Mentor Williams
| Mentor Williams | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mentor Ralph Williams |
| Born |
June 11, 1946 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 2016 (aged 70) Taos, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Associated acts | Dobie Gray |
Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973.
The brother of songwriter Paul Williams, he received an ASCAP award for his 30 years of songwriting, and won 17 writing awards.
Williams maintained an office at Almo-Irving, in Los Angeles, as staff writer in the late 1960s. He produced for A&M, MCA, RSO and Columbia Records, commuting between Los Angeles, Nashville, and London.
He worked at The Record Plant with Paul McCartney and Kenney Jones and at Apple Studios in London with Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty. He produced albums for his brother, as well as for Kim Carnes, John Stewart, and Dobie Gray, among others. Mentor was a post-production, re-mix engineer for The Muppet Movie, which won a Grammy Award and an Academy Award. He worked on the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack.
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