Gary Wright, singer of the mid-1970s hit ‘Dream Weaver,’ dies at 80

[GradyPhilpott]

My fondness of this song was because it often played as I drove the outer drive in Chicago back in the Seventies. It's quite a classic.

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.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-80-rcna103322

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKuzwPOefs

[hambone1983]

always liked that song. Wright was the even rarer 2-hit wonder and then kinda faded into oblivion.

[sickened1]

Rip

[Krash]

RIP.

Both those songs are on our play list.


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[dddrees]

RIP

Always liked Dream Weaver.

The last I saw him he was playing with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band.

[scarlet knight]

We are losing a lot of musicians this week.

[enjoythemusic]

Great musicians and songs. Prepare yourself as we'll be seeing a lot more of this over the next five years.

[briboxer]

RIP. Loved that one. I am of the same generation of awesome lyrics and vocals.

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by hambone1983

always liked that song. Wright was the even rarer 2-hit wonder and then kinda faded into oblivion.

He may have been a two-hit wonder, but he hardly faded into oblivion.

He might not have been on the charts, but he was very active until his health began to fade.

"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 albums — including his epochal 1970 debut, “All Things Must 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."

"...Wright specialized in instrumental and soundtrack work — although he made a surprise appearance in the 1992 film “Wayne’s World,” singing a re-recorded version of “Dream Weaver” — but he returned to more conventional rock music and issued a series of albums, with the last one, “Connected,” being released in 2010. He toured frequently, as a solo act, with Spooky Tooth and with Ringo’s All-Starr Band."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-80-rcna103322

[RichM]

Rest In Peace Gary.

[dddrees]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

Great musicians and songs. Prepare yourself as we'll be seeing a lot more of this over the next five years.

Shhhhh, don't remind me.

[brandrea]

Rest in Peace.

Dream Weaver … such a great driving song.