Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Joe Walsh featured
on Gary Wright's new album
На новом альбоме Гари Райта появятся песни, написанные Ринго Старром, Джо Уолшем и Джорджем Харрисоном.
Ringo Starr and Joe Walsh have teamed up on a new track by the "Dream Weaver" himself Gary Wright on his new album Connected, which is due out on June 8th. The track, called "Satisfied" will also be the album's lead single, and will be available starting May 18th.
As a bonus to those who buy Connected on iTunes and TheDreamWeaver.com, Wright is including two songs linked closely to his good friend George Harrison - the ballad called "To Discover Yourself" which Wright co-wrote with Harrison in 1971 and was recorded by Wright on the day of Harrison's passing on November 29th, 2001, and the other song, recorded in 1989, titled "Never Give Up," which features Harrison on guitar.
Wright will once again be part of Ringo Starr's All Starr Band this summer. We asked him what it was like to be out on the road with Ringo for the 2008 All Starr run: "Oh Ringo, he's the best. The kindest, most compassionate, up person. Y'know, I never saw him in a bad mood. Y'know, he'd get on the plane and 'How's everybody doin'? We all ready. . . " Always just like, totally up and very, very concerned about everybody, and (laughs) funnier than hell all the time. It was a joy, an absolute joy to work with him."
Gary Wright about
Having started out as a child actor working in televison, radio and on stage, Gary Wright turned to a career in music after a period spent in Germany studying psychology. While touring as the opening act for Traffic, Wright attracted the interest of Island Records, who introduced the singer to a band in their stable named Art. Wright agreed to join, and in 1967 Art changed its name to the much more sensible Spooky Tooth and (perhaps as a result) moved on to much greater success. Three records with the band were recorded (including a colaboration with French musique concrète pioneer Pierre Henry, before Wright left to form the short-lived project Wonderwheel and then pursue a solo career. In 1972, however, he was back with Spooky Tooth; the group produced two more albums before dissolving.
In 1975, Gary Wright released the record that he is most remembered by: The Dream Weaver. So many dreams have been woven since that the title song has found its way into the cultural consciousness, being put to use (albeit in a less-than-reverent manner) in the film Wayne's World and in the cable series Mr. Show with Bob and David. A number of solo records have followed -- and continue intermittently to surface -- but none have achieved a similar level of popularity. Wright has created a handful of films scores as well.
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