The Doobies will be the 10th collective of three or more songwriters to be inducted. Eight of them are performing groups. The ...

Nixon, Vietnam, and Watergate won out. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performed at both Woodstock and Altamont, a beacon of folk idealism at the former, and harbinger of ego and excess by the latter.

Simmons wrote “Black Water,” which in 1975 became the band’s first No. 1 hit. McDonald co-wrote “What a Fool Believes,” which in 1979 became the band’s second No. 1 hit. The Doobie ...