“Hearken to the Music” is a music recorded by The Doobie Brothers on their second album Toulouse Road. This music was The Doobie Brothers’ first large hit in 1972, it stays a live performance staple and is one in all The Doobie Brothers’ greatest hits.[citation needed] This music is normally performed because the final music at The Doobie Brothers’ concert events.

Author Tom Johnston described the motivation for the music as a name for world peace:

“The chord construction of it made me consider one thing constructive, so the lyrics that got here out of that had been primarily based on this utopian concept that if the leaders of the world acquired collectively on some grassy hill someplace and both smoked sufficient dope or simply sat down and simply listened to the music and forgot about all this different bullshit, the world could be a significantly better place. It was very utopian and really unrealistic (laughs). It appeared like a good suggestion on the time.”

The studio recording used each a banjo and a distinguished flanging impact, audible from the bridge till the fadeout and when launched as a single by Warner Bros. Data, the music peaked at #11 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in November 1972.  Its business success helped the album Toulouse Road skyrocket on the charts. The music stays a staple of grownup up to date and basic rock radio. The band additionally makes use of it as an encore music throughout dwell exhibits. It was written and sung by guitarist and vocalist Tom Johnston. Patrick Simmons, the second guitarist and vocalist within the group, sings the bridge of the music.

Through the 1982 ‘Farewell Tour,’ the music was the final one performed on the setlist because the encore with drummer Keith Knudsen singing the lead vocal.

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