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这是首DRIFT AWAY是由Kracker大叔翻唱的Dobie Gray的经典曲目，先来看一下Dobie Gray的简介吧
Dobie Gray
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(born Lawrence Victor Ainsworth, 26 July 1940) is an African American musician/singer best known for his cover of the song "Drift Away",
which was one of the biggest hits
of 1973, and still
remains a staple of radio airplay.
Career
He was born in Texas although the exact place is unknown,
Simonton being one
of the most generally agreed on locations. There is also some argument as to
his date of birth, but it is generally placed in the early 1940s. His birth name is also disputed,
being listed as "Leonard Victor Ainsworth" or "Laurence Darrow
Brown". However, Gray is listed in the Fort Bend County Birth Records in Texas,
as being born on 26 July 1940, to Jane P. Spencel and Jethro Clifton Brown.
Gray moved from Texas to California in the 1960s, where he was mentored by Sonny Bono and
later took up residence in Nashville, Tennessee. Both the original "Drift Away"
single, and album of the same title, were the final
records pressed on the Decca
Records label.
MCA absorbed the Decca label (along with its
other subsidiaries) shortly thereafter. Gray had other hits though, with songs
such as "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965, and "Out On The Floor"
a decade later. "The 'In' Crowd" is the song which first brought international
recognition to Gray. Written
by Billy Page, it extolled the cool sassiness and hipness of being
"In" in the mid-sixties. The record was in the charts for three
months. The Ramsey
Lewis Trio's hit version
of it came two years later.
"Drift Away"
became a hit again in 2003, when it was covered by Uncle Kracker on his No Stranger to Shame album. The recording is a duet between Kracker and Gray,
who is also featured in the video.
歌手简介：
Matthew Shafer
(born November 9, 1974, Mount Clemens, Michigan) better known by his stage name Uncle Kracker, is an American rock, country, and rap rock musician, most popularly known for his hit singles "Follow Me" and "Drift Away". His career was more
rap rock-based at the start of his career before turning in a more country music
direction on later releases. He has recorded three studio albums, and a fourth
is scheduled for release sometime in 2008.
Biography
Early years
Shafer was raised in the city of Detroit, Michigan. In 1987,
with his brother mike shafer, he visited a nightclub in Clawson, Michigan where a turntables competition was
occurring. His older brother was competing against a then-unknown musician, Kid Rock. Shafer then spent a lot of
time with Kid Rock, and they became "best friends". In those times, he was
mainly rapping. He is also known to
have gone to the same high
school as Eminem.[1]. In
1994, Kid Rock asked Shafer to play turntables for his band called Twisted Brown
Trucker. Shafer knew nothing of using turntables, because his brother was the
experienced DJ, but still he
agreed. He only performed at live shows at the time, until be began recording
for Rock's album, Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp;
Shafer was a featured vocalist on some of the tracks. He then began working on a
solo album, but he continued being the DJ
for Kid Rock. Upon the release of Rock's multi-platinum album, Devil Without a
Cause, Shafer decided that it was time to release his first solo album,
Double Wide, adopting
the stage name Uncle Kracker.
Double Wide
Double Wide was Uncle Kracker's first solo album. Released on June 30, 2001, it peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 album chart and is Shafer's most
successful and highest-selling album. The first single taken off the album was
"Follow Me", which peaked at
#5 on the Billboard
Hot 100 in June of 2001. The album spent the next ten months on the
Billboard 200, and "Follow Me" also had a long chart run. His second single, "Yeah Yeah
Yeah", failed to hit the Hot 100 chart. Double Wide was certified 2x
Platinum on November 29,
2001. [2] After this success, Shafer began to work on
his second solo album.
No Stranger to Shame
After a great deal of touring to promote the first album, he began to work on
a follow-up album. Entitled No Stranger to Shame, it was released
on August 27, 2002. The album only reached #43 on the Billboard albums
chart, but a hit single was released, a cover version of Dobie Gray's 1973 Top 5 hit, "Drift Away". Shafer's version of this song peaked at
#9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it set a record for most weeks at #1 on
the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining atop this chart for 22 weeks. Other
singles released from No Stranger to Shame include "In A Little While",
which peaked at #59 on the Hot 100 and #26 on the Adult Contemporary charts. A
third single was released, "Memphis Soul Song", but charted only on the Adult Top
40 at #35. The album was certified gold by the RIAA within a year of its release. Soon after
this period, Shafer became good friends with country music star Kenny Chesney and toured
for a few months with him.
Seventy Two and Sunny
After touring, Shafer began working on a third album which he called Seventy Two and
Sunny. He had completely abandoned all rap from it, and moved onto a
pure country sound. This may have been due to the fact that his most popular
songs were all country hits, or because he began a great friendship with Kenny
Chesney. The album featured only one single, "Rescue", which didn't chart at all
on any charts whatsoever. Shafer did have some success that year though when he
was featured on Chesney's track, "When The Sun Goes Down",
which peaked at #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and went on to
achieve Gold status. To date, Seventy Two and Sunny has sold about
200,000 copies. It peaked at #39 on the Billboard 200.
The future
Shafer has been planning to release a fourth solo album for about two years,
but the release date has been pushed back repeatedly, in part due to allegations
of sexual assault
charges. [3] The album's tentative title is Happy
Hour, and the release date is expected to be in September of 2008. [4] There have been nine confirmed tracks, two of
which feature members from Boys II Men, which may suggest a slight alteration
of his rock-country style. A first single has yet to be confirmed.
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