CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - For some fans, the pairing of the biker-rock-friendly, then R&B-pop-friendly sounds of The Doobie Brothers with the laid-back, Gulf Coast country-rock-flavored songs of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band may seem a bit odd. But Wednesday night at a three-quarter-full Blossom Music Center, the two veteran bands dug into their respective catalogs to deliver good sets of mostly familiar songs for a midweek-rocking, boomer-heavy crowd.

The current Brothers Doobie lineup is an octet featuring founding members singer-songwriter-guitarists Pat Simmons and Tom Johnston, who gave the band its early rock with a dash of folk and country, and keyboardist-singer Michael McDonald, who changed the band’s sound and commercial fortunes when he joined in 1975.

The band also released

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