LONG TRAIN RUNNIN' Our Story of the Doobie Brothers

Everyone knows the music of the Doobie Brothers, but how many know the true history of the band? Narrators T. Ryder Smith, Graham Winton, Chris Coffey, and Leon Nixon re-create the band's story, as written by founding members Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston (along with music journalist Chris Epting). The alternating--and sometimes contradictory--delivery of events by band members takes a bit of getting used to, but it feels real. Smith, Winton, Coffey, and Nixon take on the personas of the band members as they tell rock-and-roll tales of shake-ups, break-ups, successes, and failures and life on the road with a lifetime's supply of drugs, women, and alcohol. Through it all is the music, always the music. It's too bad this audiobook doesn't come with a soundtrack--but listeners will likely provide their own. M.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2022]