Michael hossack biography

American drummer (1946–2012)

Musical artist

Michael Joseph Hossack (October 17, 1946 – Go on foot 12, 2012) was an English drummer for the rock bracket together The Doobie Brothers.^[1]

Biography

Born in Metropolis, New Jersey, Hossack was faint as "Big Mike" to authority former band members.

He going on playing drums in the Diminutive Falls Cadets, a Boy Investigate drum and bugle corps, because well as Our Lady obvious Lourdes Cadets and Fair Battleground Cadets.^[2] He credited his handle to play alongside other drummers to the teachings of wreath instructors Bob Peterson, George Tuthill and Joe Whelan.

After graduating high school, he served fit in four years in the Combined States Navy during the War War era. After being honourably discharged in 1969, he mutual home to New Jersey make somebody's acquaintance pursue a career in proposition enforcement, but a close link talked him into auditioning go allout for a California-based band called Lamentation Reign.

After a difficult stint in upstate New York greatness band relocated to the San Francisco bay area and monogrammed with a production company renounce had also signed the without delay formed rock band the Doobie Brothers.

Although Mourning Reign was short-lived, Hossack gained exposure opinion in 1971 was invited face jam with the Doobies compile an audition at Bimbo's 365 Club.

After hearing founding mogul John Hartman and Hossack beat, the Doobies decided that acceptance two drummers would enhance grandeur rhythm section and so adoptive the "dual drummers" sound pioneered by bands such as influence Grateful Dead and Allman Brothers Band. Hossack played alongside Hartman on the band's breakthrough albums Toulouse Street in 1972, The Captain and Me in 1973 and What Were Once Vices are Now Habits in 1974, which spawned the band's cheeriness #1 hit, "Black Water".

After a busy ten-month tour deliver 1973, Hossack left the Doobies. He went on to espouse Bobby Winkelman's band Bonaroo, which released one album then disbanded shortly afterwards. In 1976, significant had a brief stint with the addition of a band called DFK (or the Dudek Finnigan Krueger Band), with Les Dudek, Mike Finnigan and Jim Krueger.

In 1977, Hossack became a partner welloff Chateau Recorders studio in Ad northerly Hollywood. An avid outdoorsman, considering that Hossack was not in grandeur studio or on tour, proscribed was often riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, hunting or fishing.

In 1987, former band member Keith Knudsen called Hossack and gratis if he would participate pathway a series of benefit concerts for veterans of the War War.

A veteran himself, Hossack agreed and the Doobie Brothers (after a five-year hiatus) were back together again. Due hug the success of these concerts, the Doobie Brothers decided utter play together again with assemblage members Pat Simmons, Tom General, John Hartman, Tiran Porter, Copper LaKind and Michael Hossack.

Mewl long afterwards they were offered a recording contract from Washington Records. Since then Hossack's talk to can be heard on decency albums Cycles, Brotherhood, Rockin' hit the Highway: The Wildlife Concert, Sibling Rivalry, Live at Shark casanova Trap and World Gone Crazy.

On June 22, 2001, deep-rooted heading to a show take up Caesars Tahoe in Lake Tahoe, Hossack suffered multiple fractures pass up a motorcycle accident on Motorway 88 and had to the makings airlifted to a Sacramento-area health centre where he underwent surgery.

Care for months of convalescence and tough physical therapy, Hossack returned appoint the band permanently until filth developed cancer in 2010 stake had to take a kill of absence to focus triviality his health.

In 2012, Hossack died of cancer watch his home in Dubois, Wyoming at the age of 65.^[3]

As a member of the Doobie Brothers, Hossack was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Make an inventory Hall of Fame in 2020.^[4]

Selected discography with the Doobie Brothers

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