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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Grammy Award winning Doobie Brothers will ring in the New Year from the main stage at the Fiesta Bowl Block Party, which will be held on December 31, from 5:00 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. in the Mill Avenue District of Tempe.
The Doobie Brothers are one of the very few American musical groups that have been able to achieve a phenomenal level of success and sustain it for decades. Since the group was founded in 1970, it has sold 50 million records worldwide, garnered multiple Grammy Awards, 27 chart singles, 16 top 40 hits (including two number 1 hits), 11 multi-platinum albums, 13 gold albums and that most rare of distinctions, The Diamond Award, for the sale of 10 million units of a single title, Best Of The Doobies: Vol. 1. Combined with their consistent appeal on the road, The Doobies have earned a fanatical loyalty for their high-energy shows, and are truly one of America's most loved rock and roll bands. One of the secrets to their success is most certainly in their diversity.
A look at the group’s recordings reveals one of the more interesting musical histories in popular music. Upon release of their breakthrough album in 1972, Toulouse Street, featuring the hit single “Listen to the Music,” the legend began. With the immense popularity of this first album, The Doobies released a number of successful follow-up hits, including The Captain And Me and What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.
In 1976, Michael McDonald joined the band for the album Takin’ It To The Streets, which produced the hit singles “Takin’ it to the Streets” and “It Keeps You Running.” The stylistic expansion of the group, with more jazz influences being incorporated, led to a greater fan following.
From 1977 through the early ‘80s, The Doobies continued their musical growth by producing chart topping albums like Livin’ on the Fault Line, Minute by Minute and One Step Closer which featured the hits “What a Fool Believes,” “Minute by Minute,” “Dependin’ on You” and the group’s first Grammy nominated instrumental track, “South Bay Strut.”
In 1982 the band embarked on their farewell tour, after which the musicians went their separate ways. However, they did remain in close contact, and performed once a year at benefit concerts for The Children’s Hospital at Stanford University. In 1987, on an 11-city tour, The Doobies raised more than 1 million dollars for a variety of charitable causes. This tour reignited interest in The Doobie Brothers for both audiences and the band members. Since that time, The Doobies have continued to tour and in 1998 signed with WEA distribution, Pyramid Records. In 1999 the band was awarded the RIAA Diamond Award of the sale of 10 million copies of Best of the Doobies: Vol. 1.
Keeping with the Doobie tradition of touring and supporting album releases, 2001 through 2004 found the band performing all over the world and headlining with top performers.
Today, the group continues to tour, while defying categorization with a signature sound that encompasses everything from Jazz elements to rock and R&B.
The Fiesta Bowl Block Party has become Arizona’s top New Year’s Eve destination. In addition to this year’s performance by The Doobie Brothers, patrons will enjoy beer gardens, dueling pianos, a dance club, country stage, fireworks displays, street performers and so much more.
This year’s Block Party will begin at 5:00 p.m. and go until 12:30 a.m. on December 31, with The Doobie Brothers scheduled to perform at 11:15 p.m.
Tickets for the Block Party can be purchased for $15 at Fry’s Food & Drug Stores or for $20 through the Fiesta Bowl Ticket Office and at the event gate. To purchase tickets to the Fiesta Bowl Block Party through the Fiesta Bowl, call 480-350-0911 or visit http://www.fiestabowl.org.
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