The Doobie Brothers - Stampede ( 1975 )

 

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Sweet Maxine"	Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons	Johnston	4:26
2.	"Neal's Fandango"	Simmons	Simmons	3:20
3.	"Texas Lullaby"	Johnston	Johnston	5:00
4.	"Music Man"	Johnston	Johnston	3:34
5.	"Slack Key Soquel Rag"	Simmons	instrumental	1:54

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
6.	"Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	Johnston	3:39
7.	"I Cheat the Hangman"	Simmons	Simmons	6:38
8.	"Précis"	Jeff Baxter	instrumental	0:56
9.	"Rainy Day Crossroad Blues"	Johnston	Johnston	3:45
10.	"I Been Workin' on You"	Johnston	Johnston	4:22
11.	"Double Dealin' Four Flusher"	Simmons	Simmons, Keith Knudsen, Johnston	3:30

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers:

• Tom Johnston – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Patrick Simmons – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitars, pedal steel guitar
• Tiran Porter – bass guitar, backing vocals
• John Hartman – drums, percussion
• Keith Knudsen – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Double Dealin' Four Flusher"

Additional Musicians:

• Bill Payne – piano on "Sweet Maxine", "Neal's Fandango", "Texas Lullaby", "Take Me in Your Arms", "I Cheat the Hangman" and "Double Dealin' Four Flusher", organ on "Music Man" and "I Been Workin' on You", electric piano on "Double Dealin' Four Flusher", other keyboards
• Ry Cooder – bottleneck guitar on "Rainy Day Crossroad Blues"
• Karl Himmel – drums and percussion on "I Been Workin' on You"
• Bobbye Hall Porter – congas on "Take Me in Your Arms"
• Victor Feldman – marimba, percussion
• Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli – trumpets on "I Cheat the Hangman"
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster on "Rainy Day Crossroad Blues"
• Maria Muldaur – backing vocals on "I Cheat the Hangman"
• Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields and Jessica Smith – backing vocals on "Take Me in Your Arms" and "I Been Workin' on You"
• Nick DeCaro – string arrangements on "Texas Lullaby", "I Cheat the Hangman" and "Rainy Day Crossroad Blues"
• Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements on "Take Me in Your Arms", horn arrangements on "Sweet Maxine" and "Double Dealin' Four Flusher"
• Curtis Mayfield – string and horn arrangements on "Music Man"
• Richard Tufo – orchestration on "Music Man"