On “Chevrolet,” Dustin Lynch explains how he doesn’t need much for everlasting happiness. Y’know, he simply requires a six-pack (beverage nonspecific), some Brooks & Dunn (let’s go with “Rock My World”), a little “country girl” (“dressed to kill,” natch), a vehicle (guess), and apparently free rein to rewrite the lyrics to Dobie Gray’s 1973 hit, “Drift Away.”
The song, which features Jelly Roll, the leading CMA Awards male nominee, and appears on Lynch’s upcoming Killed the Cowboy album, is a note-for-note remake of the 50-year-old soft-rock...
The song, which features Jelly Roll, the leading CMA Awards male nominee, and appears on Lynch’s upcoming Killed the Cowboy album, is a note-for-note remake of the 50-year-old soft-rock...
- 9/15/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As widely noted, 2016 has been a year of painful loss in music. This month has been particularly bad: Canadian bard Leonard Cohen, jazz hipster Mose Allison, "Drift Away" songwriter Mentor Williams, Boston Symphony Orchestra cellist Jules Eskin, music publishing icon/musical polymath Milt Okun, Country singer-songwriter Holly Dunn, music historian/Norton Records co-founder Billy Miller, the uncategorizable Leon Russell, hot-shot bassist Victor Bailey, guitarist Al Caiola, classical pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis, Black Crowes keyboardist Eddie Harsch, French electronica producer Jean-Jacques Perrey, Sri Lankan violinist W. D. Amaradeva, classic pop singer Kay Starr, jazz bassist Bob Cranshaw, beloved Los Angeles music journalist/proto-punk musician Don Waller, and Irish singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy. Bad news practically every day.
And now Sharon Jones, the sparkplug soul singer whose late-arriving fame is a heartening story of talent winning out and the value of persistance.
Born in Georgia or South Carolina (sources differ) but raised...
And now Sharon Jones, the sparkplug soul singer whose late-arriving fame is a heartening story of talent winning out and the value of persistance.
Born in Georgia or South Carolina (sources differ) but raised...
- 11/19/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Lynn Anderson has passed away. The country music hitmaker died on July 30 at the age of 67 at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center, according to a statement from her rep. Anderson, who is best known for her Grammy award-winning single "Rose Garden," is survived by her father Casey Anderson; her longtime partner Mentor Williams; three children, Lisa Sutton, Melissa Hempel and Gray Stream; and four grandchildren. Anderson's career in country music began in the 1960s. She was a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show around the same time. Anderson garnered many awards throughout her 40-year-career, including two Academy of Country Music Awards, one Grammy Award, one American Music Award,...
- 7/31/2015
- E! Online
Texas-born singer-songwriter Dobie Gray, best known for his hit song "Drift Away," has passed away, per his official website. He was 71 years old. Gray, whose real name is unknown (he may have been born Leonard Victor Ainsworth or Laurence Darrow Brown) was given the nickname "Dobie" by Sonny Bono, who was referencing sitcom "The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis."
Gray enjoyed success in the 1960s and early '70s with "The In Crowd" and Mentor Williams' "Drift Away," which would remain a staple song for years to come. Most recently Detroit rapper Uncle Kracker (a Kid Rock protege) enjoyed success with a 2003 version of the song he recorded with Gray, which broke adult contemporary records and transcended radio genres.
The Dec. 6 death announcement offers no cause, simply reading, "Dobie Gray: July 26, 1940 - December 6, 2011."
Kracker tweeted, "My heart goes out to Dobie's family this evening. Rip Dobie Gray.
Gray enjoyed success in the 1960s and early '70s with "The In Crowd" and Mentor Williams' "Drift Away," which would remain a staple song for years to come. Most recently Detroit rapper Uncle Kracker (a Kid Rock protege) enjoyed success with a 2003 version of the song he recorded with Gray, which broke adult contemporary records and transcended radio genres.
The Dec. 6 death announcement offers no cause, simply reading, "Dobie Gray: July 26, 1940 - December 6, 2011."
Kracker tweeted, "My heart goes out to Dobie's family this evening. Rip Dobie Gray.
- 12/7/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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