The Doobie Brothers (Remastered) The Doobie Brothers

• 1 Nobody (2016 Remastered) 03:45
• 2 Slippery St. Paul (2016 Remastered) 02:14
• 3 Greenwood Creek (2016 Remastered) 03:05
• 4 It Won't Be Right (2016 Remastered) 02:40
• 5 Travelin' Man (2016 Remastered) 04:27
• 6 Feelin' Down Farther (2016 Remastered) 04:19
• 7 The Master (2016 Remastered) 03:31
• 8 Growin' A Little Each Day (2016 Remastered) 03:22
• 9 Beehive State (2016 Remastered) 02:44
• 10 Closer Every Day (2016 Remastered) 04:20
• 11 Chicago (2016 Remastered) 01:42
• Total Runtime 36:09

Info for The Doobie Brothers (Remastered)

The Doobie Brothers' debut album, released to a largely uncaring world in 1971, produced no hit singles. This seems strange in retrospect. Listening to the album today, one can hear that the Doobies' template (albeit sans the ultra-catchy pop hooks) was already pretty much in place. The band's trademark gospel harmonies are locked in here, as are their shimmering, finger-picked acoustic (and occasional electric) guitars and feel-good post-hippie vibe.

The album's sedate, almost folk-music feel (check out the concluding acoustic blues, 'Chicago') is also somewhat strange when you consider that the Doobie Brothers had spent the preceding years as the house band for the San Jose chapter of the Hell's Angels. In any case, this is a solid and obviously promising album, with the most rocking cut being a cover of Randy Newman's 'The Beehive State.' Although the album doesn't near the pop-rock heights the band would refine in later years, it is a solid effort with a dash of country, a dash of boogie, and some fine songwriting.

„One of the most inauspicious debuts by a major rock group, this subdued slice of country boogie might be called the missing link between Moby Grape and the later, revved-up Doobies of 'Listen to the Music.' Only a handful of West Coast hippies bought this record originally, but it lays the blueprint for the Doobies' future radio-friendly sound: chugging rhythm guitar, stretched-out harmonies, Tom Johnston's joyful R&B vocals, and Patrick Simmons' acoustic picking. A muffled mixing job helped keep this album in the morgue, which is sad, because 'Nobody' and 'Greenwood Creek' rate with some of Johnston's best tunes, and they deserve issuance on a definitive Doobie Brothers compilation.“ (Peter Kurtz, AMG)

Tom Johnston, guitar, harmonica, piano, harp, vocals
Patrick Simmons, guitar, vocals
Dave Shogren, bass guitar, organ, keyboards, vocals
John Hartman, drums

Recorded November-December 1970 at Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo, CA
Engineered by Marty Cohn
< Produced by Lenny Waronker, Ted Templeman

Digitally remastered

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