Doobie Brothers (1971) Feelin Further Down‏

 The Doobie Brothers 1971 debut album is considered a slight, poorly mixed effort by some with nothing exceptional, though I would describe it as a key starting point where they immediately cultivated their reverberated, heavily acoustic sound of countrified R n B with strong doses Pat Simmons' folk picking and Tom Johnsons' chugging guitars. Their roughness is somewhat smoothed down, but the exquisite mixing of the electric and acoustic sounds is one result of the poor production which I think  of as a happy accident if it doesn't help identify whether they are more folk rock, funk rock or smooth soul. 
 This track displays this nice melding of acoustic/ electric with some winsome, elongated harmonies, showing off their delicate side more than later Johnson era albums would it is also subtly restrained from their later overt ventures into funk and soul. The rhythm is practically the Listen to the Music riff with a different set of lyrics but its all pleasurable to the ear. You can choose any track from this consistent effort really, its just interesting seeing where this diverse group would venture 'further down'.