#Gary Wright

[harrisonarchive]

George Harrison aboard the QE2, Southampton, England, 8 September 1971; photo © PA Images.

According to Gary Wright’s autobiography, the journey from the U.S. back to England went as follows —

“I played on the single Bangladesh but didn’t play at the concert. The event was filmed, and after George had finished editing it, he invited me to return to England on the QE2, which was the newest and sleekest ocean liner at the time. We had to have special, odd eating times in the dining room because word had spread that he was onboard and people were starting to hassle him with photo and autograph requests. I remember very early one morning playing Ping-Pong with him in the recreation room just so we could avoid curious tourists. We weren’t following any rules, just whacking the ball as hard as we could at each other like little kids. We had that kind of friendship where we could joke around with one another. […] George had brought a mandolin and several guitars with him for the trip back to the U.K., and we would pass the time in his suite playing, writing songs, and reading spiritual books together. I still have several songs on cassette from that trip that I plan to finish writing one day.” - Gary Wright, Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison (x)

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[thegroovyarchives]

Gary Wright, 70's. (via: ctpost)

#Gary Wright #vintage photography #70's music #mid-century #70's

[mudwerks]

(via Gary Wright, ‘Dream Weaver’ Singer, Dead at 80 – Rolling Stone)

SINGER-SONGWRITER AND SYNTH pioneer Gary Wright, who penned the massive hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive” and became George Harrison’s longtime friend and collaborator, died Monday morning. He was 80.

#Gary Wright #obit #musician #composer #vintage #dream weaver #love is alive #George Harrison #synth

[rolloroberson]

George Harrison ~ Hear Me Lord

Happy Birthday George!!

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[bayareabadboy]

Gary Wright and Peter Frampton 1976

#classic rock #rock #hard rock #heavy metal #rock and roll #Gary wright #Peter Frampton #'70s Rock

[jt1674]

#spooky tooth #spooky two #gary wright #luther grosvenor #mike harrison

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #27: 1976

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Wings, Elton John & Kiki Dee, Johnnie Taylor, The Four Seasons, Wild Cherry, The Manhattans, The Miracles, Paul Simon, Gary Wright, Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band. End description]

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Disco has officially breached containment.

I've talked a bit about the stylistic origins of disco from the Philly soul scene and it's growing popularity in the Black and gay community. However, I haven't talked much about disco's presence in mainstream America. And now, since this is the year that Billboard started publishing their national Dance Club Songs charts (the previous two years gathered their data from dance clubs in major cities), this seems like the perfect chance.

To set the stage (or dance floor) for what will happen eventually, disco was everywhere at this moment in time -- not just in the clubs and also not just on the disco stations. As disco became the hot new thing, it seemed like everyone was scrambling to tear off a piece for themselves.

We're also seeing more disco fusions this year. Silly Love Songs by Wings is notable for its disco influence. However, the true sign of the times for me is Wild Cherry's Play That Funky Music. Twenty years before, there was a song on the Billboard Charts called The Rock and Roll Waltz, in which Kay Starr sings about seeing her parents try to dance the waltz to a rock and roll song. For the 1956 poll, I wrote about how this signifies the cultural shift in the mainstream (I like it when songs on here are about music. Gives me more to talk about). Play That Funky Music is notable for similar reasons, as even though it is a blend of these two styles. However, the lyrics seem to suggest that for a rock band to evolve, they had to incorporate funk and disco into their sound. Needless to say, not everyone was thrilled by that message. Parallel to the rise in disco's commercial popularity, the anti-disco backlash was growing as well -- and it was about to get ugly. But we'll get to that later.

Also, the first wave of punk rock was growing in popularity around this time in New York and London. Sadly, we won't see much of this movement represented in these polls. I still felt the need to mention it here, both for its place in music history, and we will be discussing the various descendants of this movement in due time.

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[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. Gary Wright

#gary wright #dreamweaver

[bluesucanuse]

BLUES: SONGS OF THE DAY

THE ARTIST IS: FLOOD THE ENGINE

THE SONG IS: "LOVE IS ALIVE"

#Flood The Engine #LOVE IS ALIVE #GARY WRIGHT

[tfc2211]

Play ▶ Love Is Alive - Gary Wright (The Dream Weaver 1975)

Play ▶ Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (The Dream Weaver 1975)

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[harrisonarchive]

In Switzerland, 1973; photo by Gary Wright.

“As they say, ‘to be in the world, but not of the world.’ You can go to the Himalayas and miss it completely, and you can be stuck in the middle of New York and be very spiritual. I mean, I noticed in certain places, like Switzerland, I find a lot of uptight people there, because they’re living within themselves. If you’re stuck in New York, you have to somehow look within yourself — otherwise, you’d go crackers. So, in a way, it’s good to be able to go in and out of both situations. Most people think when the world gets itself together, we’ll all free ourselves from the chains we ourselves have chained ourselves to. But I don’t think that suddenly some magic happens and the whole of us will all be liberated in one throw.” - George Harrison, press conference, Los Angeles, October 1974 (x)

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[americanprimitives]

#gary wright #r.i.p.

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𝔊𝔞𝔯𝔶 𝔚𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 - 𝔏𝔢𝔱 ℑ𝔱 𝔒𝔲𝔱

#Gary Wright #The Dream Weaver #Let It Out #space rock #progressive rock #70's #70s #USA

[bayareabadboy]

In The Rock 4/14/1976: Former Spooky Tooth keyboard-player-gone-solo Gary Wright drops his single “Love Is Alive”.

#gary wright #classic rock #rock #hard rock #heavy metal #rock and roll #'70s rock #'70s

[dbp]

George Harrison & Gary Wright in Sweden

#george harrison #gary wright #the fab four #the beatles

[believe-in-the-freedom-of-music]

Lost another great musician today . . . Rest In Peace Gary Wright 🙏

#gary wright #Starting to feel old #Youtube