The Doobie Brothers have a new album with Michael McDonald, a summer tour and songwriting honors on the docket. The band talks to us about all of it.

More than 50 years after they started, The Doobie Brothers are touring. Patrick Simmons is 75 and loving all of it.

"If we do another record, we might just sit in a room together and play the tracks like we used to in the old days and see what happens." ...

Love then took to the stage, joining current Beach Boys guitarists Christian Love, John Wedemeyer, Brian Eichenberger and John Stamos. The band faithfully recreated the classic guitar and bass riffs ...

Patrick Simmons knows better than to even try to guesstimate how many gigs he’s played — 55 years of ’em, of course, as part of the Doobie Brothers. It’s a tally that’s only being added ...

The Doobie Brothers, from left: John McFee, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and Michael McDonald. CBS News Their story begins in 1970, in San Jose, California, where Johnston and Simmons met ...

Patrick Simmons tells us about the best and worst of the Doobie Brothers, including the song the Hells Angels couldn’t get enough of: ‘I didn’t want the crap beaten out of me. But we had a ...

Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers performs Oct. 1, 2021, at the iHeartRadio Theater in Burbank, Calif. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) ...

When guitarist Pat Simmons stops to ponder his 50-plus years with The Doobie Brothers, it can get a little surreal to him. The band celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020 (with a tour pushed back ...

The Doobie Brothers have seen it all, but they aren't ready to fade away just yet, says guitarist Patrick Simmons. They play Monday at Daily's Place.

Patrick Simmons performs with other members of The Doobie Brothers at Ravinia Park Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Highland Park, Ill. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) ...

Patrick Simmons knows better than to even try to guesstimate how many gigs he’s played — 55 years of ’em, of course, as part of the Doobie Brothers. It’s a tally that’s only being added ...