Dobie Gray - Drift Away: A Decade of Dobie (1969-1979) flac mp3
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So High (Rock Me Baby And Roll Me Away). Thank You For Tonight. From "Dobie Gray" - Infinity 9016 (1979).
From 1973's DRIFT AWAY through 1979's DOBIE GRAY, here's an opportunity to finally own all his prime - era recordings! Also included is a 19:39 spoken word interview, six (6) singles recordings from artist's earlier work in the 1960's with the White Whale label, and a sumptuous 19-page booklet with great bio and photos included! . I bought the Drift Away LP when I was a kid because of the hit title track and soon discovered that the entire album was excellent. All there seemed to be were compilations of his songs on "best of" collections. I recently found and purchased this set (sold through Hip-o-select).
Day Driving Hanging Out Summer. Drift Away: A Decade of Dobie (1969-1979).
Artist: Dobie Gray Title: Drift Away: A Decade Of Dobie 1969-1979 Year Of Release: 2004 Label: Hip-O Select Genre: Funk, Soul Quality: FLAC (tracks+. It was a wonderful blend of soul, pop, and '70s singer/songwriter, best heard on the title track, which may have been the peak of the record, but is far from the only good cut here. After that hit, Gray started to get even more idiosyncratic on his subsequent albums for MCA (1973's Loving Arms and 1974's Hey Dixie) and Capricorn (1975's New Ray of Sunshine and 1976's Let Go). Using Drift Away as a base, Gray delved into country, developing a tremendous country-soul hybrid that had a loose, funky.
In 1973 the Rock & Roll song in the charts was Drift Away by Dobie Gray. Drift Away by Dobie Gray. 1. ▼ Select Rank Below 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 #.
Dobie Gray never had the consistent recording career that, judging from his output, he surely deserved. Poor promotion, contract difficulties, bankrupt record label. omething always seemed to creep up and crush his career in its tracks. But with indefatigable energy, he kept on pushing, with the net result being only three Top 40 songs spanning fifteen years. Drift Away was the kind of song that had to make it, no matter how many curveballs it needed to dodge, simply because it was such a great record.
Drift Away" became a hit again in 2003, when he covered the song as a duet with Uncle Kracker on the latter's No Stranger to Shame album . Songs Of The Season (Dobie Gray Prods. Dobie Gray: A Decade of Dobie (1969–1979) (UMG/Select-O-Hits, 2005).
Track List - Disc 1
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |
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1 | Rose Garden Joe South | Dobie Gray | |
2 | Where's the Girl Gone | Dobie Gray | |
3 | Do You Really Have a Heart Roger Nichols / Paul Williams | Dobie Gray | |
4 | What a Way to Go | Dobie Gray | |
5 | Guess Who | Dobie Gray | |
6 | Honey, You Can't Take It Back Kenny Nolan | Dobie Gray | |
7 | Drift Away Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
8 | The Time I Loved You the Most Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
9 | L.A. Lady | Dobie Gray | |
10 | We Had It All Donnie Fritts / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
11 | Now That I'm Without You | Dobie Gray | |
12 | Rockin' Chair | Dobie Gray | |
13 | Lay Back | Dobie Gray | |
14 | City Stars | Dobie Gray | |
15 | Sweet Lovin' Woman Will Jennings / Troy Seals / Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
16 | Caddo Queen | Dobie Gray | |
17 | Eddie's Song | Dobie Gray |
Track List - Disc 2
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |
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1 | Good Old Song Ron Davies / Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
2 | You and Me Dr. W.A. Jennings / T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
3 | I Never Had It So Good Roger Nichols / Paul Williams | Dobie Gray | |
4 | Lovin' the Easy Way Will Jennings / Troy Seals / Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
5 | Loving Arms Tom Jans | Dobie Gray | |
6 | Reachin' for the Feeling | Dobie Gray | |
7 | There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
8 | Mississippi Rolling Stone Don Goodman / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
9 | Love Is on the Line Don Goodman / Will Jennings / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
10 | Hey Dixie T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
11 | How Can You Live All Alone T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
12 | So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away) Jack Conrad / Mentor Williams | Dobie Gray | |
13 | Watch Out for Lucy Lonnie Mack | Dobie Gray | |
14 | Old Time Feeling Tom Jans / Dr. W.A. Jennings | Dobie Gray | |
15 | Turning on You T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
16 | Roll on Sweet Mississippi Bob Morrison | Dobie Gray | |
17 | Can You Feel It John Bettis / Dan Seals / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
18 | Performance Allen Toussaint | Dobie Gray | |
19 | The Music's Real (Mentor's Song) | Dobie Gray | |
20 | Watch Out for Lucy | Dobie Gray |
Track List - Disc 3
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |
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1 | Harold and the Swinging Rocks Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
2 | Drive on, Ride On Dobie Gray / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
3 | If Love Must Go Will Jennings | Dobie Gray | |
4 | Lover's Sweat Dobie Gray / Troy Seals / Eddie Setser | Dobie Gray | |
5 | A New Ray of Sunshine Turley Richards | Dobie Gray | |
6 | I'll Take You Down to Mexico Will Jennings / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
7 | Easy Loving Lady Dobie Gray / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
8 | Comfort and Please You Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
9 | What a Lady Troy Seals / Eddie Setser | Dobie Gray | |
10 | Easy Come, Easy Go Max D. Barnes / Dobie Gray / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
11 | Let Go Brian Cadd | Dobie Gray | |
12 | Do It | Dobie Gray | |
13 | Mellow Man | Dobie Gray | |
14 | Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em R. Hall / George Jackson | Dobie Gray | |
15 | The Best of My Love Glenn Frey / Don Henley / J.D. Souther | Dobie Gray | |
16 | Country Love Tom Brasfield / Alan Cartee | Dobie Gray | |
17 | When a Man Loves a Woman Calvin Lewis / Andrew Wright | Dobie Gray | |
18 | But I Do Dave Parkinson / T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
19 | Moonlight Trippin' T.J. Seals / Eddie Setser | Dobie Gray | |
20 | Can't Stop a Man in Love George Soulé / Terry Woodford | Dobie Gray | |
21 | Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em | Dobie Gray | |
22 | The Christmas Song | Dobie Gray |
Track List - Disc 4
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | |
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1 | You Can Do It Richard Germinaro / Evie Sands / Ben Weisman | Dobie Gray | |
2 | We've Got to Get It on Again Don Addrisi | Dobie Gray | |
3 | Let This Man Take Hold of Your Life | Dobie Gray | |
4 | Weekend Friend T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
5 | Miss You Nights David Townsend | Dobie Gray | |
6 | I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash | Dobie Gray | |
7 | Sharing the Night Together Ava Aldridge / Eddie Struzick | Dobie Gray | |
8 | Who's Lovin'you | Dobie Gray | |
9 | I'll Be Your Hold Me Tight | Dobie Gray | |
10 | Thank You for Tonight T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
11 | The "In" Crowd Billy Page | Dobie Gray | |
12 | Stumblin' Back to You | Dobie Gray | |
13 | Sunny Day to Rain | Dobie Gray | |
14 | Spending Time Making Love and Going Crazy T.E. Kellison Warren | Dobie Gray | |
15 | You Can't Keep a Good Man Down T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
16 | Fool, Fool T.J. Seals | Dobie Gray | |
17 | All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Dobie Gray | |
18 | We Had It All Donnie Fritts / Troy Seals | Dobie Gray | |
19 | Bridge of Silence | Dobie Gray | |
20 | The in Crowd | Dobie Gray |
Credits
Don Addrisi - ComposerAva Aldridge - Composer
Max D. Barnes - Composer
John Bettis - Composer
Tom Brasfield - Composer
Brian Cadd - Composer
Alan Cartee - Composer
Jack Conrad - Composer
Ron Davies - Composer
Glenn Frey - Composer
Donnie Fritts - Composer
Richard Germinaro - Composer
Don Goodman - Composer
Dobie Gray - Composer, Primary Artist
R. Hall - Composer
Don Henley - Composer
George Jackson - Composer
Tom Jans - Composer
Dr. W.A. Jennings - Composer
Will Jennings - Composer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Composer
Calvin Lewis - Composer
Lonnie Mack - Composer
Bob Morrison - Composer
Johnny Nash - Composer
Roger Nichols - Composer
Kenny Nolan - Composer
Billy Page - Composer
Dave Parkinson - Composer
Turley Richards - Composer
Evie Sands - Composer
Dan Seals - Composer
T.J. Seals - Composer
Troy Seals - Composer
Eddie Setser - Composer
George Soulé - Composer
Joe South - Composer
J.D. Souther - Composer
Eddie Struzick - Composer
Allen Toussaint - Composer
David Townsend - Composer
T.E. Kellison Warren - Composer
Ben Weisman - Composer
Mentor Williams - Composer
Paul Williams - Composer
Terry Woodford - Composer
Andrew Wright - Composer