But to say the band is only intrinsic to the West Coast is an understatement. Tom Johnston has been belting out hits and playing guitar in The Doobie Brothers for nearly 40 years. The 75-year-old ...

Lead singer and guitarist Tom Johnston, 74, is a founding member of the original quartet that was initially formed in 1970 in San Jose. Other original members included guitarist and vocalist ...

“We were a work in progress all the time,” Tom Johnston says, recalling the Doobie Brothers’ first era, from 1970 to 1977. The effort certainly paid off: You’d be hard-pressed to find a ...

Fifty years ago, the Doobie Brothers' Tom Johnston urged people to "Listen to the Music." Fifteen years later, he helped them do some dirty dancing. Johnston was, at least on paper, an outlier on ...

Tom Johnston talks with Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra about the Doobies’ old hits and new tour. Jim Williams worked as an Andy Frain usher for The Doobie Brothers at the old International ...