'!2G00BJ-Hbfjdh! Guitar and Saxophone Are Welcome Extras That Never Drown out the Impressive Leader of the Group

Home , Keith Knudsen, Minute by Minute, Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter, Tom Johnston (musician)

personnel Tom Johnston (voc); Patrick Simmons (g, voc); Michael McDo- nald (keyb, voc); Jeffrey Baxter (g); Norton Buffalo (hca); Tiran Porter (b, voc); John Hartman, Keith Knudsen (dr); Bobby LaKind (cga); a.o.

tracks Here To Love You; What A Fool Believes; Minute By Minute; De- pendin' On You; Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels; Open Your Eyes; Sweet Feelin'; Steamer Lane Breakdown; You Never Change; How Do The Fools Survive?

How the Doobie Brothers came to form a “family” is not only a fateful event but also a good story. While getting high on a marihuana joint (or doobie) that was passed from one to the other in a practice room, one of the group apparently uttered the following catalogue # momentous words: »We are all Doobie brothers«. Later, when in possession of all his 3193 faculties, the co-founder of the group, Tom Johnston, was thinking along the lines of a Motown sound, with a bass line resembling that of Seals and Crofts, and vocals in the set contents 1 LP / standard sleeve, insert style of Stevie Wonder. That Minute By Minute, the first album to appear in the post- Johnston era, so perfectly reflects the mature style of the group is mostly thanks to the pricecode two experienced former Steely Dan musicians Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and singer Michael SC01 McDonald. Subtle, gently electrified groove epitomizes the main focus of this album. release date Its laid back, colourful and glittering sounds are rounded out with powerful rhythms November 2019 and warm sounds (What A Fool Believes). Solo vocals are layered over rolling chords on barcode the piano, a snappy bass and a multi-voiced background to create an appealing har- mony (Here To Love You). Perfectly tempered and accomplished solos from the lead '!2G00BJ-hbfjdh! guitar and saxophone are welcome extras that never drown out the impressive leader of the group. So much brotherliness on a record certainly deserved to be recognized original recording with three Platinum Records and a Grammy Award. 1978 at Warner Bros.-Studios, North Hol- lywood, by Donn Landee and Loyd Clifft original production Schicksalhaft und anekdotisch haben sich die Doobie-Brothers ganz ohne Blutsver- Ted Templeman wandtschaft verschwistert: Zur ringsum kreisenden und damit brüderlich geteilten ratings (max. 5 stars) Marihuana-Rolle (Doobie) im Übungsraum soll der berauschte und folgenschwere AllMusic: 4 Discogs: 3,83 RYM: 3,31 Satz »We are all Doobie-Brothers« irgendwann gefallen sein. Indes mit klarem Durch- blick schwebte Mitbegründer Tom Johnston ein Sound auf Motown-Basis vor, mit einer Basslinie à la Seals & Crofts und Vocals nach Art von Stevie Wonder. Dass Minute By Minute als erstes Album der Nach-Johnston-Ära den gereiften Stil der Gruppe per- fekt umsetzt, ist unter anderem den beiden erfahrenen ehemaligen Steely-Dan-Spit- zenkräften Jeff „Skunk“ Baxter und Sänger Michael McDonald zu verdanken. Subtiler, mild elektrifizierter Groove verkörpert den Leitgedanken dieses Albums. Wohlige, farblich hoch angereicherte glitzernde Klänge runden sich mit druckvoller Rhythmik zu wärmenden Sounds (What A Fool Believes). Über rollenden Klavierakkor- den auf zackigem Bass schichten sich Sologesang und vielstimmiger Background zu glückhafter Harmonie (Here To Love You). Wohl gestimmte wie vollendet servierte Soli von Lead-Gitarre und Sax sind willkommene Extras, die zu keiner Zeit die bestechende Mannschaftsleitung übertönen. So viel Brüderlichkeit auf Schallplatte hat ihr dreifa- ches Platin und die Grammy-Trophäe redlich verdient.