Southbound (The Doobie Brothers album)

Southbound
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
GenreCountry rock
Length49:17
LabelArista Nashville
ProducerDavid Lyndon Huff
The Doobie Brothers chronology
World Gone Crazy
(2010)
Southbound
(2014)
Liberté
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Southbound is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band the Doobie Brothers featuring collaborations with various artists in remakes of various hits by the band. It was the group's only album that featured Tony Pia since he joined the band in 2010 (because of Hossack's retirement due to cancer and his death in 2012), before leaving the group in August 2016. It is also the band's last studio album to feature keyboardist/vocalist Guy Allison before his departure from the group in October 2015.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Duet partner(s)Length
1."Black Water"Pat SimmonsZac Brown Band4:20
2."Listen to the Music"Tom JohnstonBlake Shelton and Hunter Hayes4:19
3."What a Fool Believes"Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonaldSara Evans4:02
4."Long Train Runnin'"JohnstonToby Keith and Huey Lewis3:32
5."China Grove"JohnstonChris Young3:21
6."Takin' It to the Streets"McDonaldLove and Theft4:41
7."Jesus Is Just Alright"Arthur ReynoldsCasey James4:07
8."Rockin' Down the Highway"JohnstonBrad Paisley3:34
9."Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)"Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie HollandTyler Farr3:45
10."South City Midnight Lady"SimmonsJerrod Niemann4:48
11."You Belong to Me"McDonald, Carly SimonAmanda Sudano Ramirez and Vince Gill3:44
12."Nobody (Intro)"SimmonsCharlie Worsham0:45
13."Nobody"JohnstonCharlie Worsham4:20
Total length:49:17

Personnel

Credits taken from the album's liner notes.[2]

The Doobie Brothers

  • Tom Johnston - lead vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9, 13), electric guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10, 13), guitar solo and acoustic guitar (track 13)
  • Patrick Simmons - lead vocals (track 1), lead guitar (track 2), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 10, 12, 13), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–10, 13)
  • John McFee - electric guitar (tracks 7, 9), banjo (tracks 2, 13), autoharp (track 1), fiddle (track 4), guitar solo (track 6), steel guitar solo (track 10), slide resonator guitar (track 12), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 13)
  • Michael McDonald - lead vocals and keyboards (tracks 3, 6, 11), backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 6–8, 11)

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[3] 16
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 7

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Southbound review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ^ Southbound (booklet). Arista Nashville. 2014.
  3. ^ "The Doobie Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "The Doobie Brothers Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.