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Gary Malcolm Wright (born April 26, 1943) is 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'' (1975), 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 on former Beatle George Harrison's ''All Things Must Pass'' triple album (1970), so beginning a friendship that inspired the Indian religious themes and spirituality inherent in Wright's subsequent songwriting. His work since the late 1980s has embraced world music and the new age genre, although none of his post-1976 releases has matched the popularity of ''The Dream Weaver''. A former child actor, Wright performed on Broadway in the hit musical ''Fanny'' before studying medicine and then psychology in New York and Berlin. After meeting Chris Blackwell of Island Records in Europe, Wright moved to London, where he helped establish Spooky Tooth as a popular live act. He also served as the band's principal songwriter on their recordings – among them, the well-regarded albums ''Spooky Two'' (1969) and ''You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw'' (1973). His solo album ''Footprint'' (1971), recorded with contributions from Harrison, coincided with the formation of Wright's short-lived band Wonderwheel, which included guitarist Mick Jones. Also during the early 1970s, Wright played on notable recordings by B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson and Ronnie Spector, while his musical association with Harrison endured until shortly before the latter's death in 2001. Wright turned to film soundtrack work in the early 1980s, which led to him re-recording his most popular song, "Dream Weaver", for the 1992 comedy ''Wayne's World''. Following Spooky Tooth's reunion tour in 2004, Wright has performed live frequently, either as a member of Starr's All-Starr Band, with his own live band, or on subsequent Spooky Tooth reunions. Wright's most recent solo albums, including ''Waiting to Catch the Light'' (2008) and ''Connected'' (2010), have all been issued on his Larklio record label. In 2014, Penguin Random House published his autobiography, titled ''Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison''. ==Early life== Gary Wright was born and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey. A child actor, he made his TV debut at the age of seven, on the show ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'', filmed in New York.〔''The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'', p. 1094.〕 Among other acting work, he appeared in TV and radio commercials, before being offered a part in the 1954 Broadway production of the musical ''Fanny''.〔 Wright played the role of Cesario, the son of Fanny, who was played by future ''Brady Bunch'' matriarch Florence Henderson. He spent two years with the production, during which he performed with Henderson on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.〔 Having studied piano and organ,〔 Wright led various local rock bands while attending high school〔 at Tenafly, New Jersey.〔 In 1959, he made his first commercial recording, with Billy Markle at NBC Radio's New York studios. Credited to "Gary & Billy", the single "Working After School" was released on 20th Century Fox Records in 1960.〔 Seeing music as "too unstable" a career choice, as he later put it,〔 Wright studied to become a doctor at the College of William & Mary in Virginia and New York University before attending Downstate Medical College for a year, all the while continuing to perform with local bands.〔 Having specialized in psychology in New York,〔 he then went to West Germany in 1966 to complete his studies at the Free University of Berlin.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Wright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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