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DOBIE, MENTOR
WILLIAMS AND DON WAS
Dobie, Mentor Williams & Don Was performed Williams's Hallmark
Composition, "Drift Away" in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly
Hills Hotel, in LA, for the Annual ASCAP Awards Presentation.
It was Williams's second ASCAP Award for the song - this time
for the duet version by Gray & Uncle Kracker. Williams
accepted a third ASCAP Award in 2005 for the song (again, for
the Gray/Kracker version), setting a record number of awards
for one composition.
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Dobie with Ericka Dunlap
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DOBIE HELPS THE ANIMALS
Dobie performed, along with Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill, Billy
Ray Cyrus, Lane Brody, Thom Bresh and Ericka Dunlap, at the
recent Third Annual Wildlife Benefit for Walden's Puddle. The
event, arranged and hosted by Lane Brody and her husband,
world-class drummer Eddie Bayers, was held at The Trap in
Nashville, TN on November 11, 2004. Between ticket
sales and a Silent Auction that was held at the
event, over $28,000 was raised to help this worthy
cause.
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The Walden's Puddle Benefit Cast
(L to R: Rodney Crowell, Ericka Dunlap, Vince Gill, Lane
Brody, Dobie and Billy Ray Cyrus) |
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DIXIE CHICKS GO GRAY
Country sensations The Dixie Chicks have long been fans of soulful country singer Dobie Gray ("Drift Away"). Chicks' lead vocalist Natalie Maines recently recalled that her father recorded two Dobie Gray songs years ago with his group The Maines Brothers Band. Gray's classic "Lovin' Arms" appears on the Chicks' multi platinum debut Monument CD "Wide Open Spaces".
In their recent concert appearance at Tim McGraw's second annual New Year's Eve Blast, the Chicks invited Gray on stage to perform "Lovin' Arms". They also performed a rousing rendition of the Ike & Tina Turner version of the
Credence Clearwater Revival classic "Proud Mary" which brought the sold out crowd to their feet.
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DOBIE HELPS OUT Dobie Gray recently performed at David Lipscomb for the Kyia Jergenson
benefit, along with other music legends Michael
McDonald and Steve Cropper.
Pictured at left are, L to R:
Gene Hughes, Michael McDonald, Dobie and Steve
Cropper. |
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USA
TODAY SALUTES BLACK MUSIC PIONEERS
Dobie was featured, along
with Ray Charles, Charley Pride, Cleve Francis, Big Al Downing and others in an article
in USA Today discussing the many contributions of black artists to the rich
history of country music. Read it in it's entirety
HERE.
Pictured at left are, L to R:
Dobie, Big Al Downing, Aaron Neville, Charley
Pride and Cleve Francis. |
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