Gary Wright - Dream Weaver - 1975 - with lyrics

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R.I.P - Gary Malcolm Wright (April 26, 1943 – September 4, 2023)

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Written by Gary Wright from his 1975 album The Dream Weaver.

This prog-pop classic is considered a forerunner to the synth-pop that was so prevalent in the early ‘80s. The track features Wright on vocals, keyboards and synthesizers with Jim Keltner on drums.

The lyrics were inspired by a book given to Wright by George Harrison called Autobiography Of A Yogi.

“Dream Weaver” was a North American smash, hitting #1 in Canada on the RPM chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.

The song was later re-recorded for the soundtrack of the 1992 film Wayne’s World where it was featured in a memorable scene with Kim Basinger.

On his website, Wright explained:

In 1972, my friend George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India. A few days before we left, he gave me a copy of the book Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. Needless to say the book inspired me deeply, and I became totally fascinated with Indian culture and philosophy. My trip was an experience I will never forget. During the early ‘70s while reading more of the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda, I came across a poem called God! God! God!. One of the lines in the poem referred to the idea of the mind weaving dreams and the thought immediately occurred to me, weaver of dreams… Dream Weaver. I wrote it down in my journal of song titles and forgot about it. Several months passed, and one weekend, while in the English countryside, I picked up my journal and came across the title 'Dream Weaver.’ Feeling inspired, I picked up my acoustic guitar and began writing. The song was finished in an hour. The lyrics and music seemed to have flowed out of me as if written by an unseen source. After the record was released and became successful many people asked me what the song meant. I really wasn’t sure myself and would answer ‘it was about a kind of fantasy experience… a Dream Weaver train taking you through the cosmos.’ But I was never satisfied with that explanation, and as years went by I began to reflect on what the song actually meant and then it came to me: ‘Dream Weaver, I believe you can get me through the night…’ was a song about someone with infinite compassion and love carrying us through the night of our trials and suffering. None other than God Himself.