Last week (No matter last night’s outcome as this got drafted before the NLDS game that matters to this commentator.) was a rather nice. In the middle of the summer I made plans with Marisa to take my daughter who likes live music at least as much as her dad to see the Doobie Brothers at the Capitol Theatre in Portchester last Monday eve. I was already in good spirits from watching my baseball team lock in a spot in the playoffs (and even more excited after the Polar Bear’s iconic blast Thursday eve to put the Mets in the NLDS that continues this afternoon). All I could think about after the Doobies performed so well was why I did not make this concert venue my preferred venue to see live music – it is now! 

 

Shelly and I saw the Doobies with Steve Winwood opening en route to the last Supreme Pythian Convention in Virginia the first weekend of August. While we enjoyed nice seats in Bristow VA the intimacy of the Portchester show made it even more special. They even shared an unreleased song that’ll appear on an upcoming album of the same name: “Walk This Road.”

 

Setlist:

Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Eddie Holland cover)

Here to Love You

Dependin' on You

Rockin' Down the Highway

Walk This Road (Unreleased song from yet-to-be-announced album, “Walk This Road”)

Cannonball

Sweet Maxine

Clear as the Driven Snow

You Belong to Me

Another Park Another Sunday

It Keeps You Runnin’

Spirit

Eyes of Silver

One Step Closer

World Gone Crazy

Minute by Minute

Without You

Jesus Is Just Alright (The Art Reynolds Singers cover)

What a Fool Believes (Kenny Loggins cover)

Long Train Runnin’

China Grove

Encore:

Black Water

Amazing Grace (instrumental, John Newton cover) >>

Takin' It to the Streets

Listen to the Music