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The Byrds' version of "Jesus Is Just Alright" was recorded on June 17, 1969, during the sessions for the band's eighth studio album, Ballad of Easy Rider. [12] It was first released as part of that album but was subsequently issued as a single on December 15, 1969. [13]
The band's second album, Toulouse Street (which contained the hits "Listen to the Music" and "Jesus Is Just Alright"), brought their breakthrough success after its release in July 1972. In collaboration with manager Bruce Cohn, producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee , the band put forward a more polished and eclectic set of songs.
"Rockin' Down the Highway" is a song written by Tom Johnston that was first released by the American rock band the Doobie Brothers on their second studio album Toulouse Street (1972). It was also released as the B-side to the album's second single "Jesus Is Just Alright" on November 15, 1972.
The following is a comprehensive discography of the Doobie Brothers, an American rock band. Ten of their albums were certified gold or platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . Their first greatest hits album, released in 1976, " Best of The Doobies ," achieved diamond status.
A second single taken from the album, "Jesus Is Just Alright", was released on December 15, 1969 and reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, but failed to chart in the UK. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Upon release, the Ballad of Easy Rider album somewhat revived the Byrds' commercial fortunes, giving them their first U.S. Top 40 album since Younger ...
[196] [204] A second single taken from the album, "Jesus Is Just Alright", was released in December 1969, but it only managed to reach number 97. [205] Despite this lack of commercial success, the Doobie Brothers' later hit version of "Jesus Is Just Alright" features an arrangement that was heavily influenced by the Byrds' recording. [206]
David Crosby was a crucial voice of both the hippie idealism and the world-weary realism of the classic-rock era. As a founding member of the Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, he ...
Former Doobie Brothers appearing as guests. Michael McDonald - lead vocals and keyboards on "Takin' It to the Streets", "Minute by Minute" and "What a Fool Believes" Cornelius Bumpus - backing vocals, lead vocal on "Jesus Is Just Alright", saxophones, flute, keyboards; Additional personnel. Skylark - backing vocals, bass