Whats the story about Drift Away, Dobie Gray, etc?
“I started covering the song live and he thought, “Maybe I’ll do this for the next record.” And then I thought, “Man. A lot of people have covered this fuckin’ song and it didn’t work.” After a while it was like, “Why not just get the guy it worked for?” I was on tour with Kid Rock and we were in New Orleans that week we set it up, the tour bus dropped me off at the studio in Nashville one morning and I did that then flew back to New Orleans. It was cool, and Dobie Gray was just . . . the guy still fucking sings amazingly. He was very into the song. He loved the new way of doing it. At the same time I felt like an idiot trying to sing next to him. We’d be in there singing the harmonies and stuff and I’m still standing there like, “Am I in key? Am I throwing you off?” I don’t think you could knock him out of key. He’s an amazing singer, still to this day.
