The Doobie Brothers — Rockin' Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert
Recorded 1996
Sony Music Studios · New York · 
United States
Featuring Michael McDonald
Setlist not available.
Latest album at the timeBrotherhood1991Brotherhood is The Doobie Brothers' most recent studio album at the time of the recording.“To see the three central singers together in Manhattan at the band's 25th anniversary benefit.”
Context
In May 1996, the Doobie Brothers take their 25th anniversary celebration inside Sony Music Studios in Manhattan. The reunion has a concrete purpose: benefiting the Wildlife Conservation Society. Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons welcome Michael McDonald, putting the three central voices of the group's history on the same stage.
McDonald takes the keyboards and sings Takin' It to the Streets, Minute by Minute and What a Fool Believes. Cornelius Bumpus also returns, while John McFee and Keith Knudsen have been back in the band since 1993. Among the hits, there is room for Slow Burn, then unreleased, and Wild Ride, from Simmons' solo work.
The gathering gets a double album and a home video release later in 1996, with VHS and LaserDisc before the later DVD and digital versions. The film also includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. The celebration leaves a recording that brings together distinct chapters of the band without reducing its history to a single voice.
- Michael McDonald returns to the keyboards on three songs from his time with the group.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Tom JohnstonVocals and guitar
- Patrick SimmonsVocals and guitar
- John McFeeGuitars, pedal steel, violin and vocals
- Keith KnudsenDrums and vocals
- Michael HossackDrums
- SkylarkBass and vocals
- Dale OckermanKeyboards, guitar and vocals
- Danny HullSaxophone, harmonica, keyboards and vocals
- Michael McDonaldguestVocals and keyboards
- Cornelius BumpusguestSaxophone, keyboards and vocals
Trivia
The sessions benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Michael McDonald appears on Takin' It to the Streets, Minute by Minute and What a Fool Believes.
Slow Burn comes to the project as a new song; Wild Ride comes from Patrick Simmons' solo repertoire.
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