Posted on 03/04/2020 11:29:35 AM PST by simpson96
"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. Debuting at number 73 on January 20, 1979, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979 for one week. The song received Grammy Awards in 1980 for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
The song was one of the few non-disco No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the first eight months of 1979. The lyrics tell a story of a man who is reunited with an old love interest and attempts to rekindle a romantic relationship with her before discovering that one never really existed.
The Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" '81 Live
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The last pre-Michael McDonald album, “Stampede” was their best.
Love “I Cheat the Hangman”.
SCTV did the funniest “Tribute” to Michael McDonald, this was back when it seemed he sang on everthing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLbhEUE_5U
“Romancing the Stone”
Jack Colton : [picking up a magazine] Dammit man, the Doobie Brothers broke up! Shit! When did that happen?
Joan Wilder : How long have you been down here?
Jack Colton : Forever.
I just remember when Rerun got busted trying to tape their concert on “What’s Happening”
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Mike lived for years in my little town and he is one of the kindest most humble people you will ever meet. Some friends threw a birthday party for him and this video was playing. He loved it.
What is funny is that McDonald says he came up with his singing style to save his vocal cords when singing in bar bands around St. Louis. It’s not his natural voice, just an affectation that he found let him sing in a “rock style” without losing his voice halfway through a set.
LOL, haven’t seen that before. Thanks!
Trained vocalist who doesn't sing, I never could quite get it.
Too unique. Which is whyhe's going in the Hall of Fame.
A very good friend is a highly acclaimed mastering engineer and remastered “Minute By Minute”. He was kind enough to gift me an acetate cut with a 10watt 300B vacuum tube amplifier I imported and distributed in US market.
Sadly, acetates only have a life of 25-30 playbacks...but the sound is darn close to the original studio master tape I heard when he was cutting it.
When his remastered version of “Minute By Minute” was released, my website was included in the album credits.
Probably because Michael McDonald is a baritone.
I hear a lot of people say this, but Tommy Johnston was in bad health and the Doobies had to either find a replacement or end the band, so Skunk Baxter reached out to his former Steely Dan bandmate.
Personally I like music from both eras.
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Loved that song...
I can recreate the notes, the frequencies, just not the timbre.
I ran into him one day. We were on our way to Palm Springs and in the middle of nowhere there is a restaurant/bar that used to have bands and concerts. Early afternoon we stop to eat and I went into the bar to get a drink. I’d already had a few. Bar was empty except for him sitting on a barstool talking to the bartender. I talked to him while the bartender made my drink. Went back out and told Hubby and brother and his girlfriend he was in there. They accused me of being drunk and seeing things. lol But before we left my brother couldn’t help it and peeked in the bar. He was gone. lol
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