Don't need to make a ton of hits. Make one incredible song and you've left your mark forever. A song like this will be appreciated forever.

@JohnJano

2 жыл бұрын

100% correct! I remember my Dad buying me this song on a single 45 for the juke box i owned when I was 16. What an amazing song and amazing memories! :)

@michellewilliams4458

2 жыл бұрын

For sure

@grimori

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnJano that's a beautiful memory.

@SafezoneExpert

Жыл бұрын

Well spoken!

@aburden8580

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnJano My dad liked Glenn Miller. I was in the high school band. Good stuff. How many 45s fit there? What else did you have? What year?

this gentleman hasn't lost anything he sounds just like his recording so many years ago, I'd listen to this song every single day

Dobie could sing, rock and roll , country , blues . One of the greatest voices ever.,

I'm sitting here at my house & crying right now because of this AWESOMELY GREAT AMAZING SONG... I'm 53 yrs old...so I have GREAT GREAT MEMORIES of this song from my childhood. This song has got to be in the top 10 greatest songs every recorded. It is in my opinion!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama

One of those songs that was given us to help lift people up. A Blessing.

@robwells5753

2 жыл бұрын

@abb3568

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Also ... A Live Performance! Thank you technology! Preserved! Like if you are listening in 2250!

That was no lip-synch fakery, that was REAL talent. So absolutely note perfect that I'm choked up.

This is the only song I ever remember listening to with my dad as a kid before he died. (RIP dad) We were in the car and he looked at me and said "kid, this is music" and man, I cry every time I hear it when I'm driving. This was wonderful.

Dobie Gray was born on July 26, 1940, to a family of sharecroppers in Simonton, Texas (some sources cite Brookshire, Texas, as Gray's place of birth, but he claimed on his official website that he hails from Simonton. Moreover, his birth name has been variously cited as either Lawrence Victor Ainsworth or Laurence Darrow Brown). Gray's Baptist minister grandfather introduced him to gospel music. Dobie also listened to country/western and rhythm-and-blues music as a kid. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s. His seventh recorded single, "Look at Me", was his first chart success. Dobie had a top-20 hit with the catchy "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965. The follow-up song, "See You at the Go-Go", was only a modest success. While in Hollywood Gray took acting classes and acted in stage productions of "A Raisin in the Sun," "The Amen Corner," "Look Homeward Angel," "Rhinoceros," and the hugely popular hippie counterculture musical "Hair" (he stayed with this play for two and a half years). He sang with the band Pollution in the early 1970s. In 1973 he scored his biggest and most beloved smash with the supremely mellow and soothing "Drift Away", which reached #5 on the pop charts, has been covered by many major artists (among them Elvis Presley and Ray Charles) and has since become a staple on classic rock radio stations. Dobie played a lead role in the blaxploitation feature Mean Mother (1973) and appeared as himself in the comedy Out of Sight (1966). Dobie's sound changed from soul to country in the mid-'70s. He relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, and had modest country chart hits with such songs as "That's One to Grow On" and "From Where I Stand." In addition, Gray enjoyed a nice sideline career as a songwriter; among the artists he penned songs for are Charley Pride, George Jones, Johnny Mathis, Conway Twitty, John Denver, B.J. Thomas and Tammy Wynette. Moreover, Dobie did radio and TV commercial work for such high-profile companies as Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Allstate, Chevrolet, Buick, and Kraft. He toured in Europe, Australia, and Africa (he performed for integrated audiences in South Africa during the apartheid era). His songs are featured on the soundtracks to such movies as Uptown Saturday Night (1974) (in which he sings the titular theme song), Casey's Shadow (1978), Casino (1995) and Wonderland (2003). In 2003 he sang a duet with rap artist Uncle Kracker on a hip-hop cover of "Drift Away;" the cover peaked at #1 on the charts for 28 weeks. Gray died at age 71 from cancer on December 6, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.

@ronaldcrenfro4637

2 жыл бұрын

He was a quite & humble man in person with a talent that added character to his life. People all over the world loved his music.

@faithnaidoo7647

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for info on DB LIFE STORY.!!!!!

@oluwemimoolatoye5561

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this beautiful enlightenment 🙏

@LeeEricsson

Жыл бұрын

He donated all his royalties to charity. Nice man.

This song touches my soul like no other..

@markbegley1564

3 жыл бұрын

same here mate

@mjones121

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

May Almighty God have mercy on Mr. Dobie Gray. May he rest in peace. What a fantastic song. From Ireland ☘️

This live version is simple the best! Unreal song & never gets boring. A true classic👏🏻👏🏻

When you sing that amazing, ya don't need a band or music. RIP DOBIE GRAY ..♡

Don't care how many covers they do, Dobie is the greatest and he did a great job here decades after he made this hit

@mudslinger4721

2 жыл бұрын

Dobie is doing a cover himself

A blind person can see this class! God bless, Mr. Gray!

Soulful voice and kind eyes. A true gentleman.

What a song! What a voice!

This was my son's favorite karaoke song. It's the last one saw him sing before he passed away Nov. 2020.

@chitownbear7733

2 жыл бұрын

RIP to your son...must be a great memory and never forget it

@lowellcalavera6045

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, brother....😕. I’m sad to say, I know how it feels.

Dobie is fantastic but the guitar player deserves a shout out also...

WOW UNREAL BEAUTIFUL PERSON.. His voice never changed in all his years .. wow

This is what you call music

Sounds better than ever Thank u brother for making us slow down and aporeciate life

I believe one of the prettiest songs, beautiful guitar work, and Dobie Gray forget about it

I’m getting chills from this. His voice is so clear.

I have loved this song since the first time I heard it, I used to play it over and over again, I still feel warm all over when I hear it. I still have my original 45 I bought back in the early 1970's.

@faraitegama1693

Жыл бұрын

Wow

Sing it Dobie... WONT YOU TAKE MEEEEE!!!!

Easily one of the greatest rock songs EVER written and very little, if anything compares to songs of this caliber today.

@randymiller3949

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you...one of the Greatest songs ever recorded...I put this song on the top shelf with Listen To The Music, The Weight, When A Man Loves A Woman, My Girl, Take The Long Way Home, This Old Heart Of Mine, & Light My Fire. Much love from Mobile Alabama.

This is when artists used their “talent” to make music! Not the crap “rap” of todays so called artist! This is vocal mastery along with musicians actually playing instruments and creating a masterpiece!

It was the feeling in his voice, I couldn’t speak English nor understand well fifty years ago.

This is one of them timeless classics. Cant count the times ive listened to this song late at night when i was busting the black top with a load of carpet headed to the lonestar state from Ga

Mr. Gray looks like a really great dude, who's singing wonderfully here. And his recording is not only the defining version, but the best version. None others hold a candle, as far as I'm concerned.

One of the greatest songs of all time ❤️👍

This song touches my soul, even though we lost Doobie this song is still timeless.

@abb3568

2 жыл бұрын

Well said 😬

That man could sing!!!

Yes, a blessing ... timeless .. Amen

Great 🎸 guitarist!!! great singer...great lyrics...great song writing!!

"So I'm counting on you, to carry me through" gives me the chills every damn time!

Pure vibes, pure class! 👏💚

Still one of my number one

I like this live Version.Good job!

What a classy man and a great song.

2023 And drift away....

just like riding a bike. It is like a moment didn't even pass.

If l was blind, deaf and dumb...this is the one thing I'd want stuck in my brain.

A CLASSIC TRIBUTE SONG

The most underrated musician of all time.. The chap was super talented.

Such a great song. This is truly a classic song. he left his mark on the world with this 1 song. Pure Talent. Too bad we lost him to cancer in 2011 at the age of 71

FANTASTIC X

Dobie was such a fantastic talent. He puts everything he has and everything he is into this song. He clearly was a wonderful and gentle man, and loved very much (on many levels) . For myself I cannot feel anything but having been robbed of the joy and love this man's presence gave to us. But I believe he is up there with God and looking down smiling on us with so many memories. God bless your heart Dobie, God bless your heart.

Love this song

What a great performance.

What a great song.

great song... my dad used to play these songs on records..... thumbs up as well to the guys playing the instruments... great job

Oh man what a talented soulful voice and great song that never gets old, thx

A song for our times 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

Beautiful 👍 song

Nice work Joe Simonetta......you captured very high quality audio on this superb performance by Dobie Gray .

@abb3568

2 жыл бұрын

Well done, Joe! Joe Simonetta! Yes, thanks for releasing and preserving. 😃

Old school cool !

Id play this every stones show

💚 Oh, the good memories that this song 🎵 brings back😊. Thank you, Mr. Gray for all of the joy that your song has given to the world 🌎. ~~11/10/23 💕~~

No person on the top of the music charts can TOUCH this!!!!!!!

Very gifted man

I love almost all the old Black Artists from that Era including Motown. Person left in a Comment about this new Crap Rap and that is true they are not even Artists and I know all the old Black Artists including Mr. Gray that it pains them on this Crap Rap music. I love Mr. Grays Smile. This Song really Moves me every time I listen to it. It seems like all the good people die young. Rest in Peace Mr. Gray

So the year that I was born Dobbie Gray gave this beautiful performance and memorable one. Today as I listen to this master feels like I was there.

Excellent !!!

Incredible song and performance!

i enjoy that song drift away so much years have past an still sound good as ever

He was still in top form20+ years later. Beautiful.

Loved this song from the first time I heard to 2022 and forever. Whilst Drift Away was the song he is known for, it is not, to my mind his best song. His vinyl albums contain some really beautiful,soaring ballads, not sure if they are all on You Tube, however, have a listen to If Love Must Go, and see how you rate that magic and emotive ballad. I was so fortunate to see him live in Melbourne ( Australia) in the late 70's. The highlight of the night was Dobie, alone on stage, highlighted by a single spotlight, no band or backups, singing The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down- he just about lifted the roof from the venue in a magnificent,powerhouse rendition that remains vivid all these years' on. It was a tragedy he was not recognised for the great talent he was during his all too short lifetime. Many thanks for putting this version up.

Perfection on display. This is the best live version I've ever heard of any live recording. Every note and syllable in place. Beautiful timeless song.

Now thats talent folks down to earth rock n roll MR.GRAY YOU WERE AWESOME RIP SIR

Amazing! Love this version

So beautiful!!!! Soothes me EVERYTIME!! 🙏❤🌞🌹👏🌵 LOVE U DOBIE GRAY! Rest in Paradise, your voice lives On!! thank you....

@pattyosborn760

2 жыл бұрын

💞🕊️

Magical

this dude's vocal tone is so amazing 👍👍👍

Linda linda linda 👏👏👏👏👏👏 demais ❤️❤️❤️

Beutiful

JUST LOVE IT LOVE IT YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE IT..

Timeless. Classic so uplifting.

A master at his craft. Thank you.

Amazing!

beautiful.....no crap....just sings it pure!!!

Glad to see this vid back up

Great‼️Love it❣️

Smooth.

I’ll always think this song is ab God

BEST SONG EVER MADE

Man... he took his own song and made it his own.. again!

@deltac34

2 жыл бұрын

David …. you Simon Cowell you 😅😅😅…, on point

@sjdj408

2 жыл бұрын

@@daviddaniel3996 who’s song is it, someone else sang it before him? I was kinda around back in the seventies and don’t remember anyone saying this was a cover, unless u mean a songwriter wrote it for him, hmmm 🤔 now I’m curious enough to google it now✌️

@sjdj408

2 жыл бұрын

Just googled it , it was originally a country tune lol recorded by someone I’ve never heard of named John Henry Kurtz. My radio wasn’t on the country station all that much back then and definitely not now😂😂😂

@sjdj408

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember the uncle kracker cover was it the late 90s or early 2000s, but yeah hard to beat Dobie’s soulful rendition fasho.

Great sound and word poetry song and described an era leaving the 50’s and thru part of the 70’s where a great experiment was made in music that touched soul of the young as no other ever has breaking down racial separation because it did not matter…glad I heard it and lived it…definitely Hall of Fame song and artist.

Such a soulful voice. Love it.

He still had the pipes. One of my big disappointments in life was when he played the Red Barn our airman's club at Eglin AFB and I didn't get to go. It was a huge soul nightclub and white guys weren't welcome. I know this sounds bad but we called it "the black barn".

Nailed it

YEAH!!!!!

Yessuhhh❤💚🧡

That riff

"TIS A SPECIAL SONG & PERFORMANCE...LOVE IT ALL!

He just got better with age !!!

Life is all memory 💙💚

Demais ❤

❤

Timeless oldie and timeless classic. I also tried to sing this song in karaoke.