Dobie Gray Trust re-Releases "Streets of Fire"
Added: (Fri Jun 12 2020)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 12th, 2020
Contact: Thomas Essa
DobieGrayTrust@gmail.com
o(615) 662-4198 c(336) 202-1671
NASHVILLE: The trust for Artist/Humanitarian Dobie Gray re-released today
“Streets of Fire” Penned 25 years ago, Gray urges Non-
Violence, Love & Togetherness which is more relevant
today as protest against systemic racism continues
worldwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcH576s8sgE
The song begins “Have you heard the songs of Sirens filling up the night/ Have you watched the Flames of Anger Burn something isn’t right/ You and I can stop the madness/doesn’t matter who’s to blame/ Together We can Change”.
Like Classic Dobie Gray, his Soulful Voice brings “If the Heartless few dividing Us/ the many stand to lose/ we must rise above indifference or All stand accused/ Faith can move the Mountains but the Faithful must be Strong /along the way as we journey on!”
In the Chorus Gray pleads “Streets of Fire to Peaceful Roads/ Cease all the Violence/ let the
Healing waters flow/ may the vail of Hatred can be lifted from our Eyes/ when the Mighty gates of Love to open wide!”
Best known for the Classic Rock Anthem “Drift Away” a staple on today’s radio airplay,
Gray was born to a sharecropper family in Simonton TX and discovered Gospel music through his grandfather, a Baptist minister. Gray rose to fame with the “In Crowd” in 1965. Watching the turbulent times change in the late 60’s he played the Lead in the LA Musical Hair. Moving to Nashville in the mid 70’s, Gray’s soulful-heart felt Baritone was against the grain in the Music City. As “Drift Away” climbed the Charts, cross over artist started recording at Quad Studios and Gray rose to International fame touring Europe, Australia, and Africa.
Against Apartheid, he refused to perform in South Africa until 1978 when he became the first Artist to perform to a integrated audience. Reflecting, “Streets of Fire” was penned and later performed at the Mandela Gala in 1996 in Johannesburg as Gray was given a Medal for Breaking the Color Barrier.
When Dobie Gray passed, he left his musical assets in trust to St. Jude Children’s Hospital and The TN School for the Blind. Dobie Gray never gave up, payed it forward and his whole life “Walked the Walk” with proceeds from his Streaming going to the Charities above and the lesson “as we look to the future, we must learn from the lessons from our past”