The Doobie Brothers have walked, run, and smoked down the highway for a very long time. Over 50 years of mileage, to be exact ...

Patrick Simmons knows better than to even try to guesstimate how many gigs he’s played — 55 years of ’em, of course, as part of the Doobie Brothers. It’s a tally that’s only being added ...

Love then took to the stage, joining current Beach Boys guitarists Christian Love, John Wedemeyer, Brian Eichenberger and ...

Fifty-three years since their first hit single, “Listen to the Music ,” raced up the charts in 1972, the Doobie Brothers are ...

The Doobies will be the 10th collective of three or more songwriters to be inducted. Eight of them are performing groups. The ...

I just thought, ‘That’s too much for some people,’ ” said Patrick Simmons ... I get it.’ ” Simmons is 75, and he’s still playing. This summer the Doobie Brothers are touring ...

Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers (Photo by Anne Jacko/CC BY-SA 2.0) Fast forward nearly three-quarters of a century and the 75-year-old musician has enjoyed a 50-year-run and counting with ...

Now that’s the one that would make any member of The Doobie Brothers stop. “I never thought that would happen. I just thought, ‘That’s too much for some people,’” said Patrick Simmons ...

Love, a founder member of The Beach Boys, was inducted alongside music legends George Clinton, Michael McDonald and The ...

With a standing ovation as they took their final bows, an upcoming brand new album, and a documentary retrospective, The Doobie Brothers proved Patrick Simmons’s lyrics prophetic — they’ve ...

Patrick Simmons performs with other members of The Doobie Brothers at Ravinia Park Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Highland Park, Ill. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) “Tommy and I are basically ...

A full complement of Doobie Brothers is on hand for the group's latest album -- its first with Michael McDonald since 1980 -- ...