Dobie Gray
AUDIO
Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, September 1985
"I never did feel like a soul singer": from his youth in Texas to Nashville success, Dobie Gray talks about his crossover from R&B to country.
File format: mp3; in 2 parts, total file sizes: 43.9mb, total interview length: 47' 54" sound quality: ****
ARTICLES IN LIBRARY
Dobie Gray Into The Acting Bag
Interview by Rochelle Reed, KRLA Beat, July 1966
THE "LEADER of the 'In' Crowd" came into The BEAT office this week and almost didn't get out. ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, May 1973
IN THESE sceptered isles, of course, Dobie Gray is best known in the Northern disco circuit where 'The In Crowd', 'Out On The Floor' and ...
Review by Bob Woffinden, NME, September 1973
I COULDN'T find the name 'Dobie Gray' in any of the rock encyclopaedias. Presumably after 'The In Crowd' he became one of those half-forgotten names ...
Interview by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, March 1976
IT IS, I GUESS, the third time around for Dobie Gray who, at the present moment, is stretched out full length on a bed on ...
Report and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, January 1979
"PEOPLE TEND to think that if you're not on the top of the charts, you fall flat on your face," states Dobie Gray. "Well, I've ...
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