Doobie Brothers come to The City via Nashville
by Tom Lanham In all his years with The Doobie Brothers, singer-guitarist Tom Johnston " who founded the group in 1970, left for a temporary solo career in 1977, then rejoined a decade later " never seriously considered extended involvement with Nashville. The town revolved around country music, he thought, and his Grammy-winning combo stood for classic roots-rock " or, in its Michael McDonald-led era, …