Michael McDonald

Rock & Roll Whirlwind: Nikki Hill never phones it in

Listen to "Right on the Brink"

Put Down The Night Cheese -- Ben & Jerry's Announces New 30 Rock Ice Cream

When Gut Check learned that season seven of 30 Rock would be the show's last, we were sad to say the least. This Thursday, January 31, we'll say goodbye to 30 Rock for good when it's season finale airs. Here's an excerpt from a memorial Gut Check penned this past spring when the show's final season ... More >>

Minute by Minute Was Michael McDonald's Zenith as a Doobie Brother

Although known more for his solo success, Michael McDonald scaled great artistic and commercial heights as a member of The Doobie Brothers. It may seem hard to believe now, but that band was one of bigger - if not the biggest - bands that reigned throughout the 1970s. Not all of the group's achiev ... More >>

Win Hood Internet Tickets

Of the many places you could end your Record Store Day, no where promises the caliber of dance party you can expect at the Firebird for the Hood Internet, presented by Knuckle Rumbler. To win tickets: Tell us in the comments below what your favorite fusion food dish is. Because of the mash-ups, you ... More >>

Tenacious D, Alice Cooper, Mariachi El Bronx and More in This Week's New Show Announcements

Every newly announced show this week! Comedy and music fans, rejoice: The D is coming to town. For the uninitiated, I'm referring to Tenacious D -- the two-man wonderband will play the Pageant on July 23 with The Sights. They also just released a new video yesterday; see it below. For fans of southe ... More >>

Happy Birthday Kay Thompson, Master of Everything

Eloise Web SiteKay Thompson took the term "multi-faceted" to new extremes with her work in radio, television, film and literature. ​Modern music constricted what it means to be multi-faceted. Today, Justin Bieber would fit that description because he sings, dances, appears in a substandard 3-D ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Michael McDonald Brings It All Back Home at the Touhill, Friday, July 23

​Hometown legend Michael McDonald returned to St. Louis for a sold-out concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The show was a well-paced mix of hits from McDonald's tenure with the Doobie Brothers as well as solo songs and soul cover ... More >>

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: Friday, July 23, to Sunday, July 25

The Silversun Pickups will play for free with Against Me this Saturday​Friday, July 23 *Kings of Leon, Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre *Sara Bareilles/Brothers Lazaroff, Live on the Levee *Michael McDonald/Steve Scorfina, Touhill Performing Arts Center *On Tracy Lane/All Fall Down/Reigning Heir & ... More >>

Interview Outtakes: Michael McDonald on Recovering from Addiction, His Local Music Roots, Working with Ray Charles and How That Grizzly Bear Collaboration Happened

​On Friday night, Ferguson, Missouri's own Michael McDonald is returning to the area for a solo show at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The concert is a benefit for the St. Louis-area branch of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Tickets are still available here. ... More >>

Chicago/Doobie Brothers

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

Show Announcements: Week of April 14

Off Broadway*Bob Log III, July 31*Disappears/Art Majors, May 6*Jimmy "Duck Holmes" and Terry "Harmonica" Bean, June 13*Sleepy Sun, June 16*The Sugar Free Allstars, July 25*Via Audio, June 26Lev KupermanBrooklyn-based indie pop group Via Audio blows into town on June 26 in support of their sophomore ... More >>

Review: Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! at the Fabulous Fox, Sunday, March 21

​The music and styles of a parents' youth inevitably reappear in the music of their small children. Such is the case with Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! There's a Party in My City!. Almost two decades after rave culture's underground beginnings, it's been modified into the colorful, kid-friendly romp w ... More >>

It's A Dog's Life

HullabaLOU Music Festival Debuts (Impressively) In Louisville This Summer

The B-52's are just one act slotted for the HullabaLOUfest​One of the best things about St. Louis is its close proximity to the summer's major music festivals. Not only do we get cool acts stopping here on their way to -- or from -- these events, we're within driving distance to Chicago (Pitch ... More >>

The O'Jays/Patti LaBelle

8 p.m. Friday, February 12. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Michael McDonald Isn't Forgettin' St. Louis Fans

​Hometown boy Michael McDonald is performing a rare solo show at the Touhill on Friday, July 23. Ticket's aren't on sale yet for the event, which is a benefit for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- St. Louis Area. I believe the last time McDonald was in town was opening for C ... More >>

Happy Birthday, "What a Fool Believes"!

31 years ago, something shifted in the cosmos. No, that wasn't disco's death throes, or the burgeoning new-wave movement. It was the Doobie Brothers, releasing the classic, legendary "What a Fool Believes," a song featuring Ferguson's own Michael McDonald on vocals. How awesome is this song? Quite - ... More >>

Chicago Sun-Times Gushes All Over the Delmar Loop

www.ucityloop.com​A Chicago Sun-Times travel writer recently received the royal treatment in St. Louis: scoring a rare interview with rock icon Chuck Berry and getting upgraded to a plush suite at the new Moonrise Hotel. And no doubt Delmar Loop impresario Joe Edwards (owner of the Moonrise and on ... More >>

Are Those Sleigh Bells We're Hearing? Nah, It's Just More Holiday Album Fun with Pet Shop Boys, Beatallica, REO Speedwagon and Michael McDonald...

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer spotlights a number of this year's top holiday releases. Here are several more festive releases that you might have missed. But are you really missing anything? Read on...​The Pet Shop Boys, Christmas Unlike your grandmother's fruitcake, which is always an ... More >>

Raised On Radio: A new book about KSHE lovingly documents St. Louis music history

We Built This City: Two new music documentaries on local classic-rock legends rock SLIFF

Need a Christmas Gift? Consider Doobie Brothers Wine

www.brcohn.com​Musicians and wine go together like, well, a nice chardonnay paired with brie. Maynard James Keenan of Tool is perhaps the most famous musician vintner, although Chuck Berry released blackberry wine a few years ago via Missouri's Crown Valley WInery. Now you can add classic roc ... More >>

Michael McDonald Collaborates with Grizzly Bear

​Grizzly Bear's show in Brooklyn yesterday made waves yesterday due to the presence of Jay-Z and Beyonce in the crowd. (Judging by the Girl Talk remix of GB's song "Knife" -- which spliced together bits of the Clipse and Tears for Fears with the haunting tune -- the idea that hip-hop artists might ... More >>

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Heatwave, "Always and Forever"

The Singers: Heatwave was helmed by brothers Keith Wilder and Johnnie Wilder, Jr., but the band's secret weapon was organist and songwriter Rod Temperton. The Englishman wrote all the songs on Heatwave's debut LP, including today's slow jam, but Temperton racked up a massive amount of songwriting cr ... More >>

GuitARF Hero: Cardinals manager Tony La Russa rocks out for animal welfare — and talks tunes with RFT

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Michael McDonald, "I Keep Forgettin'"

SCTV's Michael McDonald/Christopher Cross Sketch

A Steely Dan fan recalls the evolution of his fandom in honor of the band's intimate theater date, while Nine Inch Nails remains relevant and ferocious with new album The Slip and its Lights in the Sky tour

Chicago/Doobie Brothers

7 p.m. Sunday, June 22. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverfront Drive, Maryland Heights

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Bobby Caldwell, "What You Won't Do For Love"

Paint the Earth

The Sky Music Lounge
930 Kehrs Mill Road, Ballwin
636-527-6909.

Unreal cleans our sidearm and champions Phyllis Schlafly

You Say It's Your Birthday...

Groovethang

8 p.m. Saturday, January 20. Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

La Russa for Mayor!

New Day Rising

Preservation Hall reborn, plus Firedog returns from the road.

Jonny Lang

8 p.m. Thursday, November 16. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

The Song Remains the Shame

Shabooh Shoobah

INXS' Garry Beers weighs in on all things Rock Star, Karl Sanders of Nile expounds on Egypt, and B-Sides shakes our Groovethang

Seasick, Yet Still Docked

The world according to yacht rockers

Various Artists

The Very Best of Death Row (The Row)

The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock

(Besides Sting)

Sounds Around Town

Week of August 25, 2004

We Built This City

Landmarks Association raises the roof

Loving Cup

East Side jazzman Eddie Fisher's soulful classic "The Third Cup" is a hot-ticket item all over the world -- too bad it's been out of print for 20 years