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The Doobie Brothers - Oct. 8, 1975 Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN



Type: Bootleg
Boot title:  Rockin' Down In Memphis (OH BOY 1-9118)
Format: MP3 ripped from flacs
Source: Soundboard recording (quite possibly pre-FM)
Lineage:  - Silver CD --> xACT (secure) --> Wav --> Flac (level 6)  (except tracks 02 and 03)
Quality: 11/10

Here are some notes from the original poster:
Taken from KBFH broadcast recording. Inspired by the huge commercial success of WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS album, the band delivered such a powerful and tight performance throughout the states. It's a tremendous loss for them (and US!) not to release the live album from this period officially... Enjoy! 

Note:  This show is commonly mislabeled as coming from The Showboat (Memphis, TN), Oct. 31, 1975.
   (See additional discussion below regarding this error.)


Notes from the original poster:
This is perhaps the ULTIMATE Doobies show to have in one's collection. (Not sure I agree with this statement from the original poster, but it is a great show to have on ones collectionn) In fact, many of us already have this show and can vouch for the QUALITY of both the sound and performance.  

Artwork is also included.

Band members: 
Patrick Simmons - Guitars, Vocals 
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - Guitars, Pedal steel, Vocals 
Tiran Porter - Bass 
Michael McDonald - Keyboards, Vocals 
John Hartman - Drums 
Keith Knudsen - Drums, Percussion, Vocals 

Special Guest - The Memphis Horns 
Wayne Jackson, Andrew Love, James Mitchell, Lewis Collins, Jack Hale 

Additional notes regarding the venue/date/band:
#1851935 by granjefe at 2007-06-10 05:49:53 GMT  
 Tom Johnston (who IS the Doobie Brothers) was NOT participating at this show. Listen to China Grove on the mp3. Pat Simmons is singing lead. Tom had personal issues and had left the tour to go home and recuperate. Michael McDonald was brought in to bolster the line up during the 75 tour of the 'Stampede'. 

Tracklist: 
01. Jesus Is Just Alright 
02. Rockin' Down The Highway 
03. Road Angel 
04. South City Midnight Lady 
05. Eyes Of Silver 
06. Black Water 
07. Long Train Runnin' 
08. China Grove 
09. Without You 

June 2007;
Re-posted on DIME (with updated text file) 
by TheCommish
January 2010

#1851796 by raksharoo at 2007-06-10 03:26:42 GMT  
 I have this as 10-08-75 and there is a picture of the poster for this show in the ART of ROCK book, 10-31-75 was most likely the air date 

#1851808 by gv0000 at 2007-06-10 03:33:15 GMT  
 You are correct raksharoo. The date of this show was 10/8/75 at the Memphis Mid-South Coliseum. After the show they had a tour celebration party for invited guests at The Showboat. The KBFH air date of the 10/8/75 Mid-South show was 10/26/75. The Doobies played New York Madison Square Garden on 10/31/75 with Poco & The Outlaws. 

Enjoy or not!

 Link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ga5byp88qq3jejv/DB-+Memphis+TN+1975.rar/file 

7 comments:

  1. Looking forward to checking this out, thanks subadoo!

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  2. download requires a password. Help, please. I wanna hear this!

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  3. Huge part of my early musical journey! Thanks!

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  4. You are all very welcome. More Doobie Brothers to come.

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