Gary Wright - The Dream Weaver

After succesful albums with the band Spooky Tooth as well as critically praised solo albums, Gary Wright stretched the pop music envelope and released the first-ever all-synthesizer/keyboard album featuring his intense, soulful lead vocals and brilliant keyboard playing along with the drum work of Jim Keltner and Andy Newmark. The arrangements are quite traditional, the keys fill the roles of bass and guitar.

The song “Dream Weaver” became a huge hit single and made Gary Wright a star and its follow-up single, “Love Is Alive” reached No. 2 as The Dream Weaver album made a steady climb into Billboard's Top 10. Other tracks on this album included album rock radio favorites, "Much Higher" and "Power of Love," (the only guitar track) that featured Ronnie Montrose on electric guitar. The Dream Weaver is filled with genuine authentic riffs and melodies mining funky grooves and blusey gospel beats straight from late 1960's-early '70's R&B.