Drift Away - Dobie Gray

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • The always soulful Dobie Gray with one of his major hits - get lost in rock and roll and "Drift Away". Copyright (c) 2007, 2023 TJL Media Archives. All Rights Reserved. Please share like, comment and subscribe to my you tube page if you'd like to see more from my vaults of over 30+ years of bringing oldies to television.

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  • @oldswede9307
    @oldswede9307 8 месяцев назад +34

    Our generation had the finest of music, cars, hair and way of life❤❤❤❤

  • @talkingdogmusic4349
    @talkingdogmusic4349 3 месяца назад +15

    If you don't love this, you don't have a pulse!

  • @oaker55
    @oaker55 Год назад +56

    You don't hear singers like this anymore. Takes me back to my youth. And what a fine, fine man. May he Rest in Peace.

  • @krisgreenwood5173
    @krisgreenwood5173 9 месяцев назад +26

    50 some years later and it's still a great song. Thank you Dobie.

  • @stephinasithole9906
    @stephinasithole9906 Год назад +25

    What a voice.He was a gift to the world from God and a hard working man

  • @davidbatin1699
    @davidbatin1699 8 месяцев назад +17

    No one sings this song like Dobie. Great voice & a great performer. RIP Dobie.

  • @carolmccullough-kuchar4782
    @carolmccullough-kuchar4782 4 месяца назад +9

    We need some smart kids to invent a time machine. Bring me back to the 70s. I miss it so much. Mom, Dad, sister, brother...grandma, grandpa, all gone...

    • @hunter77771
      @hunter77771 4 месяца назад +1

      first thing i'll do is go look for the younger dobie gray....lol...he was soo cute back then..even up to his death..and his voice was just magic..

  • @tonylennon7979
    @tonylennon7979 10 месяцев назад +19

    No doubt in my mind the greatest American singer of Rock , Blues , and Country that i have ever heard. Rest In Peace . Dobie.

  • @alpay4741
    @alpay4741 Год назад +23

    The man could always sing. He knew his instrument was his voice. He mastered it. Look at how he adjusting the notes to a lower level PERFECTLY. The key changed, but everything else is the same. Genius!!!

  • @castleanthrax1833
    @castleanthrax1833 9 месяцев назад +14

    Everyone in the audience as well as all of us watching on RUclips were all singing along, too. 🎉

  • @daviszuze6872
    @daviszuze6872 9 месяцев назад +13

    Take me back to the seventies when life was good.

  • @charliebudden5053
    @charliebudden5053 11 месяцев назад +17

    So awesome his voice is still just wonderful im only 52 but this song brings back so many wonderful memories of better days of my past.

  • @MrBIGTEE504
    @MrBIGTEE504 9 месяцев назад +10

    He mastered this song killed it rest easy my brother

  • @Allen2saint
    @Allen2saint Год назад +16

    He stayed in great voice. Respect!

  • @YobeDaka-ut5zg
    @YobeDaka-ut5zg 11 месяцев назад +10

    I listen to this song every day wow smooth voice

  • @brianklaas1312
    @brianklaas1312 Год назад +11

    Still not forgotten the lyrics but the song is many decades old

  • @jahno7154
    @jahno7154 9 месяцев назад +8

    Wow where's all that lovely afro hair gone amazing I didn't even know he had passed RIP Dobie

  • @doctorrobert60
    @doctorrobert60 11 месяцев назад +8

    Takes me back to my youth! Loved this song! Written by songwriter Mentor Williams, Paul Williams brother. Great!

  • @Laddie327
    @Laddie327 7 месяцев назад +5

    I love this song so much, it is the ringtone on my phone. Dobie had soulful eyes to match his soulful voice.

  • @SteveSchutzer
    @SteveSchutzer 19 дней назад +1

    Love this song since '73. He was one in a million.

  • @stratplayr6997
    @stratplayr6997 Год назад +11

    R.I.P., Dobie

  • @gloriavillalon5566
    @gloriavillalon5566 9 месяцев назад +6

    This singer, this song can carry me to heaven and back..

  • @kevintupper8947
    @kevintupper8947 8 месяцев назад +7

    What an amazing song sung by an amazing voice. God bless

  • @meldridge51
    @meldridge51 2 месяца назад +3

    Just Absolutely Glorious! So Great!

  • @invernessity
    @invernessity 8 месяцев назад +3

    Still a great voice! So glad he lived to collab with Uncle Kracker and see his song hit the charts again (with a first time number one - on the Adult Contemporary Chart with a record setting 28 weeks)!

    • @mudslinger4721
      @mudslinger4721 4 месяца назад

      dobie's version was a cover song.

  • @shaunpetersen7185
    @shaunpetersen7185 17 дней назад +1

    Damn has he still got it. More soul than a sneaker store

  • @MaiphepiMercy-sd5qx
    @MaiphepiMercy-sd5qx 7 месяцев назад +6

    Momma thank you for feeding us good music... I love love Dobie Gray, born '89 and know his songs word for word❤

  • @davidbarrington9639
    @davidbarrington9639 11 месяцев назад +8

    I remember this song when I was 5 years old and loved it till today in 2023....how time Flys....I've drifted away to so many places and seen so many places in my life....there is alot of good in humanity left.

    • @robertryan2542
      @robertryan2542 4 месяца назад

      Absolutely. There is more good than bad. Wishing you every blessing. From Ireland ☘️

  • @markholle3450
    @markholle3450 2 месяца назад +2

    Thankful for these recordings of the greats. Dobie owned this one.

  • @carolthompson4612
    @carolthompson4612 15 дней назад

    Wickid, wickid, wickid tune no matter place or time. Love you, Dobie. SIP

  • @SomeoneHasToSayIt2525
    @SomeoneHasToSayIt2525 9 месяцев назад +6

    Simply superb.

  • @bobcarn
    @bobcarn Год назад +7

    What a joy to hear him singing this again!

  • @andrewsteinfeldt422
    @andrewsteinfeldt422 3 месяца назад +3

    Pure class.

  • @DonJoyce
    @DonJoyce 20 часов назад

    Wonderful!!!

  • @donaldduck2139
    @donaldduck2139 Год назад +6

    beautiful bro...just like the first time I heard it... definitely makes you drift away

  • @fabriziobreviglieri1006
    @fabriziobreviglieri1006 12 дней назад +1

    Great song forever

  • @mogiegovender7692
    @mogiegovender7692 3 дня назад

    God really blessed these singers.🤗🙏🔥🙏

  • @jessecadena8997
    @jessecadena8997 2 месяца назад +3

    This is awesome we need this as a country

  • @mogiegovender7692
    @mogiegovender7692 3 дня назад

    You never can get singers anymore 🙏🤗🙏🤗

  • @geoffreyjones2000
    @geoffreyjones2000 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you

  • @jacquelinefickis1734
    @jacquelinefickis1734 Месяц назад +1

    Love the song by Dobie Gray

  • @brucethomas2531
    @brucethomas2531 5 месяцев назад +2

    Have always liked Dobie
    Just awesome...

  • @ryotaryuu
    @ryotaryuu 2 месяца назад +2

    He sounds great

  • @SANZOFFICE-v2u
    @SANZOFFICE-v2u 6 месяцев назад +2

    Bellisima cancion,sure yesss

  • @ekilasa
    @ekilasa Год назад +4

    How classic

  • @robertcudlipp3426
    @robertcudlipp3426 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks so much for putting this up. Have been a rusted on fan of this superb singer since first heard Drift Away, so many years'
    ago. It was simply tragic that the recording business just did not know how to showcase his superb singing talent, beyond maybe 1-3 vinyls.
    Had the privilege of seeing him live in concert, in Melbourne, Australia. The highlight of the night, July 14, was when he sent the band off the stage. All there was, just Dobie and a single spot illuminating him,
    He did not need a band with that powerful, soaring voice. He almost lifted the roof off the venue with his rendition of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, a 30-year later version is on RUclips, just have a look for it.
    Pity that the signature Les Paul playing intro riff by the late Reggie Young, is not a part of this version. Also, so very sad, that Dobie died with a neglected website, nobody is even sure of his real name, date of death, and more. So much unrecognised talent.
    Have visited the studio at the original Quadrophonic (now Quad) owned at the time by Norbert Putnam and David Briggs. Could hear Dobie's voice resonating from the past studio walls.
    Just enjoy as much of this legendary talent's magnificent singing as you are able. He is a vocal treasure.

  • @scottt9382
    @scottt9382 6 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, he sounds great!

  • @keithlynch3169
    @keithlynch3169 3 месяца назад +1

    I played this record so, so much as a teenager. Such s great song, sung by a great singer. Thanks gor the chance to hear it again!

  • @suchstyles
    @suchstyles 3 месяца назад +1

    What sacred memories this melody resurrects 💛… incredibly done 🙌🏼

  • @evelynrobinson5201
    @evelynrobinson5201 2 месяца назад +1

    My own song ....thanks for sharing watching from Meekatharra Western Australia 👍 ✨️ 🇦🇺 😀 😄 😊

  • @axfaxf
    @axfaxf 11 месяцев назад +5

    Absolute fucking class!

  • @Laddie327
    @Laddie327 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dobie had such a soulful voice and sweetness in his eyes. He was such a handsome and classy gentleman. I always wonder why his music didn’t take him to greater success.

  • @ironmanfan853
    @ironmanfan853 9 месяцев назад +1

    W O W !!!! 😊

  • @Dr.Marlon_Yousseff
    @Dr.Marlon_Yousseff 5 месяцев назад +2

    Excelente !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @tizmawpux
    @tizmawpux 3 месяца назад +2

    One of those tunes that you never get tired of playing, thanks dude for giving us such a classic.

  • @TheBazo71
    @TheBazo71 Месяц назад

    This is sumply a gem. Pure genius

  • @brianmcdonnell2241
    @brianmcdonnell2241 16 дней назад

    Magic.

  • @AlfredMeador
    @AlfredMeador 7 месяцев назад +2

    Whatever happened to this kind of music they was actually talent and and knew how to sing

  • @elaine8013
    @elaine8013 5 месяцев назад +2

    Music that touched your heart, spirit and soul. We definitely had the best music.

  • @mystarling2123
    @mystarling2123 Месяц назад

    I heard a great story that the song was written for Elvis to sing. Dobie was just a demo studio singer. Elvis heard heard it n said Dobie needs to record it, that he did it perfectly. That lauched Dobies career.

  • @miriamribeirosantos6585
    @miriamribeirosantos6585 11 месяцев назад +2

    Não precisava ser tão linda e maravilhosa assim ❤

  • @SherryDewey-h4i
    @SherryDewey-h4i 11 дней назад

    Much love ❤

  • @historybuff9276
    @historybuff9276 6 месяцев назад +1

    Few singers can keep their Wonderful voice through the years . Like as they get older you listen to them and they just don't sound the same Charlie Pride and Dobie Grey are 2 that always sounded like they always did to me.

  • @Bigdaddy-yy1vq
    @Bigdaddy-yy1vq 4 месяца назад +1

    He still sounds the same. Awsome

  • @StalloneSiciliano
    @StalloneSiciliano Месяц назад

    2024 and singing along with this classic.

  • @briankenome
    @briankenome 5 месяцев назад

    Remember coming back from primary school and hearing this song on the radio

  • @ziyahhavea355
    @ziyahhavea355 6 месяцев назад

    Love this song so so much. RIP Legend! Thanks so much for the joy you've given us through your song, rhythm and harmony.

  • @eugeneyegambaram8994
    @eugeneyegambaram8994 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful memories.... simply awesome 👏👏👏

  • @lk6004
    @lk6004 6 месяцев назад +1

    I am so happy you found this video from PBS. I believe this was Dobie Gray's final performance before his death.

  • @garyrasberryjr.552
    @garyrasberryjr.552 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great song written by Mentor Williams, brother of Paul Williams, who wrote "We Only Just Begun", "Old-Fashioned Love Song", and "Evergreen" (from A Star is Born, which won him and Barbra Streisand the Oscar for Best Original Song)

  • @389293912
    @389293912 6 месяцев назад

    Wow, he really got good as a singer. His voice was always superb but he added a smoothness here. Nice phase shift on the guitar.

  • @DallasPix
    @DallasPix 6 месяцев назад

    R.I.P. Dobie Gray.. Thank you for the awesome music..
    ..>"Drift Away" is a song by Mentor Williams (Paul Williams brother), written in 1970 and originally recorded by British singer Mike Berry on his 1972 album Drift Away. A version by John Henry Kurtz was released two months later in November 1972.
    It was later given to soul singer Dobie Gray for whom it became a surprise international hit. In 1973, the song became Gray's biggest hit, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and receiving a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ((Wikipedia))
    Randy A Carlisle // The Real Oldies Show

  • @shirleycarrington3707
    @shirleycarrington3707 2 месяца назад

    We did it Dolby 😂

  • @tanekamarshall9560
    @tanekamarshall9560 10 месяцев назад

    👋👋👋

  • @hunter77771
    @hunter77771 4 месяца назад

    how old was mr. dobie gray here?

  • @StDon256
    @StDon256 2 месяца назад

    I don't think y'all realise how big an anti racism song this is, "Blackman doing a Rock and Roll song like that", this masterpiece still breaking barriers today! Guess we all look to the same power to break free huh!

  • @shirleycarrington3707
    @shirleycarrington3707 2 месяца назад

    Lawrence party

  • @NancyClark-d5h
    @NancyClark-d5h 6 дней назад

    Rodriguez Jennifer Garcia Jennifer Harris Jessica

  • @Issack319
    @Issack319 5 месяцев назад

    Not much of a change

  • @terryjohinke8065
    @terryjohinke8065 6 месяцев назад

    Great song BUT try Singitlive or HSCC from Adelaide. Australia. A better version all round. I know the fat guy, Stefan, on guitar. That and the singing is a truly great version. BTW Christie McVie of Fleetwood Mac heard their sound through her Australian security, then Mick Fleetwood. After an Australian tour they'll take up residency in Las Vegas ( they won't tour). All great musicicians and singers.

  • @leewalsh3520
    @leewalsh3520 2 месяца назад

    Didn't know Samuel L Jackson had such a good voice