"The Doobie Brothers' saga truly is one of the untold stories in rock." -- Rolling Stone "Founding members of the Doobie Brothers Johnston and Simmons . deliver an amiable, polyphonic history of the band . A delightfully unpretentious, pleasing account of rock stardom." --Kirkus Reviews "The leaders of legendary rock band the Doobie Brothers offer a spirited tour through the five decades of music . Fans will be thrilled by this unvarnished look at the good, the bad, and the ugly that went into making the band." --Publishers Weekly " Long Train Runnin': Our Story of The Doobie Brothers , takes fans on a ride through all that went into The Doobie Brothers, and all that came out of them. Lengthy, casual exchanges between founders Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons, plus others central to the tale .

create a narrative both stimulating and easy to digest . Doobie Brothers fans will find much to enjoy in this book, and will likely be compelled to revisit one of American rock 'n' roll's catchiest, feel-good, and enduring songbooks." -- Tahoe Onstage "Dramatic.[the one of American rock 'n' roll's catchiest, feel-good, and enduring songbooks." -- Tahoe Onstage "Dramatic.[the one of American rock 'n' roll's catchiest, feel-good, and enduring songbooks." -- Tahoe Onstage "Dramatic.[the one of American rock 'n' roll's catchiest, feel-good, and enduring songbooks.

" -- Tahoe Onstage "Dramatic.[the] Doobies, who cut their teeth playing biker bars in the Bay Area, were more about the music than the celebrity, more about the collective than the individual." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Founding Doobies Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons deliver an affable oral history, their tag-team account leavened with other voices from across their half-century run. Read this book and you'll feel like you spent an evening backstage with the band, passing a joint and hearing three or four competing versions of how it all went down." -- Washington Independent Review of Books.