NEW YORK — The stress of Thanksgiving is over. The late-'70s songs of Steely Dan, Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross take center stage Friday in the well-crafted Max documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary.” Director Garret Price marries interviews with yacht rock artists, current musicians who are fans and the creators of the parody web series who coined the …
Michael McDonald and Paul Reiser — yes, the golden-piped white-soul singer, and yes, the veteran sitcom star and comedian — were at Reiser’s spread in Malibu the other day when something far more important than their new joint project came up. Reiser, whose previous books include “Couplehood” and “Babyhood,” said he volunteered for the job because he’d always been a …
NEW YORK — Something stopped Michael McDonald from telling his story publicly — him. “I was afraid that, ‘Well, how much of a story is here, really?’ My experience is pretty much me living vicariously through other people’s accomplishments,” McDonald said in an interview. Prodded by a friend — actor and comedian Paul Reiser — McDonald is finally owning his …
John Hartman, the original drummer of the Doobie Brothers and a co-founder of the band, has died at the age of 72. The way he was: John Hartman, the original drummer of the Doobie Brothers and a co-founder of the band, has died at the age of 72; pictured in 1978 'He was also a close friend for many years …
