Saturday Night Music
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 2 weeks ago
In light of all the heavy things we have to discuss, it’s good to relax a bit and engross yourself in something other than trouble. This is a Doobie Brothers classic, “Clear as the driven snow.”
It has all the marks of Doobie Brothers music: vocal harmonies, guitar counterpoint and contrapuntal, polyphonic arrangements, roaming bass line, multiple guitars, keyboard, and at least three percussionists.
The video is a bit grainy, but the music is the best of most of the videos of this piece out there. Enjoy.
Thanks for that, one of my favorites. The genius of Pat Simmons, a collection of some of the best bandmates, and done after Tom Johnston got clean. Good stuff.
I still have an original pressing of “The Captain and Me” that I bought while stationed at Webb Air Force base in the 1970s. I have only played it on audiophile turntables, so the sound is still magnificent.
Thanks Capt’n Smith! Enjoyed that!
Saw them live in San Francisco in the 70s. Brings back some memories.
Here’s one a bit less hippie-oriented… a snapshot of the old Real ‘Murica:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KITZHP60IWw