Five time Grammy® Award winner Michael McDonald, whose instantly recognizable voice has earned him fans around the world and record sales measured in the tens of millions headlines this year’s Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival. Performing on the first day of the festival, Saturday, June 25, McDonald will bring his husky, soulful baritone to SPAC’s stage, performing hits he recorded with Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers and from his successful solo career.
McDonald first gained wide attention as a member of Steely Dan singing backup and playing keyboards onstage. One year after the release of Steely Dan’s “Katy Lied,” McDonald was asked to join the Doobie Brothers. In the years that followed, McDonald and the Doobie Brothers enjoyed tremendous success. McDonald’s writing and lead singing abilities propelled the hits “Taking It To The Streets,” and the Grammy® Award winning song of the year “What A Fool Believes.” After the Doobie Brother’s first farewell tour; McDonald starting working on his own career. He released his first solo album “If That’s What It Takes” and won another Grammy® Award for “Yah Mo B There” with James Ingram. In 2010, McDonald teamed up with Donald Fagen and Boz Scaggs for the “Dukes of September”Rhythm Revue tour, which was a huge critical and commercial success.
In May, McDonald was awarded an honorary doctorate by the prestigious Berklee College of Music for his achievements in contemporary music and influence on the young musicians of today.
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