Staples” and “Angels & Mercy” as well as “Learn To Let Go” and “Call Me.” Fans went crazy for beloved, iconic Doobie Brothers hits including “Long Train Runnin’,” “Listen to the Music,” “Black Water” and “What A Fool Believes.”
Walk This Road, their 16th album, is the first ever studio album by The Doobie Brothers featuring principal members Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, John McFee and Michael McDonald, and the first in 40 years to feature Michael McDonald in the studio with the band. Walk This Road showcases the masterful songwriting of Johnston, Simmons and McDonald who were inducted into the 2025 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame this past June. It features ten newly recorded tracks including ““Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples)”, “Call Me,” “Learn To Let Go,” “Angels & Mercy,” and “Lahaina” and was produced in Los Angeles with John Shanks. Get WALK THIS ROAD now HERE. Watch the music video for “Angels & Mercy” HERE.
The Doobie Brothers debuted their new album on multiple national TV shows this summer, with live performances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS), The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC) and LIVE with Kelly and Mark (ABC). They were featured on CBS News Sunday Morning for an in-depth conversation exploring the band’s unparalleled legacy of songwriting and unifying and uplifting audiences with their music. Stay tuned for upcoming national performance appearances and additional tour dates to be announced soon.
TRACKLISTING FOR WALK THIS ROAD:
1. “Walk this Road” Featuring Mavis Staples
2. “Angels & Mercy”
3. “Call Me”
4. “Learn to Let Go”
5. “State of Grace”
6. “Here to Stay”
7. “The Kind That Lasts”
8. “New Orleans”
9. “Speed of Pain”
10. “Lahaina”
UPCOMING WALK THIS ROAD TOUR NORTH AMERICAN DATES:
12.5.25 – Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino Resort
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ABOUT THE DOOBIE BROTHERS:
For over five decades, The Doobie Brothers have been known for delivering mind-blowing, roots based, harmony-laden, guitar-driven rock and roll – all of which recently culminated in an induction into the 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Boasting one of the most loyal fan bases in music, selling more than 48 million albums, and winning four GRAMMY® Awards, The Doobie Brothers continue to write and record new material and tour the world. Their No. 1 singles “Black Water” and “What a Fool Believes,” both gold, lead a catalog of indelible songs that include: “Listen to the Music,” “China Grove,” “Jesus Is Just All Right,” “Rockin’ Down the Highway,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “Take Me In Your Arms,” “Takin’ it to the Streets,” “Minute by Minute,” “You Belong to Me,” “The Doctor” and more. In all, the Doobies have tallied up five top 10 singles and 16 top 40 hits. Beginning with their multi-million-selling sophomore collection Toulouse Street, the Doobies have 3 multi-platinum, 7 platinum, and 14 Gold albums. Best of the Doobies has sold more than 12 million copies – a rare “diamond record.” In 2021, the band kicked off their 50th anniversary tour which reunited Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons, and John McFee for 49 stops before concluding in 2022. In 2025 The Doobie Brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The new studio album WALK THIS ROAD featuring Johnston, McDonald, Simmons and McFee is out now.
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