Lockdown Licks no. 11
China Grove
Power chord Signature riff in E major using funky percussive damping, distortion and delay.
“China Grove” can be described as a hard rock/country rock crossover song included on the ‘Doobie Brothers’ 1973 album ‘The Captain and Me.’ It was written and sung by original main singer/songwriter Tom Johnston. The song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. While there IS a real China Grove in Texas USA, Johnston’s lyrics about the Chinese community there are believed to be fictional.