[WATCH] The Doobie Brothers Perform for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert
The Doobie Brothers have been busy in 2025, as longtime members Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, John McFee and Patrick Simmons have been out promoting their new album, Walk This Road, which released in June. Part of that promotion led the group to NPR’s hallowed Tiny Desk.
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Tiny Desk concerts have been a popular online series for NPR, which started back in 2008, and have since featured hundreds of artists across many different genres. What’s unique about the series is that artists, like the Doobie Brothers, are brought into NPR’s Washington D.C. office to perform in a small cubicle area for a more laid-back, stripped down and intimate concert experience.
For the Doobies, it was a pleasantly surprising experience, despite the smaller setting, as the small crowd in attendance gave the group the energy they loved. According to Johnston, the people in attendance outperformed crowds at some of the larger venues the band plays at:
“It’s not like this at gigs,” Johnston said to the crowd, following their opening performance of “Takin’ It to the Streets.” “We just played up in New York at Jones Beach last night and y’all are outdoing them. It’s pretty cool.”
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In addition to “Takin’ It to the Streets,” the Doobie Brothers performed hits like “Black Water,” “Listen to the Music,” and a single from their new album, “Angels & Mercy.”
You can “listen to the music” below:
