So is it true that there's no Keith at all in this version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVhLe8sqGj0

this is my favorite thread by far.

This should be the next cover if there is another tour.


14th - 28th January & probbaly late February - 4th March: Munich, West-Germany,
                    Musicland Studios. Producers: The Glimmer Twins. Sound engineers: Keith Harwood,
                    Andy Johns. Incl.

- Drift Away (Mentor Williams) -Nicky Hopkins on piano, Billy Preston on organ


http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/1974.htm


.......but which is correct ?

Recorded November, 1973, never released.
Mick Jagger on Vocals,  Nicky Hopkins on Piano, Mick Taylor on Slide Guitar, Bill Wyman on Bass and Charlie Watts on Drums.

Drift Away
(Dobie Gray)


http://www.Lew.org/stones_lyrics/drift_away.htm

Nico Zentgraf is right and by far more reliable

The original song was composed and produced by Mentor Williams, Dobie Gray was just a Singer, the second to record it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift_Away

Nico is most certainly more reliable, even though theres always a bit of guesswork involved with Stones sessionographies.

Dobie Gray didnt write the song. It would have taken about 30 seconds to have researched that.

It was probably dropped from IORR for royalty reasons (read - 'more money for Mick and Keith'). There was only going to be room for one cover and 'Aint Too Proud To Beg' got the nod. Probably a wise choice as Dobie's cover of Drift Away had been a hit only months earlier.

Gazza wrote on Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:25pm:

Nico is most certainly more reliable, even though theres always a bit of guesswork involved with Stones sessionographies. Dobie Gray didnt write the song. It would have taken about 30 seconds to have researched that. It was probably dropped from IORR for royalty reasons (read - 'more money for Mick and Keith'). There was only going to be room for one cover and 'Aint Too Proud To Beg' got the nod. Probably a wise choice as Dobie's cover of Drift Away had been a hit only months earlier.

would've made a great b-side… still hope we get an official release one day… they've done so well on dusting off those old tapes…

I think (is my perception only) that other reason (in addition to those posted above) was that since Humble Pie released it on "Thunderbox" (released February 1974) they decided not to put another cover just released by one of Keith's favourite bands, the stones released IORR on October 1974 and a year later Rod released it on "Atlantic Crossing"

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Sep 12^th, 2013 at 8:52pm:

I think (is my perception only) that other reason (in addition to those posted above) was that since Humble Pie released it on "Thunderbox" (released February 1974) they decided not to put another cover just released by one of Keith's favourite bands, the stones released IORR on October 1974 and a year later Rod released it on "Atlantic Crossing"

Atlantic Crossing is a great album fwiw… i discovered it last year… I love new/old music...