I don't know of a single person my age (50+) who doesn't immediately start singing along.... and clapping... whenever this song comes on... with the volume ALL the way up just to feel it even more. Loved your reactions... you two GET it!
It's actually not the original. It was sung by a guy named John Henry Kurtz. Written by a country songwriter named Mentor Williams. Dobie definitely made it his though.
@@sealdrup Steve, the songwriter is the brother of Paul Williams who wrote a lot of hits for the Carpenters, the love song from a Star is Born called Evergreen and Three Dog Night just to name a few. Songwriting runs in their family guess. :)
Absolutely beautiful, you guys did great to react to this wonderful classic. Yeah, got teary listening to it, me and this track go back a long way. 😇🕊️🌹💕
This just made me look him up. I knew he had passed away but I didn't realize it's 11 years already. And it said when he passed he "donated 100% of his musical assets and royalties in trust to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and to The Tennessee School for the Blind". What a special man. RIP.
I was 8 years old when this came out in 73. It is rare when a voice and a song like this come along, but when it does you appreciate it. I have appreciated this song and Dobie ever since. I still have the 45 of this(it's a record youngins). We need more of this type of music in the world for it would be a much better place. Simply, thank you all for doing this. Us older generation admire you younger folks for taking us back in time to simpler things. Much love.
One of my absolute favorite songs of all time. I was stunned by the dynamic beauty of this song since first hearing this at 12 years; way back in 1972. Someone covered this in like the early 90s, and all the stations would play would be that newer version. Dobie Gray RIP❤
This song always makes me think of my Grandma. I used to stay with her a lot back in the early ‘70s, and I always had my music with me. She actually liked a lot of it, and would ask me to play this record for her… it was one of her favorite songs. This one and Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me”. I miss my Grandma… ❤️
It's so great seeing people discover the awesome music I grew up on. You are on an amazing journey. If you haven't heard Mother's Finest Baby Love you are in for a treat! (Studio Version)
I don't know his other work, but his voice is just beyond great, simply stunning. Always loved this song from when I fist heard when I was in elementary school (long time ago).
This is one of those songs that is so good when it comes on you listened to it again ALL THE WAY THRU. You never cut it off in the middle. Dobie's voice has nice surprises all the way thru!
Love this song! It was a huge hit for Dobie Gray in 1973. His music crossed genres of soul, country & pop. An earlier hit by him in 1965 was "The In Crowd".
It is hard to imagine how big of a hit this was for Dobie Gray back around the early 1970s. It was everywhere and on every rock radio station. Part of my teen years that I always remember whenever it gets played. Superior Asia and BJ! And I'm like you BJ. Rock and the Blues comforts my inward being if the song is right. And almost anything by Sohyang! 😏🎸😎
Thank you! This was one of my favorite songs when I was a teen in the 70's and still is. Dobie Gray's voice was so distinctive and soulful. I can just close my eyes and I'm transformed back to a much simpler time, a better time. Bless you both, you've made an old man smile.
Such a great song and voice. A few years before he passed away, I talked to Dobie Gray, and Michael McDonald on the phone. They were discussing making an album together. That would've been a helluva duo.
Hey y'all, I grew up in the early '60's and '70's and everybody knew this song no matter what color you were! He had an amazing voice and the music/guitars in this was superb! What a true classic he is! Great reaction y'all! From an old white country boy in Sophia,N.C.
I cannot believe it's been 50 years since I last heard this song at my graduation dance back in 1972. Now that I am a 68-year-old senior citizen. The song still moves me. Awesome!
When I was younger I called a radio station (KSHE-95 in STL) to find out the name of this song and actually got the DJ on air. She made me sing it on air before she would tell me the name!
Truely an awesome song & my most favorite of all. And nobody can do it better than Dobie Gray. The lyrics are so point on....’day after day I’m more confused but I look for the light though the pouring rain’....‘I don’t understand the things I do’....’the world outside looks so unkind’....‘just give me the beat, boy, & free my soul, I want to get lost in your rock & roll & drift away’! I got so excited when I saw y’all had reacted to it. And I wasn’t disappointed, loved that y’all appreciated this wonderful song also but I knew y’all would. I’ve been enjoying y’all discovering all the great music I grew up on. Keep up the great work!
Awww you got me again!!!😥🥰❤️ Damm it, my dad used to play and sing this🎸🎸🎸 I forgot about this song...until now. Loving the trip down memory lane guys😍❤️ Love this...thanks!!
Oh man I loved this song as a new teenager in the early 70s. I remember getting the 45 at Woolworths and darn near wore it out. 1973 started my teen years. Thanks for the memories.
This song makes me so nostalgic. Nothing makes me see my daddy's grin again like this song. He always loved this song so much. It always made him calm and happy. Music was huge in my family. We were really taught to appreciate it. And when Uncle Kracker did it with Dobie Pop was a huge fan. Loved this reaction thank y'all
Played this for my Father - In - Law a Vietnam Vet at his wake when he passed away this song always makes think of him and have smile and sometimes a tear or two miss you Dad.
Wow! I was a high school senior when this came out and I could SO relate to every single line! Love this son, and it's been so long! Thanks, guys, you rock!
Thank you for going to the original Dobie Gray I grew up listening to this music and this masterpiece. Much love to you both please keep the classics coming you will find out why they are timeless classics.
Wife here..Absolutely Beautiful to watch you two discovering and enjoying.." free my soul".. I drift away 2 BJ...Asia..your voice is Gorgeous!!..This song has meant soooo much to me throughout my life!!!
If I had to choose one song to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it Dobie Gray 's version of Drift Away. Been listening to it since it came out and it never gets old.
So glad you guys did this. I absolutely love this song. It takes me back to about the 3rd grade. It was his biggest hit. He was an R&B singer that found more success on the country charts. I think Uncle Cracker covered it about 20 years ago. I have it on playlists on several platforms sandwiched between Otis Redding’s “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and Noel Gourdin’s “The River”.
I think my all-time favorite quote by a musician was made by Dobie Gray. I was driving late at night back in the 60's,and he was being interviewed by a radio station dj,who asked him about the changes that have happened in his life since this song hit the air waves. Dobie thought about it for a few seconds,and said "Well,I have noticed that the girls treat me a lot differently now than they did when I was still working at the toilet seat factory". I lost it and almost ran off the freaking road due to laughing so hard.
The co-star on this record is the guitarist Reggie Young...actually, almost as many people talk about his playing on this as they do about Dobie Gray...incredible.
I was born in 1977. I was bought up listening to oldies, country, and gospel music. I always like to hear that song when it played on the radio. Songs like that stand the test of time.
LOVE Dobie Gray!!! Takes me back to my brother(he was a quadriplegic and he loved music) He influenced me by what he listened to. Great music!!! Great memories! Thanks for this reaction!! Other Dobie favorites "If you could see me now" "The time I loved you the most"
In times of intense stress and feeling overwhelmed throw a song like this on and watch it just melt away. Because of that this song to me has never aged a day! It's still timeless.
One of the ones I used to do back in the day. Makes me want to get back into it. Three of my cousins still have bands. My dad was a country singer, he was on radio back in the 60s
This song for me in the 70’s, when I was a teenager, was like the scene in “Almost Famous” on the bus when they were all singing “Tiny Dancer”. In my case we were hanging out in a school yard at night in Brooklyn. What a memory.
You can't beat this one. I could never figure out if he was saying "give me the beat boys" or "give me the Beach Boys", but it didn't make a bit of difference. I loved it either way. It's so peace-giving. Your faces were priceless.
You guys are a great couple! Your reactions are always great and I don’t think people realize how you two do it so many times and still keep it together. Keep doing what you’re doing! We enjoy it!!
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I don't know of a single person my age (50+) who doesn't immediately start singing along.... and clapping... whenever this song comes on... with the volume ALL the way up just to feel it even more. Loved your reactions... you two GET it!
Yep! 51 right here.. agree!
Guilty 😁
You forgot about closing your eyes.😁
Jennifer I am 57 and was singing along with the Song.
I'm 57 too. Remember this from when I was a kid. Its played all the time on XM 70's channel all the time.
The original by Dobie Gray! Accept no substitutes. Timeless feel good classic from my 70s childhood. So much soul in this it damn near makes me cry!
Amen, pass the cornbread!
It's actually not the original. It was sung by a guy named John Henry Kurtz. Written by a country songwriter named Mentor Williams. Dobie definitely made it his though.
@@Alex-xq5jx Credit to the songwriter. I have never heard the one by John Henry Kurtz, but OK.
@@sealdrup Steve, the songwriter is the brother of Paul Williams who wrote a lot of hits for the Carpenters, the love song from a Star is Born called Evergreen and Three Dog Night just to name a few. Songwriting runs in their family guess. :)
@@Alex-xq5jx Familiar with Paul Williams..cool.
As a teenager, this was soul warming in the 70’s, and still is !!!!!
I play this with my band, is a permanent part of our catalog. Love to see people swaying in their chairs, feet tapping during it.
Absolutely beautiful, you guys did great to react to this wonderful classic. Yeah, got teary listening to it, me and this track go back a long way. 😇🕊️🌹💕
I'm wiping tears now, I shit you not! Emotions flooded me from the seventies.
Thank you so much!!
This just made me look him up. I knew he had passed away but I didn't realize it's 11 years already. And it said when he passed he "donated 100% of his musical assets and royalties in trust to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and to The Tennessee School for the Blind". What a special man. RIP.
Wow.... that's cool! Just what I needed today... thanks ☺️
wow! that is really heartwarming to hear . always liked his music , but it takes a very special person to give a gift like that.
Anyone who does not love Dobie Grey has no soul. Thank you for your songs, Sir. RIP
You are sorely missed.
The joy on your faces when the song started was priceless.
I was 8 years old when this came out in 73. It is rare when a voice and a song like this come along, but when it does you appreciate it. I have appreciated this song and Dobie ever since. I still have the 45 of this(it's a record youngins). We need more of this type of music in the world for it would be a much better place. Simply, thank you all for doing this. Us older generation admire you younger folks for taking us back in time to simpler things. Much love.
I also bought this 45 when it released. This song brings back so many great memories.
I remember this being played on R&B, Country, and Top 40 stations.
"Gimme the beat boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock n roll and drift away".....a great line from a timeless classic.
Simply one of the best songs… ever. He sings the hell out of this! So much soul!
One of my absolute favorite songs of all time. I was stunned by the dynamic beauty of this song since first hearing this at 12 years; way back in 1972.
Someone covered this in like the early 90s, and all the stations would play would be that newer version. Dobie Gray RIP❤
Beautiful arrangement! I was in high school when this song came out. Very famous back then! What a classic r&b tune!!! 😀❤️❤️❤️
This song always makes me think of my Grandma. I used to stay with her a lot back in the early ‘70s, and I always had my music with me. She actually liked a lot of it, and would ask me to play this record for her… it was one of her favorite songs. This one and Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me”. I miss my Grandma… ❤️
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Sweet memories. Thanks for sharing 💕💖
Bill Withers’ ‘Grandma’s Hands’ seems appropriate here.
Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me”. another timeless classic
Just a perfect song. Every note of every instrument and his voice. After decades it never fails to make me smile
One of my favorite songs ever. Dobie Gray from Arkansas. This is a all time classic and should be a Nobel prize winner 🥇
GREAT classic...it will NEVER get old!!! LOVE it! 💞💞💞
It's so great seeing people discover the awesome music I grew up on. You are on an amazing journey. If you haven't heard Mother's Finest Baby Love you are in for a treat! (Studio Version)
Love Changes is great, too!
I don't know his other work, but his voice is just beyond great, simply stunning. Always loved this song from when I fist heard when I was in elementary school (long time ago).
Mad respect to you for reacting to Dobie Gray. One of the treasures of my youth. ✌️🔥
This is one of those songs that is so good when it comes on you listened to it again ALL THE WAY THRU. You never cut it off in the middle. Dobie's voice has nice surprises all the way thru!
Love this song! It was a huge hit for Dobie Gray in 1973. His music crossed genres of soul, country & pop. An earlier hit by him in 1965 was "The In Crowd".
One of my GOAT songs. Just never gets old. Beautiful. Moving...Universal.
I heard this song just once and bought the whole album immediately. Perfection.
Always loved his voice... Great lyrics.
There are those songs that give you goose bumps in 100 degree weather. This is one of them.
It is hard to imagine how big of a hit this was for Dobie Gray back around the early 1970s. It was everywhere and on every rock radio station. Part of my teen years that I always remember whenever it gets played. Superior Asia and BJ! And I'm like you BJ. Rock and the Blues comforts my inward being if the song is right. And almost anything by Sohyang! 😏🎸😎
Thank you! This was one of my favorite songs when I was a teen in the 70's and still is. Dobie Gray's voice was so distinctive and soulful. I can just close my eyes and I'm transformed back to a much simpler time, a better time. Bless you both, you've made an old man smile.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love this, a timeless classic that moves the soul.
Such a great song and voice. A few years before he passed away, I talked to Dobie Gray, and Michael McDonald on the phone. They were discussing making an album together. That would've been a helluva duo.
Asia & BJ, a timeless classic. "The 'In' Crowd" was another hit
"The 'In' Crowd"--Ramsey Lewis, 1965. Great tune.
One of the greatest songs ever written!
This takes me back to my childhood, growing up in the 70s was a blast. Love the reaction
I can't imagine a better time to grow up.
Hey y'all, I grew up in the early '60's and '70's and everybody knew this song no matter what color you were! He had an amazing voice and the music/guitars in this was superb! What a true classic he is! Great reaction y'all! From an old white country boy in Sophia,N.C.
God bless Dobie. He left us this beautiful song, he'll never be forgotten.
This music from the 70’s has sooo many memories from then😏😎 This song got me thru allot as a teenager…. Rock n roll… drift away… 😎
Love this 70's classic, leaves you a warm and tingly feelin'. Everyone wants to get into the music and drift away.
This song was a masterpiece, a transcendent masterpiece.
I cannot believe it's been 50 years since I last heard this song at my graduation dance back in 1972. Now that I am a 68-year-old senior citizen. The song still moves me. Awesome!
One listen and you have it memorized. Proves my belief that this is probably the catchiest chorus to a song ever.
One of my all time favs….been on my playlist since the 70’s!
This song is nearly 50 years old and still makes you feel good today. You can't help but clap when it comes on after all these years.
one of the best songs of all time. Takes me back to the 70's when i was a kid. Good stuff you crazy kids. Keep it up. Peace.
This! This song here, is one of the greatest. I know it's in my heart and soul from the first time I heard it.
The song is a tribute to ROCK & ROLL BANDS. Dobie once said in an interview in the 1970's.
When I was younger I called a radio station (KSHE-95 in STL) to find out the name of this song and actually got the DJ on air. She made me sing it on air before she would tell me the name!
I was about 10 years old when this song came out lol I absolutely loved it then and still do if a timeless, joyful song
Truely an awesome song & my most favorite of all. And nobody can do it better than Dobie Gray. The lyrics are so point on....’day after day I’m more confused but I look for the light though the pouring rain’....‘I don’t understand the things I do’....’the world outside looks so unkind’....‘just give me the beat, boy, & free my soul, I want to get lost in your rock & roll & drift away’! I got so excited when I saw y’all had reacted to it. And I wasn’t disappointed, loved that y’all appreciated this wonderful song also but I knew y’all would. I’ve been enjoying y’all discovering all the great music I grew up on. Keep up the great work!
So much good music. Glad to see you young folks finding the "roots" of where we are today.
Well said!
As a little girl, as far as I could remember, this song has always brought me as tears. I love this song so much!!!!
Awww you got me again!!!😥🥰❤️ Damm it, my dad used to play and sing this🎸🎸🎸 I forgot about this song...until now. Loving the trip down memory lane guys😍❤️ Love this...thanks!!
Oh man I loved this song as a new teenager in the early 70s. I remember getting the 45 at Woolworths and darn near wore it out. 1973 started my teen years. Thanks for the memories.
This song makes me so nostalgic. Nothing makes me see my daddy's grin again like this song. He always loved this song so much. It always made him calm and happy. Music was huge in my family. We were really taught to appreciate it. And when Uncle Kracker did it with Dobie Pop was a huge fan. Loved this reaction thank y'all
I have loved this song since I was a kid. Such a great 70d song!
" Out on the floor " is a classic northern soul track from him, so uplifting it will make you want to dance ❤️❤️❤️
One unique voice, easy to recognize him. He was one heck of a singer. RIP we will not forget you.
I grew up on this song,it will never get old,great song to sing out loud anywhere, love from a small town in Virginia
Imprinted on the DNA of the 70's the same way forgotten classics like "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul.
I’d forgot about this gem. There are just so many from years gone by. Thank you for your great work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This song brings back so many great memories! Classic from my teenage years in the 70's. Still sounds sooo good!
One of the great sounding songs of all time!
This is one of those songs that puts you in a good mood regardless of where you were at.
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This is just one of those timeless classic songs from the 1970s.. perfect way to end my night.
Played this for my Father - In - Law a Vietnam Vet at his wake when he passed away this song always makes think of him and have smile and sometimes a tear or two miss you Dad.
Wow! I was a high school senior when this came out and I could SO relate to every single line! Love this son, and it's been so long! Thanks, guys, you rock!
Thank you for going to the original Dobie Gray I grew up listening to this music and this masterpiece. Much love to you both please keep the classics coming you will find out why they are timeless classics.
Wife here..Absolutely Beautiful to watch you two discovering and enjoying.." free my soul".. I drift away 2 BJ...Asia..your voice is Gorgeous!!..This song has meant soooo much to me throughout my life!!!
Written by Mason Williams in 1970. John Henry Kurtz recorded it in 1972 for an LP. There's a cover by Jango Fett.
If I had to choose one song to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it Dobie Gray 's version of Drift Away. Been listening to it since it came out and it never gets old.
Enjoyed Dobie Gray! Here are two more for your reaction: “Break Up to Make Up” by the Stylistics and “Midnight at the Oasis” by Maria Muldaur.
Midnight at the oasis is a personel favorite. what a voice.
YES... STYLISTICS 💖
One of my all time favorites. I was just thinking how cool it would sound if Home Free covered it.
Wow, just had that thought before I looked down at the comments. A good last song for my soul to drift away with.
100% with ya on that
Absolutely love this song! I used to roller skate to this song.
So glad you guys did this. I absolutely love this song. It takes me back to about the 3rd grade. It was his biggest hit. He was an R&B singer that found more success on the country charts. I think Uncle Cracker covered it about 20 years ago. I have it on playlists on several platforms sandwiched between Otis Redding’s “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and Noel Gourdin’s “The River”.
Thanks for taking me back to when I was 20 and enjoying this tune. So well done by Dobie!
a hit in every single radio in the day.... and just as great today 🎸🎸🎯🎶😊
Loved this song since it came out. I was about 10 years old.
Dobie would be happy that the youngsters are interested in his music. Nice!!!
Love this song! Takes me right back to high school
I think my all-time favorite quote by a musician was made by Dobie Gray. I was driving late at night back in the 60's,and he was being interviewed by a radio station dj,who asked him about the changes that have happened in his life since this song hit the air waves. Dobie thought about it for a few seconds,and said "Well,I have noticed that the girls treat me a lot differently now than they did when I was still working at the toilet seat factory". I lost it and almost ran off the freaking road due to laughing so hard.
The co-star on this record is the guitarist Reggie Young...actually, almost as many people talk about his playing on this as they do about Dobie Gray...incredible.
This song is iconic, it's on every older person's playlist.
High school flashback. I love this song so much. It’s a vibe. Love and blessings to you both.
I was born in 1977. I was bought up listening to oldies, country, and gospel music. I always like to hear that song when it played on the radio. Songs like that stand the test of time.
This is one of my all time favorite songs
LOVE Dobie Gray!!! Takes me back to my brother(he was a quadriplegic and he loved music) He influenced me by what he listened to. Great music!!! Great memories!
Thanks for this reaction!!
Other Dobie favorites
"If you could see me now"
"The time I loved you the most"
All time classic. This is one of my favorite summer night jams.
In times of intense stress and feeling overwhelmed throw a song like this on and watch it just melt away. Because of that this song to me has never aged a day! It's still timeless.
His voice is so cool. I heard this when I was 5. I've loved that soulful voice every sense. Love yall.
I just love this tune, Dobie is on another level, and I know this song by heart. Thanks Asia and BJ.
Have loved this song for so many years. Great catch, folks.
One of the ones I used to do back in the day. Makes me want to get back into it. Three of my cousins still have bands. My dad was a country singer, he was on radio back in the 60s
You guys are great I didn’t hear this song until I was 21 and it blew me away all the best Matt from Australia 🇦🇺
This song for me in the 70’s, when I was a teenager, was like the scene in “Almost Famous” on the bus when they were all singing “Tiny Dancer”. In my case we were hanging out in a school yard at night in Brooklyn. What a memory.
You can't beat this one. I could never figure out if he was saying "give me the beat boys" or "give me the Beach Boys", but it didn't make a bit of difference. I loved it either way. It's so peace-giving. Your faces were priceless.
Definitely a classic amazing voice.
Always loved this song..the music will carry us through
LOVE THIS SONG! Got me through a lot of stuff in my lifetime! All time favorite there's only one Dobie!
You guys are a great couple! Your reactions are always great and I don’t think people realize how you two do it so many times and still keep it together. Keep doing what you’re doing! We enjoy it!!
You can hear this song all the way in your soul