CD. One of the most inauspicious debuts by a major rock group this subdued slice of country boogie might be called the missing link between Moby Grape and the later revved-up Doobies of Listen to the Music. Only a handful of West Coast hippies bought this record originally but it lays the blueprint for the Doobies future radio-friendly sound: chugging rhythm guitar stretched-out harmonies Tom Johnston s joyful R&B vocals and Patrick Simmons acoustic picking. A muffled mixing job helped keep this album in the morgue which is sad because Nobody and Greenwood Creek rate with some of Johnston s best tunes and they deserve issuance on a definitive Doobie Brothers compilation. ~ Peter Kurtz Rovi