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title: With John Cowan
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# With John Cowan

## Record

### With John Cowan

**Summary.** Vocalist and bassist, New Grass Revival; touring bass player for The Doobie Brothers (rejoined 2010). Backstage on Lara Johnston band / Doobie Brothers dates, left to right: John Cowan, Lara Johnston, Gabe Rudner, Luke Walton.

Vocalist and bassist, New Grass Revival; touring bass player for The Doobie Brothers (rejoined 2010). Backstage on Lara Johnston band / Doobie Brothers dates, left to right: John Cowan, Lara Johnston, Gabe Rudner, Luke Walton. Collaborator hub for Luke F. Walton and Scoobert Doobert credits with John Cowan. Status on site: partial. John Cowan is an American vocalist and bassist known for New Grass Revival and a long association with The Doobie Brothers: touring bass from 1993–1995 and again from 2010 after Skylark’s stroke (Wikipedia). Luke Walton met Cowan on Lara Johnston tour dates: Lara’s father is Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers co-founder). Luke played guitar in Lara’s band on Doobie Brothers support dates roughly 2012–2015; archive backstage photo documents Cowan with Luke, Lara, and keys player Gabe Rudner. A second photo, outside Fort Knox Studios, is undated. Left to right: John Cowan, Ed Toth, Gabe Rudner, Luke Walton, Lara Johnston. Toth is the Doobie Brothers drummer. He has no page on this site. Live (Lara Johnston / Doobie Brothers dates): Backstage: Lara Johnston band / Doobie Brothers dates (2012–2015 · left to right: John Cowan, Lara Johnston, Gabe Rudner, Luke Walton); Fort Knox Studios (Left to right: John Cowan, Ed Toth, Gabe Rudner, Luke Walton, Lara Johnston · undated · Ed Toth has no page here). Press on John Cowan releases: Wikipedia: John Cowan, John Cowan: official site, Wikipedia: The Doobie Brothers. Related hubs: With The Doobie Brothers, With Lara Johnston (touring dates), With Gabe Rudner (keys · same photo).

- Themes: collaborator, John Cowan, john-cowan, Live (Lara Johnston / Doobie Brothers dates)
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