Following yesterday's news that The Doobie Brothers have been elected for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, comes more news on their new album, Walk This Road, which will be out on June 6th.
The title track, featuring Mavis Staples, is out now. Commenting on the song, Tom Johnston says, "We all sang on [it]. That’s a different kind of track for us to do. I think it’s good to try to do things you haven’t done before, that’s the way it should be.”
This is the Doobie's first album of new material with Michael McDonald since 1980's One Step Closer.
“Getting back in with the guys and playing again is great,” says McDonald. “In my heart I’ve always been a Doobie Brother. We’ve all remained friends over the years. We’ve all been enjoying it tremendously, even more than we thought we would.”
Walk This Road contains 10 tracks, with three of them out now -- the title track, "Call Me" and "Lahaina."
The complete track list is as follows:
- “Walk this Road” featuring Mavis Staples
- “Angels & Mercy”
- “Call Me”
- "Learn to Let Go”
- “State of Grace”
- “Here to Stay”
- “The Kind That Lasts”
- “New Orleans”
- “Speed of Pain”
- “Lahaina”
This is the band's first album since Liberte in 2021.
Check out the original post about it here from The Doobies' official Instagram page.