RIP: Gary Wrigtht...

[ssjones]

The Dream Weaver has left the building.
I had no idea he was still alive, but reportedly passed today at age 80.

'Dream Weaver' Singer Gary Wright Dead at 80

'Dream Weaver' singer Gary Wright died on Sept. 4, 2023.

ultimateclassicrock.com

 

[scloyd]

The Dream Weaver has left the building.
I had no idea he was still alive, but reportedly passed today at age 80.

'Dream Weaver' Singer Gary Wright Dead at 80

'Dream Weaver' singer Gary Wright died on Sept. 4, 2023.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Gary Wright not Weaver. Oops.
R.I.P.

 

[PipeIT]

Wow

I forgot about Love is Alive, this song, and Dream Weaver are certainly imprinted some where in my DNA of the 70s-80s past.

While he certainly might not of been the biggest musician in musical history, I can’t imagine how any American alive in the 80s would not of ever heard these songs on the radio.

I think Dream Weaver was a part of America in the 70s-80s.

So for anyone living under a rock then, here’s Love is Alive, or if you happened to of also forgot about it.

To the Dream Weaver!

 

[ssjones]

Gary Wright not Weaver. Oops.
R.I.P.

Yikes, right, Dream on!

 

[Chasing Embers]

So for anyone living under a rock then

I was between 1 and 2 when it released so it's really not one that I remember ever hearing.

 

[yanoJL]

Wow

I forgot about Love is Alive, this song, and Dream Weaver are certainly imprinted some where in my DNA of the 70s-80s past.

While he certainly might not of been the biggest musician in musical history, I can’t imagine how any American alive in the 80s would not of ever heard these songs on the radio.

I think Dream Weaver was a part of America in the 70s-80s.

So for anyone living under a rock then, here’s Love is Alive, or if you happened to of also forgot about it.

To the Dream Weaver!

Yeah, that one! Such a jam. That baseline is ridiculous!

R.I.P.

 

[PipeIT]

It says Dream Weaver was released in 1975, I was 15 then.

Dream Weaver - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Somewhere in the latter parts of the 70s, 76, 77, 78, I believe is when I first heard it.

Given the synthesizer new age vibe, the songs appeal seemed like it was listened to among more of the hippys and stoners of the 70s.

 

[ssjones]

It is a staple on the "The Bridge" XM channel, so we hear it often. I was also 14 when it was released.
I don't know what chords are being played at the opening on the organ, but it is imminently recognizable immediately.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Yikes, right, Dream on!

That’s Steven Tyler!


Kidding!

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

It says Dream Weaver was released in 1975, I was 15 then.

Dream Weaver - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Somewhere in the latter parts of the 70s, 76, 77, 78, I believe is when I first heard it.

Given the synthesizer new age vibe, the songs appeal seemed like it was listened to among more of the hippys and stoners of the 70s.

Nah, appealed all across the board - if someone was in HS at that time they were likely digging it - not much in the way of hippies by late ‘75/early ‘76 across the Midwest. Stoners I knew had a wide range of musical tastes, lol.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

On keys..

 

[STP]

Sorry to see this… RIP