Drift Away

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"Drift Away" is a song by Mentor Williams, originally recorded by Dobie Gray in 1972.

This song is also a famous "goodbye" or ending song for concerts. Its use is often as filler for a last song, usually in preparation for an encore, since it has a catchy beat and a guitar solo can be easily added to the end of the song in order to spice things up before the encore. As such, many live covers have been performed by a multitude of bands and it has become a hit among soft rock fans. Appropriately, it was the final pop hit for Decca Records in the United States.

[edit] Covers

"Drift Away" is famous for being covered by bands and people all over the world for years. The list includes:

• Ringo Starr featuring Alanis Morissette and Steven Tyler
• Bo Bice, on American Idol
• Michael Bolton
• Bon Jovi
• Bowery Electric
• Clarence Carter
• Chosen Few
• Copycats
• Dobie Gray
• Linda Eder
• Natalia Oreiro
• Chris Foster
• Waylon Jennings
• John Kay
• Jon Peter Lewis, on American Idol
• Magnetic North (group)
• The Nylons
• Richard Christy (referring to K.C. Armstrong in a song parody to the theme that K.C. is gay)
• Roy Orbison
• Steppenwolf
• Rod Stewart
• Ike & Tina Turner
• Uncle Kracker
• Aaron Neville
• The Rolling Stones
• Magnetic North
• Bill Withers
• Bob Seger
• The Doobie Brothers

An unreleased duet cover of this song by The Rolling Stones and The Beatles had been rumored to exist, but this has been proven false. The Rolling Stones did in fact record Drift Away in Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany during the sessions for their 1974 album It's Only Rock'n Roll, but it was ultimately left off the album. It has since appeared on various Stones bootleg recordings.