Dobie Gray
had a wonderful voice but very little commercial success, so you have to be
happy for him (and for the world) that he got this great song to record,
hitting the top 10 with it in 1973. “Give me the beat boys and free my soul, I
wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away” has to be one of the
greatest sets of lines to grace a set of pop music lyrics in the late 20th
century. Unfortunately, the lyrics to his only other big hit, “The In Crowd” in
1965, were as forgettable as those of “Drift Away” were magnificent. (Jazz
pianist Ramsey Lewis had the right idea later that year, ditching the lyrics
entirely and hitting #5 with his instrumental version.)
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