Missouri man adopted as baby learns biological father is rock star Michael McDonald

When Michael Goessling, 59, heard his biological father’s voice for the first time last year, he swore he recognized it. “I just said: ‘What a voice that guy has!’... it just sounded so familiar, but I couldn’t place it.” When they spoke over the phone that night, it clicked. “Finally, I just said: ‘Are you Michael McDonald?’” Goessling recalled. “And he chuckled and he said, ‘Yeah, I’m afraid so.’” McDonald, a five-time Grammy winner who is lead vocalist of the Doobie Brothers and a successful solo artist, had a child in Missouri with his middle school sweetheart and neighbor when they were 14-years-old, Goessling told NBC News on Friday. The pair gave up the baby in a closed adoption to Goessling’s parents, who lived roughly 20 minutes away in a suburb of St. Louis, and went their separate ways, Goessling said.