The quintessential biker-meets-hippie California band, Doobie
Brothers yielded a succession of soft-rock hits in the mid-'70s
that have come to symbolize the complacent but irresistible charms
of the era. Moving from mellow boogie to slick blue-eyed soul, this
long-running group actually improved along the way. The Doobies
began as a bar band in Northern California, earning a following
among the H...