One Step Closer
![]() One Step Closer - 1980
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Produced by Ted Templeman
Engineered by Jim Isaacson
2nd Engineer: Gene Meros
Art Direction & Design: Jim Welch
Photography: Norman Seeff
Production Coordinator: Susyn Schops
Production Assistant: Joan Parker
The Doobie Brothers:
Patrick Simmons - guitars/vocals
Michael McDonald - keyboards/synthesizers/vocals
John McFee - guitars/vocals
Keith Knudsen - drums/vocals
Chet McCracken - drums/vibraphone/marimbas
Tiran Porter - bass
Cornelius Bumpus - saxophones/organ/vocals
Additional Players:
Bobby LaKind - congas/bongos/background vocals
Nicolette Larson - vocals for “Real Love”, “Dedicate This Heart”, and “Just In Time”
Patrick Henderson - keyboards for “Real Love”, “One By One”, and “Keep This Train A-Rollin’”
Lee Thornburg - trumpet for “South Bay Strut”, and flugelhorn for “Dedicate This Heart”
Jimmy Haskell - string arrangements for “Real Love” and “South Bay Strut”
Christopher Thompson - background vocals for “No Stoppin’ Us Now”
Ted Templeman - tambourine/cowbell/maracas
Jerome Jumonville - horn arrangements for “Keep This Train A-Rollin’”
Horn section includes Jerome Jumonville and Cornelius Bumpus - tenor saxophone; Joel Peskin - baritone saxophone; Lee Thornburg and Bill Armstrong - trumpet
Recording:
Copyright 1980 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood) Additional Recording at Warner Bros. Recording Studio (North Hollywood); United Sound Recorders (Detroit); and A & R Recorders (New York)
Mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood)


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