“Scooter” Libby and his backers may still think his sentence was unreasonable, but the vice president’s former chief of staff is unlikely to get any help from the high court, based on its ruling Thursday. The Supreme Court said that a sentence is considered reasonable if it falls within the federal sentencing guidelines — which Libby’s did. Interestingly, the case for the court was nearly identical to Libby’s. Victor Rita was sentenced to 33 months for perjury and making false statements; Libby got 30 months.
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Well, sounds like pardon time is nigh. What’s the over/under on Bush granting the pardon within the next week? And will he do it in time for next Friday’s news dump?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010243A Tale of Two ProsecutorsMike Nifong is punished, but Patrick Fitzgerald isn’t.
BY DOROTHY RABINOWITZFriday, June 22, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT The Wall Street Journal
“The prosecutor’s argument for a heavy sentence emphasized Mr. Libby’s alleged serious obstruction of justice–a complicated effort, considering that there was no underlying crime, or evidence thereof, and that this case, which had begun in alleged pursuit of the leak of a covert agent’s identity was, as the prosecutor himself would finally contend, not about that leak at all.
Just what serious obstruction of justice Mr. Libby could have been guilty of, then, was, at the least, a heady question, though not one, clearly, that raised any doubts in the judge. Neither did Mr. Fitzgerald’s charge–also in pursuit of a heavy sentence–that the defendant had caused, by his obstruction, no end of trouble and expense in government effort.
The obligation to truth, the prosecutor argued, was of the highest importance, and one in which Mr. Libby had failed by perjuring himself. It would be hard to dispute the first contention. It is no less hard to avoid the memory of Mr. Fitzgerald’s own dubious relation to truth and honesty–as, for example, in his failure to disclose that he had known all along the identity of the person who had leaked the Valerie Plame story. That person, he knew, was Richard Armitage, deputy to Colin Powell. Not only had he concealed this knowledge–in what was, supposedly all that time, a quest to discover the criminals responsible for the leak of a covert agent’s name–he had instructed both Mr. Armitage and his superior, Colin Powell, in whom Mr. Armitage had confided, not to reveal the truth.”
CF2K knows this one won’t last the night. But he doesn’t care. Here’s some first-day dialogue for Scooter after reporting to jail and meeting his new cellmate.
Cellmate: “We’re cell mates and being cell mates is like being married. What do you wanna be — the husband or the wife?”
Scooter Libby: “The husband.”
Cellmate: “Then come over here AND SUCK YOUR WIFE’S DICK or I’ll stab your ass, prison bitch!”
Not only in poor taste and showing lack of maturity, I’m hoping it gives you an IP block for posting such garbage. Keep yourself and your garbage comments in Seattle please.
Bush better hurry up and pardon Libby, before he makes a deal with the prosecutors to name names, places and felonies!Of course if he does pardon him, it’ll cause all those old videos to replay images of Bush promising to prosecute and jail the person who outed a CIA agent! Getting to be a bad scene however it plays.
“Not only in poor taste and showing lack of maturity, I’m hoping it gives you an IP block for posting such garbage. Keep yourself and your garbage comments in Seattle please.”
IP blocks are largely ineffective because most providers of DSL service use dynamic IP addressing schemes where they change subsciber IP numbers all the time to prevent subscibers from hosting. They only work when the person you are blocking uses a static IP address.
Time for “Scooter” to scoot his ass on into jail!
Libby lied to a grand jury. Why is so hard for the cons to understand that fact, I thought they were the law and order party. When you lie you pay the consequences like Martha and Bill did. Or is it only against the law when a Democrat lies under oath or obstructs justice?
Republican wants to censure posts on Weblog?
“Not only in poor taste and showing lack of maturity, I’m hoping it gives you an IP block for posting such garbage. Keep yourself and your garbage comments in Seattle please.”
More of the pot calling the kettle black.
“Not only in poor taste and showing lack of maturity, I’m hoping it gives you an IP block for posting such garbage. Keep yourself and your garbage comments in Seattle please.”
More of the pot calling the kettle black.
Republican it was never about the truth as you pointed out. It was about pinning something on Cheney or Rove. When that failed they had to have someone to show for all the money they wasted. If it was really about the truth – why didn’t he go after Armitage in the first place. He knew the truth early on according to Novak who was directed to keep silent on that fact.
A pardon is past due and Fitz should be censured for using his position in an illegal way just as Nifong was.
ksgrm,
You and others seem to be conspiracy nuts. Is there EVER a case motivated by truth instead of “pinning it” on someone?
BTW, the law is not about the truth or justice. Those are ancillary benefits, if they occur. The law is about the development and presentation of arguments presented pro and con. The best presentation and cleverest argument usually determines who “wins”.
BFAH,
Precisely. And much more concisely than I will be in the post that follows.
ksgrm,
Two points.
First: the law is the law. Doesn’t matter whether the offense is (to use the apparent Wingnut distinction) “substantive” or a matter of “process.” Lawbreakers are to be punished. Period.
Second: there were multiple leaks at multiple levels. Multiple crimes appear to have been committed. We don’t know what deals were cut in response for what info. We’ll never know: Fitzgerald was a professional who ran a tight ship, unlike Kenneth Starr who leaked like a sieve, completely politicized his investigation, and wasted $70 million in Republican partisan witch hunt.
If Fitz had done what Starr did, you Repukes would be bitching and crying. Because he didn’t, you’re bitching and crying. The hell with you. You have zero intellectual integrity: all you’re about is winning.
Who is the “they” in your assertion, ksgram, that was “all about pinning something on Rove or Cheney?” Fitzgerald, who was appointed by whom?
Well, George Bush, at the recommendation of Peter Fitzgerald, the former Republican Senator from Illinois. So if you want to claim some “vast, Left-wing conspiracy” was behind “them” deciding to go after Rove and Cheney, it appears to be nothing more than a Right-wing projection onto Fitzgerald of something that frankly doesn’t exist. But Wingnuts wouldn’t be Wingnuts without paranoia and a victim comlpex, now would they?
Patrick Fitzgerald was brought in as U.S. Attorney for Illinois after working as a career prosecutor in New York. Buzzflash describes his appointment this way:
“It may appear odd, but actually a maverick – although largely forgettable and ineffective – former Illinois Republican Senator, Peter Fitzgerald (unrelated to Patrick), is responsible for Fitzgerald’s appointment in Illinois. The former senator (who we will call Peter G. to avoid confusion) was at odds not only with Democrats but with the Republican Party in Illinois. He particularly squared off against then Republican Governor George Ryan (who is, ironically, now being tried for various felonies by Patrick Fitzgerald).
When it came time for the Bush White House to sign off on a new U.S. Attorney for Chicago, they, as is the custom, deferred to the senior Republican senator from Illinois. Since Dick Durbin (the current Democratic Assistant Minority Leader) was the other senator, it fell to Peter G. to make a recommendation.
Being a bit of a rebel, Peter G. decided he wanted someone who would be professional, non-partisan and in no way connected to politics in Illinois. In order to achieve that, he looked out of state and found Patrick Fitzgerald, who had established a reputation as a tenacious, brilliant prosecutor in New York, with a lot of experience in convicting mobsters. (To this day Patrick Fitzgerald won’t disclose where he lives in the Windy City, because he is concerned that there are some gangland figures who might want to seek vengeance.)
The Republicans in Illinois – and some Democrats – weren’t happy that Peter G. was going out of state to bring in a new U.S. Attorney. Usually, the position went to someone local – and it was thought that the U.S. Attorney in Chicago, in general, stayed out of investigations of politicians in either party, unless the crimes were so flagrant and public that they had no choice but to pursue prosecution.
So, Peter G. met with a bit of resistance, but ultimately prevailed. The White House apparently didn’t see any red flags and probably thought that they had a good mob prosecutor on their hands – little did they know that they were going to be one of the mobs that he was going to end up investigating. So, ultimately, Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed to his current Department of Justice post in Illinois by Bush. It is worth noting that whatever autonomy he has been granted, he still does ultimately report to the U.S. Attorney General: Bushevik crony Alberto Gonzales.”
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/05/10/ana05033.html
So now, to discredit Fitzgerald, Wingnuts like ksgrm have to call him all sorts of names and impute all sorts of partisan intent to him, none of which have any basis in reality. What does have a basis in reality is that Fitzgerald was a straight arrow who refused to give a pass to those who appointed him. And for that, the partisan Right-Wing hacks from Fred Barnes on down insist that he must be destroyed and his work undone.
Travesty of justice, my foot. The only travesty of justice here is Republican contempt for equal justice before the law. If they can’t turn something to their own ends, Republicans try to destroy it.
The whole Fitzgerald = Nifong meme, ksgrm–wow! Original! Just like most of your other spin. Too bad that Judge Walton–a BUSH appointee, by the way–is an actual jurist who ran a fair trial and is sticking to guidelines.
And how about those threats against Judge Walton, ksgrm? Your side is proving everything I say about it. Threatening Judges? Is that cool with you, ksgrm? Prepared to distance yourself from it?
CF you are trying to shade the issue and failing miserably. Fitz knew BEFORE the investigation started who the leak was. He warmed Knovak not to say anything. Even knowing this he went after Cheney and Rove. WHY?
If this is indeed the ‘jail time’ for lying to a grand jury why wasn’t Clinton sent to jail?
This stinks. Pure and simple and a pardon is in order and Fitz should be severely reprimanded. IMOHO
And if Fitz was such a straight arrow why didn’t he say that Plame was not covert at the time. And if he thought she was covert why didn’t he go after Armitage? Why did the judge not allow questioning about this during the trial and then allowed it in during sentencing? Hard questions CF – why don’t you find the answers?
“CLINTON CLINTON CLINTON!!!!”
The old refrain from the radicons who want to distract from their own crimes.
Fitzgerald’s investigation was hindered by what he knew and what he suspected, just as are ALL investigations. So he had a plan that he thought would land the biggest fish, which was likely Cheney (maybe Bush, who knows).
This, by the way, is what federal prosecutors and US attorneys DO. It’s why we have them around, to make plans to land big fish. Big fish who have harmed US citizens in the past and who if left unchecked may do more and greater harm in the future.
So he prepared his questioning and his grand jury presentation accordingly. Which is to say, he planned it so that those who failed to tell the truth were subject to punishment in order to provide incentive to truth-telling and thus achieve the greatest amount of punishment possible for those who could be reasonably judged by a jury of their peers to have broken the law.
Libby fell into Fitz’s trap. He lied. He committed perjury because he chose to lie when he’d given his oath that he would not. Perjury is illegal. It is harmful to our judicial system, which is of course harmful to our country as a whole. Libby will go to jail for it.
Anything else is just spin.
KSgrm writes: “And if Fitz was such a straight arrow why didn’t he say that Plame was not covert at the time.”
How many times do we have to correct YOU before you wing-nuts quit repeating the lie?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/
Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak
Newly released unclassified document details CIA employment
May 29, 2007WASHINGTON – An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame’s employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was “covert” when her name became public in July 2003.
The summary is part of an attachment to Fitzgerald’s memorandum to the court supporting his recommendation that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former top aide, spend 2-1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation.
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Please move on to your next right-wing LIE.
This one has been proven a lie.
Thank you,
Thinking people everywhere.
Good analysis, Pedant. Exactly right.
Fitzgerald’s job was to find out who was ultimately responsible.
Libby’s lying kept him from finding this out.
If no one had done anything wrong as the wing-nuts keep saying, then there was no need for Libby to lie.
His perjury and obstruction of justice shows that he had motive to obstruct justice, i.e., that he was protecting someone.
“If this is indeed the ‘jail time’ for lying to a grand jury why wasn’t Clinton sent to jail?”Posted by: ksgrm | June 23, 2007 at 09:35 AM
Uh, maybe because unlike Scooter, he wasn’t convicted of anything? ksgrm, do you advocate putting people in jail without a conviction?
You’re quite the Nazi.
CapnAmerica –If Republicans had to capitulate to the fact that Plame was covert that would mean that the people in the Bush administration that leaked Plame’s identity to Novak would be guilty of “treason”.
ksgrm,
“Shade the issue?” You’re the one who’s shading the truth by zeroing in on Armitage and ignoring the larger picture.
Just because Fitzgerald knew that Armitage revealed Plame’s identity–and stop LYING, ksgrm, because she WAS covert according to the CIA–doesn’t mean that others didn’t reveal it as well. Prosecutors follow where the trail leads, and if there was compelling evidence pointing further and elsewhere, Fitzgerald had a duty to follow.
“Why didn’t he go after Armitage?” Well, ksgrm, because Armitage admitted what he’d done, and because he was only a part of the picture of what was going on at the White House. David Corn writes
“Whether he had purposefully mentioned this information to Novak or had slipped up, Armitage got the ball rolling–and abetted a White House campaign under way to undermine Wilson. At the time, top White House aides–including Karl Rove and Scooter Libby–were trying to do in Wilson. And they saw his wife’s position at the CIA as a piece of ammunition. As John Dickerson wrote in Slate, senior White House aides that week were encouraging him to investigate who had sent Joe Wilson on his trip. They did not tell him they believed Wilson’s wife had been involved. But they clearly were trying to push him toward that information.
Shortly after Novak spoke with Armitage, he told Rove that he had heard that Valerie Wilson had been behind her husband’s trip to Niger, and Rove said that he knew that, too. So a leak from Armitage (a war skeptic not bent on revenge against Wilson) was confirmed by Rove (a Bush defender trying to take down Wilson). And days later–before the Novak column came out–Rove told Time magazine’s Matt Cooper that Wilson’s wife was a CIA employee and involved in his trip.
Bush critics have long depicted the Plame leak as a sign of White House thuggery. I happened to be the first journalist to report that the leak in the Novak column might be evidence of a White House crime–a violation of the little-known Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which makes it a crime for a government official to disclose information about an undercover CIA officer (if that government official knew the covert officer was undercover and had obtained information about the officer through official channels). Two days after the leak appeared, I wrote:
Did senior Bush officials blow the cover of a US intelligence officer working covertly in a field of vital importance to national security–and break the law–in order to strike at a Bush administration critic and intimidate others?
And I stated,
Now there is evidence Bushies used classified information and put the nation’s counter-proliferation efforts at risk merely to settle a score.
The Armitage leak was not directly a part of the White House’s fierce anti-Wilson crusade. But as Hubris notes, it was, in a way, linked to the White House effort, for Amitage had been sent a key memo about Wilson’s trip that referred to his wife and her CIA connection, and this memo had been written, according to special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, at the request of I. Lewis Scooter Libby, the vice president’s chief of staff. Libby had asked for the memo because he was looking to protect his boss from the mounting criticism that Bush and Cheney had misrepresented the WMD intelligence to garner public support for the invasion of Iraq.
The memo included information on Valerie Wilson’s role in a meeting at the CIA that led to her husband’s trip. This critical memo was–as Hubris discloses–based on notes that were not accurate. (You’re going to have to read the book for more on this.) But because of Libby’s request, a memo did circulate among State Department officials, including Armitage, that briefly mentioned Wilson’s wife.
Armitage’s role aside, the public record is without question: senior White House aides wanted to use Valerie Wilson’s CIA employment against her husband. Rove leaked the information to Cooper, and Libby confirmed Rove’s leak to Cooper. Libby also disclosed information on Wilson’s wife to New York Times reporter Judith Miller.”
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=116511
This is the larger puzzle; that simultaneous activities to discredit Wilson and to expose Plame were proceeding on multiple fronts. The fact that Rove slipped through Fitzgerald’s dragnet means that Rove got lucky. Bully for him. But even on the face of it, there was lots more going on than just Richard Armitage, and Fitzgerald was hardly the “renegade” you and the other Wingnuts want to paint him as.
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement regarding his amendment to cut funding for the Office of the Vice President from the bill that funds the executive branch. The legislation – the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill — will be considered on the floor of the House of Representatives next week.
“The Vice President has a choice to make. If he believes his legal case, his office has no business being funded as part of the executive branch. However, if he demands executive branch funding he cannot ignore executive branch rules. At the very least, the Vice President should be consistent. This amendment will ensure that the Vice President’s funding is consistent with his legal arguments. I have worked closely with my colleagues on this amendment and will continue to pursue this measure in the coming days.”
uhhh Dick. if you are not part of the Executive branch, then give up the secret service, the underground undisclosed bunker you have been hiding in and get out of our house..
Yes, I would like to censor those who post profane comments. There is no reason to do so.
And as the article I posted said, Fitzgerald was engaged in Prosecutorial misconduct when he muted people that actually had done the leak of Plame and went after people who were just bit players.
Fitzgerald should be prevented from ever again being allowed employment with the Federal government.
One person’s Prosecutorial misconduct is another person’s puttin’ the rat bastids in prison where they belong.
The last I knew, a prosecutor does not have any requirement to use ALL of the evidence he/she has in case.. The fact that ALL of the evidence was not used by Fitzgerald is not a crime… It is the choice of the prosecutor… The Defense could have used that information, because of the rules of Discovery… But, alas, they didnt use it either!!
So, STUFF your lily white defense of Mr. Libby!! He lied to the Grand Jury… He has been sentenced… Let him do his time… If Bush wants to pardon him, then thats presidential privilege… But leave it alone!! It’s over!!
I swear, I think some of you people on this Blog would even try to mount a defense for John Wilkes Booth!!
Chas–That’s funny
Republican–It may have been a profane comment to you, but it was funny as hell to me.
Yeah “????????????”, funny on HBO Comedy Special but totally inappropriate in a blog where anyone of any age can stop by to read comments.
Besides it contributed nothing to the blog other than being inflammatory and puerile.
????????????,
We’re supposed to make posts like this one, for “anyone of any age” to read.
“Capn just another smear tactician who hopes for a fecal cookie from his Hitlerite Butt buddies.”
Posted by: Republican | June 17, 2007 at 07:31 PMhttp://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/06/open_thread_617.html#comment-72987734
That was on Fathers Day.
That’s right cosmos and I didn’t use profanity.
Get a clue cosmos or step outside and smoke your doobie of Liberal illusion.
Good post cosmos. You truly show how Republican has coursened the level of discourse here.
As for the Right-wing editorial he posted trying to compare Fitzgerald with Nifong I would note a few MAJOR differences. Nifong methodically slimed the defendants at Duke; Fitzgerald simply methodically prosecuted Libby and WON A CONVICTION! A JURY CONVICTED LIBBY!
I don’t recall Fitzgerald calling Libby a ’slimey crook’ or a ‘hooligan’ or anything like that.
The fact is that the Righties are grasping at anything they can find to try to slander Fitzgerald. They are upset that their darling Libby was FOUND GUILTY by a jury. And now, hopefully he will sing like a canary.
I guess Repuke eats “fecal cookies” all the time, as part of his normal diet.
“We’re supposed to make posts like this one, for “anyone of any age” to read.”
Comments policy”Although we are not responsible for the content of the comments on this blog and have no obligation to monitor them, we reserve the right to remove any comments that are threatening, libelous, “obscene” or otherwise objectionable.”
If you all thought the post was objectionable why didn’t you complain to whoever oversees Weblog.
Cosmos–Are you trying to tell me that some kid who could be reading that post hasn’t heard worse somewhere else?
>Get a clue cosmos or step outside and smoke your doobie of Liberal illusion.< Republican–what is “doobie”?
????????????,
There is a Web Application called Google Search Engine, try it.
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There is a Web Application called Google Search Engine, try it.
Posted by: Republican | June 23, 2007 at 04:47 PM
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Not very hospitable are you? Or do you just object to me because “I’m beautiful”? Ha,ha
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Pirates!The Simmons family made a visit to the set during the recent filming of “The Pirates Of The Caribbean – At World’s End”. This came at the invitation of their old friend, Lee Arenburg, who has a feature roll as Pintel in the pirate saga. Lee and his lovely girlfriend Katie gave us the royal treatment. We were introduced to Lee’s partner in the film Mackenzie Crook, who plays Ragetti, and Marty Klebba another unforgettable character. Such nice guys and so much talent. It was an amazing experience we will never forget. We’ve already seen the movie twice and loved it! Thanks Lee. Thanks to Cris Simmons (my wife) for taking the snapshot. Oh yeah, I just found out, Lee and Katie are expecting their first child. What a wonderful surprise! Congratulations to the Arenberg family from all your Doobie Uncles!
Left to right in the photo: Mackenzie Crook, Pat Simmons Jr., Marty Klebba, Lee Arenberg, and the other Pat
- Pat Simmons
Doobie Brothers on Rockline Radio May 23rd, 2007The Doobies appeared on the May 23rd edition of Rockline. Check your local participating radio stations or Rockline for more information.
- Doobie Webmaster
Doobies Drummer Launches WebsiteDoobies drummer Ed Toth, also known for his stellar drumming with multi-platinum group Vertical Horizon, and his numerous production and studio credits, has launched a new website, EdToth.com.
Ed’s awesomely designed website includes a comprehensive bio, discography, and is up-to-date with his latest projects.
Check it out!- Doobie Webmaster
Listen To The MartinAnybody who listens to music that features acoustic guitar playing has heard lots of wonderful sounds coming out of a particular brand of guitar – Martin Guitars, that is. For well over a century and a half C.F. Martin, or Martin Guitar Company, has been producing fine acoustic guitars, and their instruments have been used by many, if not most, of the artists you’ve ever heard using acoustic guitars.
Well, now they’re unveiling a new Doobie Brothers Tom Johnston Signature model guitar at the January 2007 NAMM show in Los Angeles. Other “signature series” artists through the years would include such diverse names as Gene Autry, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, and Johnny Cash, to name a few.
This guitar – the one you see Tom holding in the accompanying photo – is a Doobie-42 Martin, Tom Johnston Model, and features an inlaid “Cycles” logo on the headstock, and “Doobies’ Choice” style “OK” hands on the tailpiece. Pretty darned nice…
Oh, yeah, and each guitar is actually signed by TJ himself, and they are being produced in lots of seven. This is obviously a truly unique and special instrument – congratulations to Tommy and to Martin Guitars on this very, very cool guitar.- Doobie Insider
Peace On EarthSeveral Doobie Brothers members, past and present, have contributed their efforts as part of a very special recording project with musical legend Willie Nelson.
Willie has written a song called “Whatever Happened To Peace On Earth”, and is donating all the proceeds of the song to a long time favorite Doobie Brothers charitable organization, the National Veterans Foundation. This project is a labor of love, with Willie inviting various friends and family members to join in.
Doobie Brothers Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald participated in the recording, playing and singing on the track. David Choy, who has played saxophone for the Doobies at various times, is also part of the project.
Willie debuted the song on the popular syndicated radio show Imus In The Morning on November 2, and the recording is available through Lost Highway Records to purchase at online digital stores as of November 21, 2006. For more information, and to check it out just go to Lost Highway Records’ web site. To purchase the song from iTunes, just click on this link , and if you have iTunes installed, it should launch your iTunes application and take you directly to the song at the iTunes Store.
Incidentally, Willie and the Doobie Brothers (special edition Doobies, with not only the always spectacular Marc Russo on saxophone but an absolutely on fire Doobie alumnus and Maui local David Choy) had a wonderful night together recently at the benefit show in Hawaii at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on November 12, performing with family and friends. The amount of aloha spirit in the air was fantastic – many thanks to Willie for being the incredible soul that he is …- The Doobie Brothers
The Way They WereDo you ever wonder what musicians whose work you’ve come to know were doing before you ever heard of them? Well, here’s a chance to find out something about the Doobies’ own John McFee, and his former band mate Huey Lewis.
Sonic Past Music, a company that specializes in releasing just such products – for example, Richie Sambora’s pre-Bon Jovi work, or Randy Meisner’s non-Eagles material – has unearthed some “lost” recordings by the group Clover. As some of you may know, John and Huey, as well as “News” keyboard player Sean Hopper, were members of this group. On this set of recordings, you will also hear a young, pre-Toto Jeff Porcaro playing drums on several tracks. Additionally, the group features one Alex Call, who has written songs recorded by Pat Benatar, Huey, and others, including a huge hit for Tommy Tutone – “Jenny/867-5309″.
The recordings represented here were recorded at the famous Sound City Studios back in the early to mid seventies, with a number of the tracks produced by Keith Olsen – right around the time he produced Fleetwood Mac’s huge self-titled breakout album – the one with “Rhiannon”, “Over My Head”, “Say You Love Me”, and so forth.
Subsequent to these recordings, Clover went on to release two albums of their own that they recorded in Britain with producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, and were Elvis Costello’s band for his award winning debut album My Aim Is True.
Some of us around here may be slightly prejudiced, but there is some cool stuff here – check it out.- Doobie Historical Society
The Place To Be…It took place once again – this time around it was the 20th Annual B.R. Cohn Charity Fall Music Festival & Celebrity Golf Classic. Anybody who has attended one of these events knows what a wonderful time there was to be had, and all for worthy causes as well.
This year’s event, in particular the Music Festival, was perhaps even more special than ever, if we may say so without seeming immodest. First of all, the music festival covered two days, and second of all, check out what went down:
On October 7, the lineup included the Rowan Brothers, Pablo Cruise, Michael McDonald, Little Feat, and finally the Doobie Brothers WITH Michael McDonald. Wow.
On October 8, among the performers was none other than living legend, icon, singer/songwriter to end all singer/songwriters, and all around guru Willie Nelson. Not only that, guess who Willie’s band for this special show was … here’s a hint – the initials would be D.B.
So, as the title of this article suggests, this event was the place to be, for sure.
This year’s event was truly an unforgettably cool event – many thanks to all the great artists involved.- The Doobie Brothers
An Audience With The KingWhat an honor it was for several of the Doobie Brothers to get the opportunity to attend a performance by one of the greatest artists of all time, the one and only B.B. King.
Not only did the lucky Doobs get to hear this legendary blues man’s wonderful show, but Mr. King was incredibly gracious in extending an invitation to the boys to get together with him after the show for a visit.
If you’ve ever seen Mr. King perform or do an interview you have seen how intelligent, well spoken, and at the same time down to earth this man can be, and getting the chance to speak with him personally was illuminated by these very characteristics. This musical legend is a true gentleman, and for someone whose influence on popular music in general is practically boundless, his humble, honest, and friendly manner were truly refreshing in an era where hype powered egos abound.
Thank you B.B. King for everything you’ve given us through the years – your music, your wisdom, that amazing soul of yours – and thanks for the visit. You are the King!- The Doobies
XM Artist ConfidentialXM Satellite Radio, America’s no. 1 satellite radio service (featuring 68 commercial free music channels), assembled a small audience of friends and fans of DOOBIE BROTHERS for a taping session with the artist on the afternoon of May 7, 2006 at XM’s Washington, DC broadcast studios. Thanks to everyone who attended the taping session!
UPDATE: The episode of “Artist Confidential” will be airing as follows:
Mon. 7/3 @ 6PM ET- 70s (7)Wed. 7/5 @ 9AM ET- Top Tracks (46)Fri. 7/7 @ 2PM ET- Deep Tracks (40)Sat. 7/8 @ 3PM ET- The Loft (50)Sat. 7/8 @ 6PM ET- The Blend (25)Sun. 7/9 @ 3AM ET- Deep Tracks (40)- Doobie Webmaster
Hurricane Relief Concert PreviewCheck out this cool preview clip from the B.R. Cohn Winery 2005 Hurricane Relief Concert (requires the free QuickTime plugin.) This clip features the Doobies jamming with Joe Satriani during their encore.
More information on the availability and/or air time of the full concert video coming soon! Until then, you may notice some more clips on the way.- Doobie Webmaster
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Joe Cool – Magic JohnsonEvery now and then the guys in the Doobies actually have a chance to get out and hear some musical performances by artists that they admire. On a rare night off on the road just such an opportunity presented itself, in Dallas, Texas, when some of the members got a chance to attend the Joe Satriani / Eric Johnson concert at Grand Prairie’s Nokia Theatre.
It was a great night out, and we’d like to thank all of Joe’s and Eric’s people for being so gracious to the Doobies. There was no shortage of fine guitar playing and good music all ’round. These guys put on a great show, and the audience certainly enjoyed it – Doobies included.
Check out the picture accompanying this article, of Doobie Brother John McFee happily standing alongside one of his favorite guitarists in this or any other universe, Eric Johnson – Eric is truly a gifted player (and an excellent singer and composer as well, talents sometimes overlooked via “guitar hero” syndrome, as deserved as that accolade may be).
Speaking of guitar heroes – as for Mr. Satriani, keep your eyes and ears on the lookout for his outstanding appearance with the Doobies from last year’s Katrina Relief benefit (see other articles on the news page) – the DVD is still in the works, and we’ll be keeping you posted here as release details become available.- Entertainment DoobNight
Good CompanySome people have all the luck – like those who happened to purchase tickets for one of the Doobies recent performances. Specifically, we’re talking about the second of two sold out shows at Vancouver’s River Rock Casino showroom. For that matter, the band members themselves feel incredibly fortunate to have had one of the greatest singers ever to hit the rock or any other scene join them onstage for a classic musical evening.
None other than Paul Rodgers, of Free, Bad Company, The Firm, and more recently Queen fame, came out with the lads to perform his classic “All Right Now”. We’re here to say that Paul, widely recognized as one of the finest and most influential vocalists in all of rock, is actually – and considering his history this is a truly amazing thing – singing better than ever, and that’s no jive.
Paul went on to blow everybody away with his soulful version of the classic blues rocker “Rock Me Baby”, and joined in on the finale “Listen To The Music”. Wow, wow, and more wow would be an understatement for how cool this night was!- Doobie Insider
Los DoobiesYou may already know Tex-Mex group Los Lonely Boys from their smash hit “Heaven.” On their upcoming release Órale! , they’ll have a new song featuring a little help from a Doobie Brother. That’s right, one of the new tracks, entitled “Roses” was co written by Pat Simmons!
Read more about the album (which also features a collaboration with Willie Nelson) on the USA Today web site.- El Doob
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I think I’ll get one for Republican!
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That’s a lot of doobies info…
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I was just pointing out the Repuke was a hypocrite for complaining about another post.
And I consider Repuke’s lies more objectionable than his use of Hitler, “fecal cookies”, etc.. He represents “Kansas values”.
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Oh I know. But since Republican thinks you and I are the same poster I thought I’d have a little fun…
By the way, the poster named Republican is really Hillary C in drag…the pursed fecal matter around the lips is a dead giveaway…
‘Lacrosse Players Want Disbarred DA Jailed’http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007729519“They are asking Judge W. Osmond Smith III to hold Nifong in criminal contempt of court, in part, for his withholding of pertinent DNA evidence that would have exonerated them.”
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Nifong is another one I’d like to see jailed … and found ‘pretty’ by his cellmates. In fact, put him in with others he went after.
I also suspect that Durham County has a rough road ahead as all of his prior prosecutions get questioned.
I personally don’t think people should be raped in jail, but that’s just me.
Wow, did someone say they had information on a lot of doobies? Oh wait. . the ban–never mind!
P.S. CLINTON! CLINTON! CLINTON, DAMMIT! (Just helping out our hardcore Repub friends).