To me, that's the key to it. You've just got to keep your voice in shape. It's a muscle like anything else. And if you let it atrophy, then it's really hard to bring it back.
Touring a lot is one of the big (things) that keep everyone aware that you are around. That's one of the things that keeps us going.
Many of the Doobies' contemporaries have given up on putting out new albums, preferring to just bank upon decades-old fan favorites. Yet, Johnston says it is important for the Doobies to keep recording.
You play new stuff in the live show, and the crowd likes it. I mean, it's not going to be something that they are ready to sing along with like one of the big hits. But who knows? maybe it could end up being one.
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