Podcast #13 – Gary Wright

It was just before punk and new wave.  Just before disco.  The last hurrah of conventional, major label rock.  Only one thing, even though he’d been around for years, Gary Wright’s solo debut was anything but conventional.  Oh, it was comprised of songs, but the instrumentation was all SYNTHESIZERS!

All these years later, "Dream Weaver" is in the "Wayne’s World" stoner canon along with "Bohemian Rhapsody".  But, "Love Is Alive" broke first.  And when I heard that synth intro, I was ENRAPTURED!

Because of licensing issues, I couldn’t play the other music of the summer of ’75, most notably the Tubes debut.  There’s a podcast in the can covering "Physical Graffiti", but I played "Red Octopus" incessantly back then too.  No one expected this Jefferson _________ comeback.  And then they promptly jumped the shark.  But, when I hear Marty Balin sing "Just a drop of it" in "Miracles", I STILL crack up.  But, my favorite song on that album is "Play On Love".

ANYWAY, herein you’ll find my rap about Gary Wright’s debut.  It’s a time capsule.  Hopefully you’ll resonate.

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