In Defence Of The Doobie Brothers…
Chris Salewicz, NME, 1 February 1975
IT IS, PRIMARILY, totally incorrect and irrelevant to give the Doobies an out-of-hand dismissal simply because their role as bill-toppers over Little Feat at the Warners' Package Sunday afternoon London date left them with an almost impossible task.
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