My thoughts exactly. The studio version is the first way most of us initially heard the song. If i remember correctly the studio version has fiddle on it instead of the pedal steel guitar which i really enjoyed.
4:53 pedal steel guitar. (a more advanced version of a lap steel guitar with foot/leg activated levers for on-the-fly reconfiguration of the tuning relationships between the strings)
Black Water was the B-side of the single Another Park, Another Sunday. Somehow Black Water wound up taking off and became The Doobie Brothers first #1 hit. It’s a great record.
The pedal steel guitar actually has its own characteristic sound and it can be used in a lot of different contexts, although you mostly heard it in old country and trucking music. Think about the difference between a regular guitar and a slide guitar, or you play with a little cylinder on your finger, like at the opening to Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd? It gives you that smooth sliding sound with multiple strings. Then you take it a step further and you have a lap steel guitar that you play flat on your lap like a dobro and use a slide. The pedal steel guitar just takes that to an extreme, and it's a really powerful instrument.
I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure this is from an outstanding program that used to air on Chicago's PBS channel 11 back in the 70's and 80's, Soundstage. The "Chicago, Chicago" song reference on the slide guitar part and the mention of Chicago followed by audience reaction kind of seals the deal on that suspicion. Good stuff!
Black Water was the B-side of the single Another Park, Another Sunday. Somehow Black Water wound up taking off and became The Doobie Brothers first #1 hit. It’s a great record. This was written by Patrick Simmons before Michael McDonald joined the group.
The "pedal steel guitar" is usually played with a slide on the strings, while picking individual notes. It has about 8 foot pedals, and at least 4-6 knee levers, each of which change the pitch in various ways. It is commonly used in country music and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd uses it on the songs "One of These Days" and "The Great Gig in the Sky", among other songs. The pedal steel player in this song is the famous Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who played on the first few Steely Dan albums as well as many fill-in spots with other musicians on various individual songs by many different artists.
My first concert as a teen were the Doobie Brothers 😊. That eas Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on the pedal steel guitar. He was also an original member of Steely Dan. This concert was well after the original lineup. Michael McDonald was not a Doobie Brother on the original recording. Definitely a live performance in Chicago as lyrics were changed a bit.
There are 2 Steely Dan guys performing in that video. Micheal McDonald is on the keyboards with the beard. He sings backup vocals on many Steely Dan songs. And the guy playing pedal guitar I believe was original Steely Dan lead guitarist Jeff Skunk Baxter.
This song was released my freshman year of college. Between myself, roommates and friends we almost wore out my Doobie Brothers album playing this song. if 'enhanced' in one way ore more the song was at times played back to back to back, etc.. It got to where I never wanted to hear it again. After a decade or two had passed I went back to loving it.
I don't think anyone's annoyed with you for "doing the wrong version", no way for you to know. They just want to make sure you get the full quality of the song. Doesn't necessarily need another reaction but if you like the group or the song it's worth your time to listen to the original studio recording. We still love you either way!
Love this song and I've never seen this performance. I had to do a double take because I realized that I own the same guitar. It's a 70s Ovation Balladeer and it is amazing despite the fact that most other guitarists hate them because they're round in the back.
That was also Michael McDonald on the piano in this performance, too. In the audio version, the play violins in lieu of the steel guitar. Thanks for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
@@edb6690 - Really? Don't be so condescending. In C&W, I call them fiddles, but not in this song. I'm not going to debate anyone over semantics. BTW, I played cello for years.
The pedal steel guitar is played with a solid metal slide so it glides between notes instead of jumping from one note to another. Since the slide is straight across, the guitar is tuned to what they call an "open tuning" which is where the strings are tuned to a chord as opposed to a standard guitar which is usually tuned to notes that don't form a pleasant chord until you press some of the notes with your fingers. Foot pedals and knee levers allow the player to change the type of chord on a pedal steel (but not on a lap steel).
this is one of my favorite songs all time and one of my fave Doobie Bros songs. Love the care free vibe----"well if it rains, I don't care , don't make no difference to me, just take that streetcar tha's going up town...like to hear some funky dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be buying everybody drinks all 'round..." Love it! But like others said, the studio version is great
Patrick Simmons came up with the riff while waiting between takes. Producer Ted Templeman heard the riff while sitting at the recording console and hit the talk-back mic and told Simmons he should flesh the riff out into a full song. Dude on slide guitar is Jeff "Skunk" Baxter who had just joined in mid-tour as the third guitarist. Both he and singer Michael McDonald joined The Doobies after Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan decided to stop touring and concentrate solely on doing studio work. There is also a console type of pedal steel guitar which has two necks and foot pedals with a knee lever to get more sounds out of it. Your playing with one hand picking or strumming the strings, the other hand sliding a bar across the strings, your knees pushing a lever, and both feet pressing pedals.
Thanks, MMB - this is my favorite by the Doobies... (those harmonies, melodies and counter-melodies...!) I really didn't care as much for them when they brought in Michael McDonald.. I guess he's an okay singer.. but IMHO, really changed the "style".. that I've always loved.. appreciate your reaction... (p.s. this is a nice "live" version that I had not seen before!).. and NO, Michael McDonald had NOTHING to do with writing this song...
When this song was originally recorded, Tom Johnston sang lead vocals. However, he had some health problems that made him drop out of the band for roughly 10 years. He is not on stage for this performance, so presumably this was performed while he was ill. Michael MacDonald became the lead singer for a while, but his vocals wouldn't have matched up to this particular song, so Patrick Simmons covered the lead here. Not a bad performance, but indulge yourself with the original track.
Good lord, the sound quality of this performance sucks out loud. Please listen to the studio version - better mix, more harmony, less Michael McDonald.
Glad you feel better,bro..stay healthy! THe band pic is with Michael McDonald. He wasn't in the band on their first 5 albums. They were more commercial and soul-based with him on board. I muchly prefer the early albums--and later ones w/o Mike but--that's me. Lots of great material with Tom Johnston as their 'lead guy'. Dive in...T
I see the vid is from a later show when Michael McDonal was in the line-up (and Johnston was not). My bad..but this song is from their 4th album -What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits).
A decent live version, but as with so many performances, the sonic quality of the studio version is much better.
My thoughts exactly. The studio version is the first way most of us initially heard the song. If i remember correctly the studio version has fiddle on it instead of the pedal steel guitar which i really enjoyed.
Yes PLEASE double down with the original release audio. So much better.
@@rogerdaly6326, I agree. I like the fiddle much better.
4:53 pedal steel guitar. (a more advanced version of a lap steel guitar with foot/leg activated levers for on-the-fly reconfiguration of the tuning relationships between the strings)
Black Water was the B-side of the single Another Park, Another Sunday. Somehow Black Water wound up taking off and became The Doobie Brothers first #1 hit.
It’s a great record.
I love early Doobie Brothers. They have a lot of great songs. This one is amazing.
This was not early Doobie's. That band ruiner, McDonald was there, which means this was around the 80's.
You have to listen to the record. It's much better sound.
The pedal steel guitar actually has its own characteristic sound and it can be used in a lot of different contexts, although you mostly heard it in old country and trucking music. Think about the difference between a regular guitar and a slide guitar, or you play with a little cylinder on your finger, like at the opening to Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd? It gives you that smooth sliding sound with multiple strings. Then you take it a step further and you have a lap steel guitar that you play flat on your lap like a dobro and use a slide. The pedal steel guitar just takes that to an extreme, and it's a really powerful instrument.
ONE OF THE VERY BEST SOUTHERN COUNTRY ROCK BANDS EVER!!!!!!!
They were from California.
I've been listening to the Doobie Brothers for over 50 years and this is the first I've ever seen them.
Congrats to your eye surgeon.
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I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure this is from an outstanding program that used to air on Chicago's PBS channel 11 back in the 70's and 80's, Soundstage. The "Chicago, Chicago" song reference on the slide guitar part and the mention of Chicago followed by audience reaction kind of seals the deal on that suspicion. Good stuff!
Black Water was the B-side of the single Another Park, Another Sunday. Somehow Black Water wound up taking off and became The Doobie Brothers first #1 hit.
It’s a great record.
This was written by Patrick Simmons before Michael McDonald joined the group.
The "pedal steel guitar" is usually played with a slide on the strings, while picking individual notes. It has about 8 foot pedals, and at least 4-6 knee levers, each of which change the pitch in various ways. It is commonly used in country music and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd uses it on the songs "One of These Days" and "The Great Gig in the Sky", among other songs.
The pedal steel player in this song is the famous Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who played on the first few Steely Dan albums as well as many fill-in spots with other musicians on various individual songs by many different artists.
The Doobie Bros. was my first concert - the China Grove tour. Nice to hear this live performance, many differences from the studio version.
Such a CCR style Doobie hit!
Glad you’re feeling better. Happy Thanksgiving
This was a fun and really good live version, but do yourselves a favour an listen to the studio version
Michael McDonald wasn't even a member of the band when the song was written. It was written by Patrick Simmons.
Always loved the live version.
Love the Doobie Brothers. Never ever saw them before this video! They had some good hits!
I love this song! We call this Country Rock! This song "sounds like" a summer song to me, but I love it all year round!
Patrick Simmons, who sang lead, was the songwriter, not Micheal McDonald.
Be sure to check out the studio version. Something sounds a little off on this one, at least to me.
The Doobies are the best just love 'em
🌸 I'm so happy you're feeling better!!!
I wish I'd seen then back in the 90's when they got back together.
My first concert as a teen were the Doobie Brothers 😊. That eas Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on the pedal steel guitar. He was also an original member of Steely Dan. This concert was well after the original lineup. Michael McDonald was not a Doobie Brother on the original recording. Definitely a live performance in Chicago as lyrics were changed a bit.
Love your reactions!
There are 2 Steely Dan guys performing in that video. Micheal McDonald is on the keyboards with the beard. He sings backup vocals on many Steely Dan songs. And the guy playing pedal guitar I believe was original Steely Dan lead guitarist Jeff Skunk Baxter.
This song was released my freshman year of college. Between myself, roommates and friends we almost wore out my Doobie Brothers album playing this song. if 'enhanced' in one way ore more the song was at times played back to back to back, etc.. It got to where I never wanted to hear it again. After a decade or two had passed I went back to loving it.
Great reaction! Thanks! ☮️💙😎
I saw them back in the 80s when they did a military tour with Kansas. I was standing in the front about 5 feet from the stage. They sound great live.
Studio version is fire
It's perfect Classic Rock Fusion.
I like the record version better. Then you can love this song like we do.
I don't think anyone's annoyed with you for "doing the wrong version", no way for you to know. They just want to make sure you get the full quality of the song. Doesn't necessarily need another reaction but if you like the group or the song it's worth your time to listen to the original studio recording. We still love you either way!
Saw them in October of last year they still sounded amazing.
Love this song and I've never seen this performance. I had to do a double take because I realized that I own the same guitar. It's a 70s Ovation Balladeer and it is amazing despite the fact that most other guitarists hate them because they're round in the back.
That was also Michael McDonald on the piano in this performance, too. In the audio version, the play violins in lieu of the steel guitar. Thanks for a great reaction! ✌💙✌
They played fiddles, not violins. There is a difference. If you din't think so, ask a violinist to play a fiddle, then step back and enjoy the reply.
@@edb6690 - Really? Don't be so condescending. In C&W, I call them fiddles, but not in this song. I'm not going to debate anyone over semantics. BTW, I played cello for years.
Such a young Michael McDonald in the background vox!
The pedal steel guitar is played with a solid metal slide so it glides between notes instead of jumping from one note to another. Since the slide is straight across, the guitar is tuned to what they call an "open tuning" which is where the strings are tuned to a chord as opposed to a standard guitar which is usually tuned to notes that don't form a pleasant chord until you press some of the notes with your fingers. Foot pedals and knee levers allow the player to change the type of chord on a pedal steel (but not on a lap steel).
this is one of my favorite songs all time and one of my fave Doobie Bros songs. Love the care free vibe----"well if it rains, I don't care , don't make no difference to me, just take that streetcar tha's going up town...like to hear some funky dixieland and dance a honky tonk, and I'll be buying everybody drinks all 'round..." Love it! But like others said, the studio version is great
Patrick Simmons came up with the riff while waiting between takes. Producer Ted Templeman heard the riff while sitting at the recording console and hit the talk-back mic and told Simmons he should flesh the riff out into a full song.
Dude on slide guitar is Jeff "Skunk" Baxter who had just joined in mid-tour as the third guitarist. Both he and singer Michael McDonald joined The Doobies after Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan decided to stop touring and concentrate solely on doing studio work. There is also a console type of pedal steel guitar which has two necks and foot pedals with a knee lever to get more sounds out of it. Your playing with one hand picking or strumming the strings, the other hand sliding a bar across the strings, your knees pushing a lever, and both feet pressing pedals.
oh, and get well soon, brother., there's def something going around. some relatives had to cancel coming over for Thanksgiving up cuz they got colds
I believe there was a harmonica in the studio version
Thanks, MMB - this is my favorite by the Doobies... (those harmonies, melodies and counter-melodies...!) I really didn't care as much for them when they brought in Michael McDonald.. I guess he's an okay singer.. but IMHO, really changed the "style".. that I've always loved.. appreciate your reaction... (p.s. this is a nice "live" version that I had not seen before!).. and NO, Michael McDonald had NOTHING to do with writing this song...
Got to do the studio version, so much better
This was taken from a tv special on CBS.
When this song was originally recorded, Tom Johnston sang lead vocals. However, he had some health problems that made him drop out of the band for roughly 10 years. He is not on stage for this performance, so presumably this was performed while he was ill. Michael MacDonald became the lead singer for a while, but his vocals wouldn't have matched up to this particular song, so Patrick Simmons covered the lead here. Not a bad performance, but indulge yourself with the original track.
No, Patrick Simmons wrote and sang this on the album.
I predict you will have loved this song.
Good lord, the sound quality of this performance sucks out loud. Please listen to the studio version - better mix, more harmony, less Michael McDonald.
Check the original studio version
That ain’t The Weeknd brah, that’s Tiran Porter on bass! Still jamming around the Santa Cruz area as far as I know
The outro is Soo Good I'm dealing with same same. Hopefully this helps us both ❤
Glad you feel better,bro..stay healthy! THe band pic is with Michael McDonald. He wasn't in the band on their first 5 albums. They were more commercial and soul-based with him on board. I muchly prefer the early albums--and later ones w/o Mike but--that's me. Lots of great material with Tom Johnston as their 'lead guy'. Dive in...T
I see the vid is from a later show when Michael McDonal was in the line-up (and Johnston was not). My bad..but this song is from their 4th album -What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits).
Nothing to do with Michael McDonald. Written by singer/guitarist Pat Simmons. He and Johnston led The Doobies for their first 5 albums.
Michael Mcdonald was not part of the band when that came out.
This is good but you need to do the studio version
Wouldn't be my version choice for 1st time.
pedal steel guitar.
Dud play the original it got violin its a steel gitar
Dude take vitamin C and Zinc
No he looks like a black Che Guevara 😅
PLEASE double down with the original release audio. So much better in my opinion.
Boomers singing this in the supermarket and banks.
Dude you got to do something about your audio you have to turn it up real loud to hear the music than you start talking and you blow out my eardrums
No, that loser was not anywhere near this song. It was the real Doobie's with Tom Johnston.
It is way better when Tom Johnston was there and Mike McDonald was not.
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