I first heard Black Water in summer of 1974 when a friend wanted to demonstrate his new quadraphonic stereo system. He had the quadraphonic pressing of the record and the ‘70s version of “surround sound” was really cool. That song was MADE for quadraphonic.
Neal's Fandango is my all-time favorite Doobies' song, just listen to that driving bass on that. Tiran Porter is probably the most underrated bassist, ever....he was a HUGE part of their sound.