The Doobie Brothers ... Captain and Me album spawned a pair of Top 20 hits in "Long Train Runnin'" and "China Grove," the band's follow-up studio project was going nowhere. After all, What Were ...

Regardless, they were already holed up in a Hollywood studio to craft what would become The Captain and Me. Once more, the Doobie Brothers teamed with producer Ted Templeman, who had worked on ...