Category: Charity Preview
Posted by Adam Graham (The Detroit News) on Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:29 PMThe Doobie Brothers are no Barenaked Ladies
Like the Barenaked Ladies did last year, the Doobie Brothers played a concert at Cobo Arena immediately following Charity Preview. But where the Barenaked Ladies drew a solid crowd of several thousand, the Doobies pulled in only a fraction of what the Ladies hauled in, and an eyeball estimate put the crowd at around 600-800. That's a lot of empty seats for songs like "Takin' it to the Streets" and "Jesus is Just Alright" to be bouncing off of. At least you can say this: It was easily the best-dressed crowd the Doobies have played to in some time, barring any senior proms they might have played in recent years that we're not aware of.
When it comes to concert events tied to the Charity Preview, the Jonas Brothers concert Sunday at Joe Louis Arena is clearly the hot ticket, while the Doobies seemed like a place to stop while people waited for valet parkers to pull their cars up.
