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Doobie Brothers' Michael McDonald: "We are staring down a dark channel that could lead to totalitarianism."
He's speaking out strongly against Trump, in an interview with Classic Rock magazine (and btw, I don't like the reference to "yacht rock" in their headline saying that "Even yacht rock icon" McDonald is speaking out).
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/michael-mcdonald-singer-criticises-donald-trump
The title track of the Doobie Brothers’ brand new studio album, Walk This Road, is a thinly condemnation of the Donald Trump-led administration. In a brand new interview in the current issue of Classic Rock, McDonald – who co-wrote the song with Doobies producer John Shanks – reveals that the track was inspired by his worries that the nation could be heading towards “totalitarianism” at the hands of Trump and associates.
“I think it’s important that all of us stand up and say our piece,” McDonald says of the track, which features an appearance from legendary US singer Mavis Staples. “Here in the US these are perilous times, I’m afraid. We are staring down a dark channel that could lead to totalitarianism.
“We’ve got a guy who doesn’t want to be President Of The Unites States as much as he wants to be one of the points of light – the whole axis of everything. He wants the world.
“We have to be very careful of that, and we should speak out against it while we still can. I have no doubt that should they get their own way, this administration would shut down the press completely.”
“I think it’s important that all of us stand up and say our piece,” McDonald says of the track, which features an appearance from legendary US singer Mavis Staples. “Here in the US these are perilous times, I’m afraid. We are staring down a dark channel that could lead to totalitarianism.
“We’ve got a guy who doesn’t want to be President Of The Unites States as much as he wants to be one of the points of light – the whole axis of everything. He wants the world.
“We have to be very careful of that, and we should speak out against it while we still can. I have no doubt that should they get their own way, this administration would shut down the press completely.”
They've been working on this album, which will be released next month, for quite a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_This_Road_(album)
I posted the title track when it was released back in January: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1034137645
I was happy to see new music from them and like the song, which Rolling Stone (according to Wikipedia) said "embodies a sense of hope and togetherness, in terms of searching for the right path forward." I'll post it below.
A message of togetherness is a way of opposing Trump. But McDonald's comments in this new interview are much more critical, and I wanted DUers to know about them.
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TY hpd & Doobie Brothers!
No Kings Hands Off! 
💙🌈
And Mavis Staples has still got it.
Kinda sad but rock on 
