The Doobie Brothers’ rendition of “Jesus Is Just Alright” by Arthur Reid Reynolds is an out-of-the-sleeve Bboy Smash, opening up with a funky break and carrying through with numerous hooks and refrains to move your feet:
Along with tracks like “Long Train Running”, “Jesus Is Just Alright” solidified The Doobie Brothers as Classic Funksters whose music is not just for the nostalgic Rock and Hippie heads, but for the Bboy generations as well.
Some interesting background on the track from Wikipedia:
The band first became aware of “Jesus Is Just Alright” after hearing The Byrds’ version and before long the song had been added to The Doobie Brothers’ own live repertoire. As a result, the song’s musical arrangement is very similar to the one used by The Byrds, although The Doobie Brothers’ rendition does include an extra bridge that the band added themselves.[22] Although none of the individual band members were religiously inclined, the song went on to become very popular among Christians during the early 1970s, particularly those within the hippie counterculture that were involved with the Jesus movement.[23]
Peep the very breakable remix (w/ Free DL) from DJ Fejm (@djfejm) of Poland:
And dig the extra Funk original version by The Art Reynolds Singers:
