Gary Wright
Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wrightis an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive", and for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and pop music. Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver, came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British heavy rock band Spooky Tooth and a solo artist on A&M Records. While in England, he played keyboards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth26 April 1943
CityCresskill, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Sandy was a natural with organization of all the media passes and setting up the players for appearances, it was a really good fit for us since we'd already worked together. And it was really fresh to us because it was a new city and team.
Sometimes when you make a record and it's not successful, you just don't want to go through that process for a while. You want to have your wounds heal.
We needed that one! ... That hit at Lake Ozark was the hardest I've taken in a long, long time.
We've been focused on growing earnings, and we did that. Now it's time to grow deposits for a while.
I was the first artist, I think, to ever do an all-keyboard album. There were things that resembled it, like Stevie Wonder. A lot of his stuff was on keyboards, but he used brass and he used other things as well. I was the first artist, also, to use drum machines. I was really the one who kind of started that whole thing.
I don't know anybody who didn't love Dave Brown. He was a special guy: a special player and a special person. He was a great guy to have around.
Baseball is a great way to kick off this community-wide event. We encourage everyone to bring their family and friends for a wonderful evening.
Tonight I was a little faster in three and four, while he (Maier) was faster in one and two,
It's not very often you get to beat Wright in a race like that.
It's such a special place to begin with. It's a family atmosphere. All the employees are important and we're all there for one goal to help the football team.
It's kind of weird. You can have hits, but it's hard to sustain a career. I went through that period where I didn't have a lot of hits, although people were still buying the records.
It was disappointing. It was who we were and all of a sudden it disappeared. But it turned out good. Did I want to leave? No. But it was best for the league.
My voice hasn't changed really very much. I still do all my songs when I perform live and still do them in the original keys. I've been blessed with that ability to retain that.
I had no idea 'The Dream Weaver' would be so successful. Everything just fell into place with that album. I pioneered a number of ideas with that album and subsequent tour. The all-keyboard approach with no guitars was a new one, and I was one of the first to use a drum machine in concert. It was an amazing time.