Rock to Know: The Doobie Brothers – “Black Water”
The Doobie Brothers has had a profound effect on me in many ways. I’ve always enjoyed the study of history, and through my exploration of The Doobie Brothers, I was able to gain a much better understanding of black and white relationships in the South, pre-1980. Despite some of the worst cultural atrocities that took place in the Jim Crow south, the fact is, there has always been a current of black and white musicians playing with and influencing each other. The Doobie Brothers was the first band with an interracial line-up that I paid close attention to. It was only after discovering The Doobie Brothers that I went back studied Sly and The Family Stone much more intently.
