Category: GARY WRIGHT

Rock Candy Records has remastered the two best albums by GARY WRIGHT, the American musician known for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock & pop music. Now it’s time for the other; “The Dream Weaver“, Gary Wright’s third (and most successful) album, including as session musicians true legends in this matter such as David Foster, Jim Keltner (Toto, Pink Floyd) and Andy Newmark (Eric Clapton).
“The Dream Weaver” was said by Gary Wright to be the first-ever all-synthesizer / keyboard album. Though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, none used this rock&pop ‘song format’ that would define many music genres in years to come.
The only track to include any guitar is ‘Power of Love’, featuring Wright’s Warner Bros. labelmate Ronnie Montrose on electric guitar. However, many of the keyboard riffs on the album sound, indeed, like an electric guitar.
All very revolutionary and new at the time, “The Dream Weaver” hasn’t lost any of its magic over time. Even more with this Rock Candy remaster, honoring…

As requested, here we have the two best albums by GARY WRIGHT remastered & reloaded by Rock Candy Records. Wright is the American musician known for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock & pop music. “The Light Of Smiles” is Gary Wright’s fourth album, including as session musicians true legends in this matter such as David Foster, Jay Graydon and Steve Porcaro.
Gary Wright’s place in musical history was undoubtedly secured by the huge international hit single ‘Dream Weaver’, a recording that still has an afterlife to this day. But that wasn’t the first time Wright had generated interest in his musical career.
Back in the late ’60s this New Jersey born musician relocated to the UK and, on the encouragement of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell, joined forces with Spooky Tooth, one of the most respected acts of the time…