Doobie Brothers (1977) Need A Lady - LOST70sGEMS

Cut from the same cloth as It Keeps You Running, this starts with some robust drum march before Tiran Porter's slinky bass slides in creating a lubricating groove punctuated by Michale McDonald's electric piano chord stomps. A walking bass line and disco hi-hat dominates the old skool fonk chorus before we return to the roundabout riff that forms the songs' bed, except now Jeff Baxter's Roland Guitar Synth adds a little car horn burst to the McDonald's chords, while a squelchy synthesised bass treads underneath like boots on the ground to add another layer of rhythm. Finally as the vocal starts the second verse another synth comes in to add in a synthesizer blast with a lot of decay added to it for a 'phased explosion' effect. Baxter's guitar synth almost resembles a electric sitar as he plays a spectacular river of flamenco notes, the song keeping with it's clipped feel ends abruptly mid verse as Porter claims he needs a lady from Tennessee