Dangerous (Doobie Brothers song)
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"Dangerous" is a song off of the Doobie Brothers' 1991 studio record Brotherhood with Patrick Simmons
singing the lead vocal. The song deals with riding down a road where danger is surrounding the protagonist of the song at every turn. But the song tells that it's because of these dangers that the man continues to ride and loves every minute of it.
Writer Patrick Simmons
included the lyric that the man in the song is riding a Harley-Davidson
motorcycle, which is very common in the songs Simmons writes (he being fond of the brand of bikes himself).
Patrick Simmons
Patrick Simmons is an American musician best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band The Doobie Brothers. His fingerstyle guitar playing complements the strumming style of Tom Johnston. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the band's only consistent member throughout their tenure...
singing the lead vocal. The song deals with riding down a road where danger is surrounding the protagonist of the song at every turn. But the song tells that it's because of these dangers that the man continues to ride and loves every minute of it.
Writer Patrick Simmons
Patrick Simmons
Patrick Simmons is an American musician best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band The Doobie Brothers. His fingerstyle guitar playing complements the strumming style of Tom Johnston. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the band's only consistent member throughout their tenure...
included the lyric that the man in the song is riding a Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson , often abbreviated H-D or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer. Founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the first decade of the 20th century, it was one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression...
motorcycle, which is very common in the songs Simmons writes (he being fond of the brand of bikes himself).
Trivia
- The Doobie Brothers have played variations of the song since its release in 1991. Most recently, it has been the concert opener of their 2008 tour with Simmons and guitarist Tom Johnston playing acoustic guitars attached to michrophone stands via MBrace guitar holders with their Electric guitars already strapped on so that they can switch to the electric section quickly, while second guitarist John McFeeJohn McFeeJohn McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long time member of the Doobie Brothers.-Biography:...
plays the dobroDobroDobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
. - The song reached #2 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, the last Doobie Brothers song to chart in the Top Ten in any US chart. A remix of "Long Train Runnin'" did make the Top 10 in the UK two years later.
- The song is prominently featured in Brian BosworthBrian BosworthBrian Keith "The Boz" Bosworth, is a former American football linebacker. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma...
's biker movie, Stone ColdStone Cold (1991 film)Stone Cold is a 1991 action movie based around a biker gang out to assassinate the governor and free one of their members who is on trial for murder. The movie marked the acting debut of 80's football star Brian Bosworth.-Plot:...
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