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Visionary songwriter, performer and all-around musical pioneer Gary Wright has spent more than thirty years shattering conventional ideas about how to make chart-topping Rock Music. Not only have his classic songs "Dream Weaver", "Love is Alive" and "Really Wanna Know You" proven their genius by achieving hit status in three different decades; Wright's musical wizardry has also extended, more than once, to changing the very sound and texture of contemporary pop.
As far back as the late 70's Wright was challenging audiences with pioneering instrumentation and cutting-edge keyboard technology. And he has been a longtime collaborator and creative influence to fellow artists ranging from his contemporaries George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Mick Jones (of Foreigner) and Joe Cocker - to 90's "rap" artist Third Base, Ton Loc, and Busta Rhymes as well as Eminem, Salt-N-Pepa, Joan Osborne, Anastacia and Mya.
It was in 1967, after earning a degree in psychology and then touring Germany as a singer/songwriter, that Wright met Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and moved to London, where he formed the rock group, "Spooky Tooth." That year Island [Records] released the group's first record, "It's All About," which immediately won critical acclaim and launched the group on a successful career that included sellout U.S. tours with rock legends Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, and culminated in the band's classic second album, "Spooky Two."
After two critically praised albums on A&M Records, "Extraction" and "Footprint" and three more with a revived Spooky Tooth including Mick Jones (later of Foreigner), Gary signed a solo deal with Warner Bros. Records in 1974. His groundbreaking 1975 release "The Dream Weaver" stretched the Pop Music envelope by featuring the first-ever all keyboard/synthesizer that revolutionized the musical instrument business and changed the sound of pop, rock and R&B forever.
In 1976 the song "dream Weaver" hit 1 in the charts, and its follow-up release "Love is Alive" climbed to 2. In all, "The Dream Weaver" resulted in sales of over 2 million albums and 2 million singles. In a business where even the biggest success is often written in the wind, the popular appeal of Wright's songwriting genius has endured. In 1991 Warner Bros. Records asked Gary to remake "Dream Weaver" for the "Wayne's World" movie soundtrack - which went on to become Billboard's 1 soundtrack album, selling over 2 million copies. "Dream Weaver" was also featured in the Golden Globe winner "The people vs. Larry Flynt."…In addition, "Dream Weaver" and "Love is Alive" were featured in the films "Daddy Day Care" and "Coyote Ugly" respectively.
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