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American musician and composer

Gary Wright
Wright performing in 2011

Wright performing in 2011
Groundwork data
Birth name Gary Malcolm Wright
Born (1943-04-26) April 26, 1943 (age 78)
Cresskill, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
  • Difficult rock
  • progressive rock
  • soft rock
  • world music
  • new age
Occupation(south)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • composer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards
Years active 1960–present
Labels 20th Century Pull a fast one on, Island, A&Grand, Ariola, Goodear, Warner Bros., Cypress, Triloka/Worldly, High Wave Music, Larkio
Associated acts Spooky Tooth, Wonderwheel, George Harrison, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band

Musical artist

Gary Malcolm Wright (born April 26, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer all-time known for his 1976 striking songs "Dream Weaver" and "Beloved Is Alive", and for his role in helping institute the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and pop music. Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975), came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and a solo artist on A&Thou Records. While in England, he played keyboards on sometime Beatle George Harrison'southward triple album All Things Must Laissez passer (1970), so beginning a friendship that inspired the Indian religious themes and spirituality inherent in Wright's subsequent songwriting. His piece of work since the late 1980s has embraced world music and the new historic period genre, although none of his post-1976 releases has matched the popularity of The Dream Weaver.

A former child actor, Wright performed on Broadway in the hitting musical Fanny before studying medicine and so psychology in New York and Berlin. After coming together Chris Blackwell of Island Records in Europe, Wright moved to London, where he helped establish Spooky Molar every bit a popular live human activity. He also served as the band'due south principal songwriter on their recordings – among them, the well-regarded albums Spooky Two (1969) and You Broke My Heart And then I Busted Your Jaw (1973). His solo anthology Footprint (1971), recorded with contributions from Harrison, coincided with the formation of Wright's short-lived band Wonderwheel, which included guitarist Mick Jones. Also, during the early 1970s, Wright played on notable recordings past B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson and Ronnie Spector, while his musical clan with Harrison endured until before long before the latter's death in 2001.

Wright turned to film soundtrack work in the early 1980s, including re-recording his nearly popular song, "Dream Weaver", for the 1992 comedy Wayne's Earth. Following Chilling Tooth's reunion bout in 2004, Wright has performed alive frequently, either as a member of Starr's All-Starr Band, with his own alive band, or on subsequent Chilling Tooth reunions. Wright's most recent solo albums, including Waiting to Catch the Lite (2008) and Connected (2010), have all been issued on his Larklio tape label. In 2014, Jeremy P. Tarcher published Wright's autobiography, Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison.

Early life [edit]

Gary Wright was born and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey.[i] A child histrion, he fabricated his Television debut at the age of seven, on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers, filmed in New York.[two] He appeared in TV and radio commercials earlier being offered a part in the 1954 Broadway production of the musical Fanny.[2] Wright played the role of Cesario, the son of Fanny, who was played past future Brady Agglomeration matriarch Florence Henderson.[three] He spent two years with the production, during which he performed with Henderson on The Ed Sullivan Show.[4]

Having studied pianoforte and organ,[2] Wright led various local rock bands while attending[ane] Tenafly Loftier Schoolhouse in Tenafly, New Jersey.[5] [6] In 1959, he made his first commercial recording, with Baton Markle at NBC Radio's New York studios.[vii] Credited to Gary & Billy, the single "Working After Schoolhouse" was released on 20th Century Fox Records in 1960.[7]

Seeing music as "too unstable" a career selection, every bit he later put it,[four] Wright studied to become a doctor at the College of William & Mary in Virginia and New York University before attending Downstate Medical College for a yr,[6] all the while continuing to perform with local bands.[4] [8] Having specialized in psychology in New York,[2] he and then went to W Federal republic of germany in 1966[9] to consummate his studies at the Gratis University of Berlin.[1]

Career [edit]

1967–1970: With Spooky Molar [edit]

Wright has described his initial musical influences as "early R&B" – namely, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Bobby Bland – along with rock 'n' roll artists Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Beatles.[four] While in Europe in 1967, Wright abased his plans to become a doctor[4] and instead toured locally with a ring he had formed, the New York Times.[1] When the latter supported the English group Traffic – at Oslo in Norway, co-ordinate to Wright[8] – he met Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.[1] Wright recalls that he and Blackwell had a mutual friend in Jimmy Miller,[viii] the New York-built-in producer of Island acts such as the Spencer Davis Grouping and Traffic.[10]

Blackwell invited Wright to London, where he joined English singer and pianist Mike Harrison and drummer Mike Kellie in their band Art (formerly the VIPs).[eleven] The group soon changed its name to Chilling Molar,[i] with Wright as joint lead vocalist[eight] and Hammond organ player.[12] While noting the band's lack of meaning commercial success over its career, The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll describes Spooky Molar as "a breastwork of United kingdom's hard-rock scene".[11]

Spooky Tooth'due south first album was It'southward All About, released on Isle in June 1968.[two] Produced by Miller,[2] it contained the Wright-composed "Sunshine Help Me" and vi songs he co-wrote with either Miller, Harrison or Luther Grosvenor,[13] the band'due south guitarist.[14] Spooky Two, oftentimes considered the ring'southward best piece of work, followed in March 1969, with Miller once again producing.[15] Wright composed or co-equanimous seven of the anthology'southward viii songs, including "That Was Only Yesterday" and "Improve By Yous, Meliorate Than Me".[16] Spooky Two sold well in America merely, like It's All Near, it failed to place on the Great britain's pinnacle 40 albums chart.[17]

The tertiary Spooky Tooth album was Ceremony, a Wright-instigated collaboration with French electronic music pioneer Pierre Henry,[14] [18] released in Dec 1969.[xi] Songwriting for all the tracks was credited to Henry and Wright,[nineteen] later on the latter had passed the ring's recordings on to Henry for what The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia terms "processed musique concrète overdubs".[20]

Although Wright had traditionally provided an experimental influence within Chilling Tooth,[14] he regretted the change of musical direction, saying in a 1973 interview: "We should have really taken off later Spooky Two only nosotros got into the absurd situation of letting Pierre Henry make the Ceremony album. So he took information technology back to France and remixed it."[17] With bass thespian Greg Ridley having already left the band in 1969 to bring together Apprehensive Pie,[21] Wright departed in January 1970 to pursue a solo career.[17]

1970–1972: Solo career on A&M Records, Wonderwheel, and London session work [edit]

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After signing with A&Thousand Records, Wright recorded Extraction (1970) in London[22] with musicians including Kellie, guitarist Hugh McCracken, bassist Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White. Wright co-produced the album with Andy Johns, who had been the recording engineer on Spooky Two [24] and Ceremony.[xix] The anthology included "Get on the Right Route", which was issued as a single, and "The Incorrect Time",[25] co-written by Wright and McCracken.[26]

George Harrison's All Things Must Pass [edit]

Through Voormann,[27] Wright was invited to play pianoforte on quondam Beatle George Harrison'southward 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass.[three] [28] Among what author Nicholas Schaffner later described as "a rock orchestra of almost symphonic proportions, whose credits read like a Who's Who of the music scene",[29] Wright was 1 of the anthology's primary keyboard players, together with former Delaney & Bonnie organist Bobby Whitlock.[30] During the sessions, Wright and Harrison established a long-lasting friendship,[1] [31] based on music and their shared interest in Indian religion.[three] [32] In a 2009 interview with vintagerock.com, Wright described Harrison every bit "my spiritual mentor";[8] author Robert Rodriguez writes of Wright's "unique" identify amidst musicians with whom Harrison collaborated at this time, in that Wright was neither an established star nor a friend from the years before Harrison achieved fame every bit a Beatle, and nor was he a "studio pro".[33]

Wright played on all of Harrison's subsequent solo albums during the 1970s,[34] [35] as well equally on other releases that the ex-Beatle produced for Apple Records.[36] These included ii hitting singles by Harrison'due south sometime bandmate Ringo Starr over 1971–72, "It Don't Come Easy" and "Back Off Boogaloo", and a 1971 comeback single by ex-Ronette Ronnie Spector, "Effort Some, Buy Some".[37] [nb i]

Footprint [edit]

To promote Extraction, Wright formed the band Wonderwheel in April 1971,[38] with a lineup comprising guitarist Jerry Donahue – soon replaced by Mick Jones – Archie Legget (bass) and Bryson Graham (drums).[39] [xl] Donahue was among the many musicians on Wright'southward second anthology, Footprint (1971),[41] forth with George Harrison and All Things Must Pass contributors such as Voormann, White, Jim Gordon, Bobby Keys and John Barham.[22] [42] Produced by Wright, the anthology included "Stand for Our Rights", a call for social unity, partly inspired by the Vietnam State of war,[43] "Two Faced Human being" and "Honey to Survive".[44] In November 1971, Wright and Wonderwheel performed "Two Faced Man" on The Dick Cavett Testify in New York, with Harrison accompanying on slide guitar.[45] [nb two] Wright has expressed gratitude for Harrison's back up during this stage of his career, citing the ex-Beatle's uncredited production on Footprint [47] and his arranging the Dick Cavett Bear witness advent.[8] Despite this exposure,[45] like Extraction, the album failed to chart.[22] [48]

Among other recordings over this catamenia, Wright played piano on Harry Nilsson's 1972 striking "Without Y'all"[33] and accompanied B.B. Male monarch, Starr, Gordon, Voormann and others on B.B. King in London (1971),[49] which included Wright'south composition "Wet Hayshark".[50] He subsequently participated in London sessions by Jerry Lee Lewis,[34] issued every bit the double album The Session (1973).[51] Wright also produced an eponymous anthology by folk stone band Howl the Practiced,[52] released on the Rare Earth label.[53]

Ring of Changes [edit]

In 1972, Wright moved to Devon with Wonderwheel to work on songs for a new album, titled Ring of Changes. With Tom Duffey having replaced Leggett on bass, the band recorded the songs at Olympic and Apple studios in London.[54] After issuing "I Know" as an advance single,[55] A&M chose to cancel the album.[56] [nb 3] Wright also wrote the soundtrack for a picture by sometime Olympic skier Willy Bogner, Benjamin (1972),[57] from which the German label Ariola Records released "Goodbye Sun" equally a single that year.[58] The total soundtrack album, recorded with Jones, Leggett and Graham,[59] was issued by Ariola in 1974.[lx]

In September 1972, Wright decided to disband Wonderwheel and re-form Spooky Tooth.[61] Shortly before doing so, he participated in sessions for Harrison's Living in the Material World (1973),[62] an album that Wright describes as "a beautiful masterpiece" and his favorite Harrison album.[63] Talking to Chris Salewicz of Allow It Stone in early 1973, Wright explained his determination to abandon his solo career: "I remember my principal talent is getting the music together and arranging it. I'm not a showman and then I couldn't be a Cat Stevens out front with just backing musicians, which I was expected to be with Wonderwheel."[17] In his autobiography, however, Wright says that information technology was his disappointment at A&M's rejection of Ring of Changes that led him to contact Blackwell about re-forming Spooky Molar.[56]

1972–1974: Re-forms Spooky Molar [edit]

The only members from the original lineup, Wright and Mike Harrison relaunched Chilling Tooth with Jones and Graham from Wonderwheel, and Chris Stewart,[11] [14] formerly the bassist with English singer Terry Reid.[17] Salewicz visited the ring while they were recording at Island's Notting Hill studio and remarked of Wright's role in the grouping, "it is clear who is the leader of this brand of Chilling Tooth, and, I suspect, of the original, too"; Salewicz described Wright as "urbane, loquacious with the remnants of a New Jersey accent, and a touch on of Dudley Moore most the face up".[17]

On their new album, You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw (1973),[11] Wright composed six of the eight tracks, including "Cotton Growing Man", "Wildfire" and "Cocky Seeking Man", and co-wrote the remaining two.[64] With the group's standing having been elevated since 1970 – a situation that music announcer Steven Rosen likened at the fourth dimension to the Yardbirds, the Move and other 1960s bands later on their break-upwards[61] – Spooky Tooth toured extensively to promote the album.[38] Rolling Stone reviewer Jon Tiven praised Wright'southward songwriting on You Bankrupt My Heart, calculation: "there is tremendous consistency to these originals ... and 'Wildfire' is ample proof that Gary could accept written for the Temptations if he really wanted to."[65]

[Nosotros] could take definitely been like 1 of those bands, like Jethro Tull and all those people who were our contemporaries. I recollect [Chilling Tooth] didn't have the steady momentum and upwards drive. Information technology stopped and started, broke up and then went back and bankrupt up. It never actually got enough behind it to really catapult it to success.[8]

– Wright in 2009, reflecting on Spooky Molar'due south lack of a commercial breakthrough

The band released a follow-up, Witness, in November 1973,[38] by which point Graham had departed, with Mike Kellie returning on drums.[61] By February 1974, Stewart and Harrison had too left.[38] In Jan that year, Wright accompanied George Harrison to Bharat,[66] where they journeyed to Varanasi (Benares), the Hindu spiritual capital of India, and home to Harrison'due south friend Ravi Shankar.[67] The visit would influence the spiritual quality of Wright's lyrics when he returned to his solo career.[one]

In England, he and Harrison worked together on The Identify I Love (1974),[68] the debut album by English duo Splinter.[69] [70] In improver to playing keyboards, Wright served as what author Simon Leng terms "a sounding board and musical amanuensis" on the project,[71] which was the first album released on Harrison's Night Horse tape label.[72] Wright regrouped with Spooky Molar for a final album, The Mirror (1974), with Mike Patto as their new vocaliser.[73] Following further personnel changes, The Mirror was issued by Goodear Records in the UK in October 1974, a calendar month after Wright had disbanded the group.[38]

1975–1981: Solo career on Warner Bros. Records [edit]

The Dream Weaver [edit]

Afterwards Spooky Tooth's break-up, Wright returned to New Jersey and began compiling songs for his third solo album.[74] Under the guidance of new manager Dee Anthony, he chose to sign with Warner Bros. Records, mainly because the visitor had no keyboard virtuosos among its other acts.[74] Wright says that it was while routining his songs with all his stage equipment set upwardly – Hammond organ, Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog and ARP String Ensemble – together with a drum machine, that he decided to tape the album "all on keyboards", without guitars.[8] He acknowledges that artists such every bit Stevie Wonder had similarly released keyboard-dominated music, but "[Wonder] used contumely and he used other things also".[half dozen] On Wright's debut album for Warner Bros., The Dream Weaver (1975),[2] he, David Foster and Bobby Lyle played a diverseness of keyboard instruments, supported only by drummers Jim Keltner and Andy Newmark,[75] apart from a guitar part on the track "Ability of Love" past Ronnie Montrose.[76] Jason Ankeny of AllMusic describes The Dream Weaver as "one of the kickoff [rock albums] created solely via synthesizer engineering science".[1]

I mean ... I'm an overnight success in ten years, right? I've been through periods of self-doubt, wondering whether or non I wanted to stay an artist ... but I guess, like in all things, it's timing. The right timing, the correct songs and strong management at concluding.[74]

– Wright commenting in 1976 on the unexpected success of The Dream Weaver

The anthology was issued in July 1975 and enjoyed minimal success in America until the release of its second unmarried, "Dream Weaver", in November.[74] The song, which Wright had written on audio-visual guitar[74] later on his visit to India with Harrison,[77] went on to meridian at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100[78] and number one on the Cash Box singles chart.[79] Condign Wright's biggest striking, "Dream Weaver" sold over 1 million copies in the Usa and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in March 1976.[79] The album climbed to number 7 on the Billboard 200[80] and was certified platinum.[2] "Love Is Alive", originally the album's lead unmarried,[74] and so striking number ii on the Hot 100, and "Made to Love You" peaked at number 79.[78] Although neither The Dream Weaver or its singles charted in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, the album was a big seller in West Germany,[74] where, Wright says, Spooky Tooth had been "the number one band" during 1969.[8]

Following the anthology's release, Wright toured extensively with a band comprising three keyboard players and a drummer.[74] His elder sister Lorna, also a professional singer, joined the tour band equally his backing singer.[81] Subsidized by synthesizer manufacturers Moog and Oberheim,[6] Wright became one of the commencement musicians to perform with a portable keyboard, in the mode of Edgar Winter.[74] Shawn Perry of vintagerock.com credits Wright with being "as responsible for the emergence of the synthesizer as a mainstream instrument as Keith Emerson and ... Rick Wakeman",[8] while Robert Rodriguez describes Wright as a pioneer in both "the integration of synthesizers into analog recordings" and the use of the keyboard–guitar hybrid known as the keytar.[33]

Among his alive performances in 1976, Wright shared the pecker with Aye and Peter Frampton at the Us Bicentennial concert held at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, playing to a crowd estimated at 120,000.[82] Wright so supported Frampton on a European tour, by which fourth dimension a 4th keyboard player had been added to the band.[83] Amid this success, A&M issued That Was Only Yesterday (1976)[11] – a compilation containing tracks from Wright's albums for the label and selections by Chilling Tooth[84] – which charted at number 172 in America.[eighty]

The Light of Smiles [edit]

Wright started recording his follow-up to The Dream Weaver in summer 1976, earlier which Chris Charlesworth of Melody Maker reported that it would be "a logical development" of its predecessor and "again based entirely around what he tin practise with diverse types of keyboards".[74] Titled The Calorie-free of Smiles (1977), the album included "I Am the Sky", for which Wright gave a songwriting credit to the late Indian guru and Kriya Yoga teacher,[85] Paramahansa Yogananda.[86] The latter's poem "The Light of Smiles", taken from his book Metaphysical Meditations,[87] appeared on the inner sleeve to Wright's new album.[88] Wright had best-selling the guru equally his inspiration for the title of The Dream Weaver,[76] and he later said of Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi: "It's a fantastic book and you won't desire to put it down when yous start reading information technology. Fifty-fifty, non from a spiritual betoken of view, but as a slice of literature, it'south a full archetype ..."[8]

Produced once again by Wright, The Calorie-free of Smiles featured Wright, Foster, Peter Relich and others on a range of keyboard instruments, including Moog, Oberheim and ARP synthesizers, and drumming contributions from Art Wood and Keltner.[89] Issued past Warner Bros. in January 1977,[90] neither the album nor its pb single, "Phantom Writer", matched the popularity of Wright's earlier releases for the label.[1] On the US Billboard charts, The Light of Smiles climbed to number 23,[lxxx] while "Phantom Writer" peaked at number 43.[78]

Bear on and Gone, Headin' Domicile and The Right Identify [edit]

Wright connected to record albums for Warner Bros. until 1981, with only limited commercial success.[ane] Released in late 1977, Touch and Gone charted at number 117 in America,[fourscore] with its title track reaching number 73.[78] Headin' Home, which AllMusic's Joe Viglione describes as "an album seemingly driven by a serious relationship in crisis",[91] peaked at number 147 in 1979.[80] In betwixt these two albums, Wright played on "If You Believe", a song he co-wrote with Harrison in England on New Year's Day 1978,[92] which appeared on Harrison's eponymous 1979 album.[93]

Wright'due south last chart success in America was in 1981,[ii] when his album The Right Place, co-produced with Dean Parks,[94] climbed to number 79.[80] The single "Really Wanna Know You", which Wright co-wrote with Scottish vocalist Ali Thomson,[95] peaked at number 16 that yr.[78] A 2d single from the album, "Heartbeat", appeared on Billboard 's Bubbling Nether listings, at number 107.[96]

1982–2000: Motion picture soundtracks and world music [edit]

Wright's subsequent releases focused on motion picture soundtracks and forays into globe music.[1] Later on writing the score for Alan Rudolph'southward 1982 thriller Endangered Species,[97] he supplied the soundtrack to another skiing-themed flick by Willy Bogner,[98] Burn and Ice (1986), which hit number 1 on the High german albums chart.[1] Wright also contributed the song "Agree on to Your Vision" to the soundtrack of Cobra, a 1986 activity movie starring Sylvester Stallone.[99]

Amongst notable cover versions of Wright'due south songs during this menstruum, Chaka Khan recorded "Love Is Alive" (retitled "My Love Is Live") for her 1984 album I Feel for You,[100] which became an RIAA-certified million-seller.[101] A cover of his Spooky Tooth composition "Improve Past You, Meliorate Than Me", by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, was at the center of a 1990 court case regarding subliminal messages in song lyrics, after two Nevadan teenagers had enacted a suicide pact five years before.[102] From 1989 through to the tardily 1990s, samples of Wright's "Dream Weaver", "Dearest Is Alive" and "Can't Notice the Judge" variously featured in songs by popular rap and hip-hop artists Tone Lōc, Dream Warriors, 3rd Bass and Mýa.[103]

Wright himself re-recorded "Dream Weaver" for the 1992 comedy Wayne's Globe,[one] the soundtrack album for which topped the US charts.[104] The vocal has since appeared in the films The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Toy Story 3 (2010).[99] He later provided "We Can Fly" for another Bogner pic, Ski to the Max,[105] released in IMAX cinemas in October 2000.[106]

Who I Am, First Signs of Life and Human Love [edit]

In 1988, Wright released Who I Am on A&Chiliad-distributed[107] Cypress Records.[2] Among the anthology's contributors were Western musicians such as Harrison, White and Keltner,[108] a grouping of South Indian percussionists,[105] and Indian classical violinists L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar.[1] The previous twelvemonth, Wright had contributed to Harrison's album Cloud Nine (1987), for which he co-wrote "That'southward What Information technology Takes" with Harrison and Jeff Lynne,[109] and played keyboards on songs such as "When We Was Fab".[110] Ane of the tracks from Who I Am, "Blind Alley", was used in the 1988 horror motion picture Spellbinder.[111]

Wright'due south side by side solo album was Showtime Signs of Life (1995), recorded in Rio de Janeiro and at his ain[9] High Wave Studios in Los Angeles,[112] and issued on the Triloka/Worldly tape characterization.[15] [113] The anthology combined Brazilian rhythms[15] with elements of African vocal tradition, creating what AllMusic's reviewer describes equally "an infectious worldbeat hybrid", where "the musicians' performances radiate sincerity and joy".[114] First Signs of Life featured guest appearances from drummer Terry Bozzio, Brazilian guitarist Ricardo Silveira and Harrison.[114] The song "Don't Effort to Own Me", co-written with Duane Hitchings, was later included on Rhino Records' Best of Gary Wright: The Dream Weaver – a 1998 compilation spanning his solo career from 1970 onwards, and featuring extensive liner notes by Wright.[115]

Homo Love (1999) included new versions of "Wildfire" and "The Wrong Time",[116] as well as "If You Believe in Heaven", a song written with Graham Gouldman that had starting time appeared on Best of Gary Wright.[115] The anthology was co-produced by German world-music producer Marlon Klein[117] and released on the High Moving ridge Music label.[113] [116] Contributors to the sessions, held at High Wave and at Exil Musik in Bielefeld, included Hindustani classical singer Lakshmi Shankar, Lynne and German composer Roman Bunka.[117]

Later career [edit]

Having dedicated much of his time during the 1990s to his family unit, Wright afterward resumed a more active musical career, starting with Spooky Tooth's 2004 reunion.[9] Their album and DVD Nomad Poets Live in Germany (2007) features Wright, Mike Harrison and Kellie from the band'south original lineup.[118] Wright'south by work has connected to inspire rap and dance tracks in the 21st century; samples of "Heartbeat" appear in songs past Jay-Z and Diam's, while Topmodelz covered the song in 2007.[103] Other artists who take used samples from Wright's 1975–81 recordings include Dilated Peoples, Atmosphere, Infamous Mobb, T.I. and Armand Van Helden,[103] the last of whom incorporated part of "Comin' Apart" (from The Right Place) in his 2004 club hit "My My My".[97] In addition, Eminem used "interpolations" from Spooky Molar's "Cocky Seeking Man" in his song "Spend Some Fourth dimension" (released on Encore in 2004).[119]

In the summer of 2008, Wright joined Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Ring for a Due north American tour, with Edgar Winter also in the lineup.[120] The All-Starr Band's anthology and DVD Alive at the Greek Theatre 2008 (2010) includes Wright's functioning of "Dream Weaver".[121] Wright later on described the tour as "a lot of fun" and "a big boost" for his career.[eight]

Waiting to Take hold of the Light and Continued [edit]

Two solo releases by Wright followed in late 2008, including the new-age album Waiting to Catch the Low-cal.[9] A collection of instrumental pieces from "several years" before, he describes it as "an atmospheric, ambient music kind of an album", performed on "vintage analog synthesizers ... all [recorded] on analog tape".[8] Besides issued on Larkio,[113] Wright's own record label,[9] the EP The Light of a Million Suns consisted of unreleased tracks from his previous album projects, together with a new version of "Love Is Live", sung by his son Dorian.[8]

Wright performing in 2016

In May 2009, Wright rejoined Spooky Tooth to participate in a serial of London concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of Island Records' founding,[122] before performing further shows with the ring in Germany.[8] In June the post-obit year, he released the anthology Connected,[three] which marked a return to his more pop- and stone-oriented sound of the 1970s.[9] [123] Starr, Joe Walsh and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter made guest appearances on the track "Satisfied",[123] which Wright co-wrote with songwriter Bobby Hart.[9] As a posthumous tribute to his friend George Harrison, the Deluxe Digital Edition of Continued included "Never Surrender",[124] which he and Harrison recorded in 1989, while the iTunes version added "To Discover Yourself", a song that the two musicians wrote together in 1971.[123] Wright recorded the latter song on the solar day of Harrison's death in Nov 2001.[iii] [123] He also contributed to Martin Scorsese'due south 2011 documentary George Harrison: Living in the Cloth Globe [125] and supplied personal reminisces and family photographs for Olivia Harrison's book of the same title.[126]

In 2010 and 2011, Wright toured over again with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Ring.[120] Following a summer 2011 bout of Europe with Starr, Wright participated in the Hippiefest US bout with artists such as Felix Cavaliere, Mark Farner, Dave Stonemason and Rick Derringer,[6] earlier returning to Europe for shows with his own band late that yr.[9]

Personal life [edit]

Wright resides in Palos Verdes Estates, California with married woman Rose, whom he married in 1985.[nine] He was previously married to Christina,[127] who, as Tina Wright, received co-writing credits on Wright's songs "I'm Alive" (from The Mirror),[128] "Feel for Me" (The Dream Weaver)[76] and "I'yard the One Who'll Be by Your Side" (Headin' Home).[91] He has two adult sons, Dorian and Justin.[9] Justin is a member of the ring Intangible.[129]

Wright has spoken out on the importance of creative opportunities for children in the public educational system,[4] and expressed his opposition to the prevalence of free music downloading and its disadvantage to artists.[34] In 2008, he voiced his support for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, during which "Dream Weaver" was a song adopted for the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.[130] That year, Wright discussed the message behind "Dream Weaver" with Huffington Postal service writer and political activist Howie Klein, saying: "With Wayne's Globe and all that, the perception of the vocal's meaning got a little chip changed for a lot of people. Information technology'southward a very spiritual song. 'Dream Weaver' is really a song whose lyrical content is about the consciousness of the Universe: God moving us through the night – delusion and suffering – into the Higher Realms."[130]

In August 2014, Wright announced the imminent publication of his autobiography, Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison.[131] Congruent with the volume's release, Wright's Warner Bros. albums were reissued for digital download.[132]

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

  • 1970 Extraction (1970)
  • 1971 Footprint (1971)
  • 1975 The Dream Weaver (1975) Us #seven - Us: 2x Platinum[133]
  • 1977 The Light of Smiles (1977) Usa #23
  • 1977 Touch and Gone (1977) Usa #117
  • 1979 Headin' Habitation (1979) Us #147
  • 1981 The Right Place (1981) US #79
  • 1988 Who I Am (1988)
  • 1995 First Signs of Life (1995)
  • 1999 Human Love
  • 2008 Waiting to Grab the Light
  • 2010 Connected

Collaborations [edit]

  • 1972 That Was Only Yesterday (with Spooky Tooth)
  • 1972 Band of Changes (with Wonderwheel)
  • 2004 Down This Road (Gary Wright & Leah Weiss)

Soundtracks [edit]

  • 1974 Benjamin – The Original Soundtrack of Willy Bogner'due south Movie
  • 1986 Fire and Water ice (soundtrack)

Compilations [edit]

  • 1998 The Best of Gary Wright: The Dream Weaver
  • 2003 The Essentials
  • 2017 Greatest Hits

Extended play [edit]

  • The Light of a One thousand thousand Suns (2008)

Singles [edit]

Yr Vocal Meridian chart positions Certification Anthology
U.S.
Hot 100 		U.Southward.
A/C 		U.S.
R&B 		AUS
[134]
1971 "Get on the Right Road" — — — — Extraction
"Stand for Our Rights" — — — — Footprint
1972 "Two Faced Man" — — — —
1976 "Dream Weaver" 2 14 — 24
  • U.s.a.: Gold[133]
The Dream Weaver
"Love Is Alive" 2 — 98 71
"Made to Love Yous" 79 — — —
1977 "Phantom Writer" 43 — — — The Light of Smiles
"The Lite of Smiles" — — — —
"Are You Weepin'" — — — —
"Touch and Gone" 73 — — — Touch and Gone
"Starry Eyed" — — — —
"Something Very Special" — — — —
1979 "I'1000 the Ane Who'll Be by Your Side" — — — — Headin' Home
1981 "Actually Wanna Know You" 16 32 — 49 The Correct Place
"Heartbeat" 107 — — —
"Shut to You lot" — — — —
1988 "Take a Look" — — — — Who I Am
1989 "Information technology Own't Right" — — — —

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Wright recalls that he had been asked to play on John Lennon's Imagine album (1971), simply he was unable to nourish the sessions.[3] [27]
  2. ^ The operation, forth with Harrison's interview with host Dick Cavett, was issued by Shout! Factory in 2005 on the DVD The Dick Cavett Show – Rock Icons.[46]
  3. ^ While Rolling Rock lists Ring of Changes equally a 1972 release,[two] A&M's archives site suggests that the album may accept been withdrawn.[25]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website www.TheDreamWeaver.com
  • Gary Wright biography by Jason Ankeny, discography and anthology reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic
  • Gary Wright discography, album releases & credits at Discogs
  • Gary Wright albums to be listened on Spotify
  • Gary Wright albums to be listened on YouTube
  • Career retrospective interview from Nov 2015 with Pods & Sods at PodsOdCast.com

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