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Thread started 09/04/23 7:15pm

TrivialPursuit

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RIP: Gary Wright

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Gary Wright, the musician best known for his hit singles “Dream Weaver” and “Love Is Alive,” has died. He was 80. Wright’s son Dorian confirmed the news to Variety; no cause of death was announced.

He was a founding member of the U.K.-based band Spooky Tooth and was an in-demand session player from the late ’60s on, playing on all of George Harrison’s solo ...st Pass” — and on Ringo Starr’s early singles (and, much later, with Starr’s All-Starr Band) as well as Nilsson, Tim Rose, B.B. King and many others. Yet he will be best remembered for the mid-1970s hits mentioned above, which were part of a vaguely mystical, synthesizer-driven style of hit single of the era — Steve Miller’s “Fly Like an Eagle” is another example — and which saw him appearing on many music shows, wearing satin gear and rocking a keytar.


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Reply #1 posted 09/04/23 7:21pm

PJMcGee

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Dream Weaver is the most '70s pop song ever.
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Reply #2 posted 09/05/23 4:29am

RJOrion

Sad news...he is Very underrated ...there's a few of his songs i really love

Really Wanna Know You
Heartbeat
Dream Weaver
Love Is Alive
Lost In My Emotions
Etc.
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Reply #3 posted 09/05/23 4:42am

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rose

2023 has been a shit year!

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Reply #4 posted 09/12/23 3:01am

Tontoman22

Love Is Alive was an awesome jam...

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Reply #5 posted 09/12/23 3:02am

Tontoman22

PennyPurple said:

rose

2023 has been a shit year!

Right !

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Reply #6 posted 09/19/23 2:07am

PDogz

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I loved everything about "DREAM WEAVER", and adopted the title of that song for many of my pet projects through the years. The lyrics to the song also mirrored my desire to escape the many challenges of some of the more disturbing aspects of my teenaged years ( "...fly me away to the dark side of the moon, and meet me on the other side" ). Yeah, I have loved that song for so many reasons - through good times and bad.

May Gary Wright rest peacefully.

"There's Nothing That The Proper Attitude Won't Render Funkable!"

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Reply #7 posted 09/25/23 8:49am

Vannormal

I discovered his albums late around late 80's.

I have most of his albums and have a specvial love for his late seventies and early eighties albums.

Great songs, great sound, great music. Original songwriting. Great musician.

Damn they all go like flies.

RIP.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #8 posted 09/26/23 8:10am

Cinny

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I was an 80s baby and I taped "Love Is Alive" off the radio. I didn't know how old it was, I just loved that groove! music

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