Gary Wright

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  • The Dream Weaver
    The Dream Weaver
    The Dream Weaver

    The junk heap in the mid-'70s was piled high with singer/songwriters who either never had the chops to sell many albums or were just victims of bad timing. Not this ex–Spooky Tooth man and pal to George Harrison. (Wright played on the ex-Beatle's All Things Must Pass and Living in the Material World.) For one thing, Dream Weaver is an early example of synths in rock music; it’s hard to imagine in the years before computers were common, but this album is all keyboards and drums (featuring great drummers Andy Newmark and Jim Keltner), except for Ronnie Montrose’s lone guitar on “Power of Love.” Wright wrenches surprising warmth from the instrumentation, and his lucid tenor doesn’t hurt things. From spare pop (the hit “Love Is Alive”) to spindly funk (“Let It Out”) to a haunting suburban love anthem (the international smash “Dream Weaver,” which Wright wrote, funnily enough, on an acoustic guitar) to a rocking wink to escapism (“Much Higher”), this album is exceptionally forward-gazing for the era, yet handily driven on classic singer/songwriter motifs.

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About Gary Wright

Gary Wright was an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist best known for his work with the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and for his 1976 solo smash "Dream Weaver." Wright helped form Spooky Tooth while studying in Europe; after releasing four albums with them, he launched a solo career in 1970. He also forged a lasting friendship with George Harrison and played keyboards on all the former Beatle's '70s albums. Wright found fame on his own with the eerie, synthesizer-driven single "Dream Weaver" from his 1975 LP of the same name. The album largely eclipsed any of his future pop releases and he eventually turned to film composing and released several world music and new age albums while occasionally touring with a re-formed Spooky Tooth and as a member of Ringo Starr's band. His final solo album, the more pop-minded Connected, was released in 2010. Wright died in 2023.

HOMETOWN
Creskill, NJ, United States
BORN
April 26, 1943
GENRE
Rock

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