STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - MINUTE BY MINUTE

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Good morning gang and welcome back to the Monday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Sixteen years ago today, Iowa born rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter, Keith Knudsen. known for his work with The Doobie Brothers, passed away at age 56, from pneumonia. We honor his legacy, by spinning the band's 8th studio album, Minute By Minute. The LP was released  December 1, 1978 on the Warner Brothers label and produced by Ted Templeman. The soon to be 3X Platinum record peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and saw the release of three singles ; "Dependin' on You" (#25 Hot 100), "Minute By Minute" (#74 Black Singles, #14 Hot 100), and "What A Fool Believes" (#72 Black Singles, #40  Club Play Singles, #1 Hot 100). 

1. "Here to Love You" Michael McDonald Michael McDonald 3:58

2. "What a Fool Believes"
McDonaldKenny Loggins
McDonald 3:41

3. "Minute by Minute"
McDonaldLester Abrams
McDonald 3:26

4. "Dependin' on You"
McDonaldPatrick Simmons
Patrick Simmons 3:44

5. "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels"
Simmons Jeff Baxter Michael Ebert
Simmons 3:26

Side two

6. "Open Your Eyes"
McDonald Abrams Patrick Henderson
McDonald 3:18

7. "Sweet Feelin'"
Simmons Ted Templeman
Simmons, Nicolette Larson 2:41

8. "Steamer Lane Breakdown" Simmons instrumental 3:24

9. "You Never Change" Simmons McDonald, Simmons 3:26

10. "How Do the Fools Survive?"
McDonald Carole Bayer Sager
McDonald 5:12

The Doobie Brothers :

Patrick Simmons – lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals

Michael McDonald – piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizers, lead and backing vocals

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – lead and rhythm guitars

Tiran Porter – bass, backing vocals

John Hartman – drums

Keith Knudsen – drums, backing vocals

With :

Bobby LaKind – congas, backing vocals

Tom Johnston – backing vocals on "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels"

Nicolette Larson – duet vocals on "Sweet Feelin'", backing vocals on "Dependin' on You"

Rosemary Butler – backing vocals on "Here to Love You" and "Dependin' on You"

Norton Buffalo – harmonica on "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels" and "Steamer Lane Breakdown"

Herb Pedersen – banjo on "Steamer Lane Breakdown"

Byron Berline – fiddle on "Steamer Lane Breakdown"

Lester Abrams – electric piano on "How Do the Fools Survive?"

Bill Payne – synthesizer (with Michael McDonald) on "What a Fool Believes" and "Minute by Minute"

Andrew Love – saxophone on "Here to Love You", "Dependin' on You" and "How Do the Fools Survive?"

Ben Cauley – trumpet on "Here to Love You", "Dependin' on You" and "How Do the Fools Survive?"

Novi Novog – synthesizer solo on "Open Your Eyes"

Producer – Ted Templeman
Production Coordination – Beth Naranjo
Engineer – Donn Landee
Additional Engineer – Loyd Clifft
Additional Engineer - Steve Malcolm
Cover Design and Coordinator – Bruce Steinberg
Photography – David Alexander
Management – Bruce Cohn
Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood Mixed at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles