Tom Johnston (musician)

Tom Johnston ( born August 15, 1948 in Visalia, California) is an American songwriter, singer and guitarist who was best known as a member of the Doobie Brothers.

Johnston began early to care for rhythm and blues. When he got a guitar at the age of twelve years, he initially tried mainly of songs by James Brown, Little Richard and Bo Diddley. As a teenager, he played in various blues and soul bands. When he went to college in San Jose later, he learned Skip Spence know, the drummte at this time at Jefferson Airplane. He was also the Johnston introduced her to John Hartman.

1969 founded Johnston, Hartman and Gregg Murph then together the band Pud, which renamed to The Doobie Brothers the following year. Johnston was also active as a songwriter, so come among other hits Listen to the Music and Rockin 'down the highway from his pen. In 1975 he fell ill for a short time and was able to not participate in a tour. As a substitute Michael McDonald has been hired by whose influence changed the style of the band. Johnston, which these changes did not like, leaving the end of 1977, the Doobies.

Appeared in 1979 on Warner Brothers Records released his first solo album Everything You've Heard Is True, followed by Still Feels Good 1981. Neither had greater commercial success and 1988 Johnston returned to the Doobie Brothers back that McDonald had since left again. 1989 wrote Johston then The Doctor, which was the first Top 10 hit of the band since 1980.