The Doobie Brothers Minute By Minute CD

“Minute By Minute” saved the Doobie Brothers, who were on the verge of breaking up. Released on December 1, 1978, the album was created during a period when the sextet – consisting of Patrick Simmons (guitar, vocals), Michael McDonald (keyboards, vocals), Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter (guitar), Tiran Porter (bass, vocals), John Hartman and Keith Knudsen (drums) – was in the midst of a creative crisis. But the recordings produced by Ted Templeman at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California) for the band's eighth album, were to change everything: “Minute By Minute” spent 87 weeks on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA.