Doobie Brothers Feel Right at Home With Country Crowd — billboard.com

This week, the legendary Doobie Brothers released a brand-new album called Southbound, which pairs the iconic band with some of the hottest stars of the country format, such as Blake Shelton, Sara Evans and Chris Young. At Wednesday night's CMA Awards, the group had two triumphant performances, showcasing their new country camaraderie. "It was brought to us by David Huff, who is a producer on the album," Doobies member Tom Johnston told Billboard of how Southbound came to be. "He and Fred Croshal cooked this up. As it was told to me, Fred said, 'You have such a catalog of songs that could fit in the country genre. You should try this.' David brought it to is while we were in a hotel room on the road and asked if we would be interested in doing it. We asked who he had in mind, and he gave us a couple of names, and I said, 'Sure, if you can get them."

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