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! :)
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
I hope you are doing well. I lost my daughter last February and this song is how I often feel ever since. It’s a beautiful song and it’s a beautiful thing your son knew it and that he sang it and you got to hear him. Bittersweet and little melancholy, but we both that is what life is. For a few minute we can listen and smile through some tears and go back to living and trying to be the best we can to serve our purposes. I don’t know if we will be okay, but I do know we can be kind and sincere and it comes back around. Have a good day.
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 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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Its a song of him giving his testimony in Jesus Christ, and his faith lies with and in Christ. Most people wouldn't even make the connection. RIP Dobie.
@@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✌️
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😂😂😂
How come no one has ever covered this song on BGT or AGT. I would love to hear someone do this song on either AGT or BGT. This live version was awesome.
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.,
Now that our band is playing this, I really appreciate what a fantastic song it is 👌👌👌
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.
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! :)
For sure
@@JohnJano that's a beautiful memory.
Well spoken!
@@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 is my go to song when I'm feeling down for whatever reason. It ALWAYS works
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
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.
That was no lip-synch fakery, that was REAL talent. So absolutely note perfect that I'm choked up.
One of those songs that was given us to help lift people up. A Blessing.
Agree. Also ... A Live Performance! Thank you technology! Preserved! Like if you are listening in 2250!
This live version is simple the best! Unreal song & never gets boring. A true classic👏🏻👏🏻
A blind person can see this class! God bless, Mr. Gray!
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.
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.
Thanks for info on DB LIFE STORY.!!!!!
Thanks for this beautiful enlightenment 🙏
He donated all his royalties to charity. Nice man.
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
Dobie is doing a cover himself
May Almighty God have mercy on Mr. Dobie Gray. May he rest in peace. What a fantastic song. From Ireland ☘️
beautiful.....no crap....just sings it pure!!!
Dobie is fantastic but the guitar player deserves a shout out also...
This song touches my soul like no other..
same here mate
Same!
💚 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 💕~~
When you sing that amazing, ya don't need a band or music. RIP DOBIE GRAY ..♡
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.
What a song! What a voice!
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!
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.
Wow
I believe one of the prettiest songs, beautiful guitar work, and Dobie Gray forget about it
WOW UNREAL BEAUTIFUL PERSON.. His voice never changed in all his years .. wow
This was my son's favorite karaoke song. It's the last one saw him sing before he passed away Nov. 2020.
RIP to your son...must be a great memory and never forget it
Sorry, brother....😕. I’m sad to say, I know how it feels.
I hope you are doing well.
I lost my daughter last February and this song is how I often feel ever since.
It’s a beautiful song and it’s a beautiful thing your son knew it and that he sang it and you got to hear him.
Bittersweet and little melancholy, but we both that is what life is. For a few minute we can listen and smile through some tears and go back to living and trying to be the best we can to serve our purposes.
I don’t know if we will be okay, but I do know we can be kind and sincere and it comes back around.
Have a good day.
What a classy man and a great song.
Great 🎸 guitarist!!! great singer...great lyrics...great song writing!!
Easily one of the greatest rock songs EVER written and very little, if anything compares to songs of this caliber today.
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.
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.
Soulful voice and kind eyes. A true gentleman.
Sounds better than ever
Thank u brother for making us slow down and aporeciate life
I’m getting chills from this. His voice is so clear.
Billy Hullett on guitar. Fantastic!
One of the greatest songs of all time ❤️👍
This is what you call music
"So I'm counting on you, to carry me through" gives me the chills every damn time!
A CLASSIC TRIBUTE SONG
The most underrated musician of all time.. The chap was super talented.
This song touches my soul, even though we lost Doobie this song is still timeless.
Well said 😬
That man could sing!!!
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
Love this song
Pure vibes, pure class! 👏💚
No person on the top of the music charts can TOUCH this!!!!!!!
Yes, a blessing ... timeless .. Amen
What a great performance.
Oh man what a talented soulful voice and great song that never gets old, thx
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
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.
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
Glad to see this vid back up
What a great song.
I like this live Version.Good job!
great song... my dad used to play these songs on records..... thumbs up as well to the guys playing the instruments... great job
my favourite song
Beautiful 👍 song
Still one of my number one
Such a classic,and sung by a real gentleman of the pop world.RIP Sir.
Excellent !!!
just like riding a bike. It is like a moment didn't even pass.
Sing it Dobie... WONT YOU TAKE MEEEEE!!!!
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.
FANTASTIC X
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.
A song for our times 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
Nice work Joe Simonetta......you captured very high quality audio on this superb performance by Dobie Gray .
Well done, Joe! Joe Simonetta! Yes, thanks for releasing and preserving. 😃
He was still in top form20+ years later. Beautiful.
i enjoy that song drift away so much years have past an still sound good as ever
So beautiful!!!! Soothes me EVERYTIME!! 🙏❤🌞🌹👏🌵 LOVE U DOBIE GRAY! Rest in Paradise, your voice lives On!! thank you....
💞🕊️
Id play this every stones show
Amazing! Love this version
A master at his craft. Thank you.
It was the feeling in his voice, I couldn’t speak English nor understand well fifty years ago.
Very gifted man
I love this good job Joe I'm a fan xD 😆 is mah favorite now I'm a fAaAaAnnn
If l was blind, deaf and dumb...this is the one thing I'd want stuck in my brain.
Great‼️Love it❣️
2023 And drift away....
Now thats talent folks down to earth rock n roll MR.GRAY YOU WERE AWESOME RIP SIR
Such a soulful voice. Love it.
this dude's vocal tone is so amazing 👍👍👍
Timeless. Classic so uplifting.
Amazing!
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.
BEST SONG EVER MADE
Old school cool !
JUST LOVE IT LOVE IT YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE IT..
Magical
Nailed it
"TIS A SPECIAL SONG & PERFORMANCE...LOVE IT ALL!
Life is all memory 💙💚
Its a song of him giving his testimony in Jesus Christ, and his faith lies with and in Christ. Most people wouldn't even make the connection. RIP Dobie.
Linda linda linda 👏👏👏👏👏👏 demais ❤️❤️❤️
I’ll always think this song is ab God
Man... he took his own song and made it his own.. again!
David …. you Simon Cowell you 😅😅😅…, on point
@@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✌️
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😂😂😂
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.
YEAH!!!!!
Smooth.
How come no one has ever covered this song on BGT or AGT. I would love to hear someone do this song on either AGT or BGT. This live version was awesome.
Beutiful