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Dream Weaver Gary Wright Was Best Friends With a Beatle

Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 15 October 2014

THERE AREN'T many more concrete instances of one singer being so clearly connected to one song in the classic rock canon than Gary Wright with 'Dream Weaver'. The 1976 single, recorded with all synthesizers, reached No. 2 on the Billboard chart, has been a constant presence on radio and in movies (from Wayne's World to Toy Story 3), and is easily Wright's best-known number.

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