About This Song
About "Sweet Maxine (Single Edit; 2006 Remaster)" by The Doobie Brothers
Sweet Maxine is a barroom charmer, all piano rolls and Michael McDonald's honeyed rasp. The single edit trims the fat, leaving a tight, bittersweet vignette of a woman who's trouble and knows it. The tension is between the jaunty melody and the lyric's quiet resignation.
