Wow, I was at this concert in 76 at Balboa Stadium. Gary Wright, Yes, and Peter Frampton. What a concert and look at everyone having fun. Those were the days and man do I miss them. Gary Wright was a brilliant musician and will desperately be missed. RIP.
@seanpop2886
10 ай бұрын
No wonder that was familiar! My bro-in-law saw the Beatles backstage there. He was crushed against a chain link fence when girls heard him say "Hey John!"
@NickNicometi
10 ай бұрын
Gary was singular, no doubt. I wish I'd been born a decade before '67, as the 70's stadium concerts were special from that bygone era. Didn't go live shows until in teens in 80's. Missed Cal Jams and all the great music and fun.
@JeffOlszewski-mw4zl
10 ай бұрын
I was at 3 Rivers stadium the same year. I think I saw start Wright, Peter Frampton, and The Beach Boys.
@morizenfoche
10 ай бұрын
left out GENTLE GIANT. I was at this show too. First time eating magic mushrooms. Made my breath taste like farts. Good show tho. Yes' RELAYER Tour, with Moraz. My first big concert.
@theresaakins2317
10 ай бұрын
@@NickNicometiI was born in 61 so I was at the tail end of the 70s concerts. I was luck but still wish I was born in 57 to catch all of the 70s shows.
@maryhillmeyer678814 күн бұрын
I love this video. I love watching this stadium fill up with all these 1970s cool cats! I love the way the shared love of the same music brings people from all around together. I love that 1000s of people pour in over such a short period of time without incident. AND THEN they all get to enjoy Gary Wright together! I wish I was there!
@Danuta62811 ай бұрын
I swear this was the best era for music - regardless of genre. So grateful to have been alive at that time to experience life in that moment in time. Everything was better
@leann5213
10 ай бұрын
Amen to that🙂
@djwak59
10 ай бұрын
Yes ! Soooo many different sounds even within the rock genre ! As a keyboard player just getting into synthesizers, I was into ANY band that had a keyboard player, and I believe the Dream Weaver album had NO guitar at all. So way cool ! Sadly, I didn’t know he passed. RIP Gary, your music left a mark on me.
@deborahbishop3300
9 ай бұрын
70’S WERE THE BEST TIME TO BE A TEENAGER !!
@user-dc6mg2rk8p
9 ай бұрын
The 70’s was great! Although I was drafted, this awesome music got me through it, alive!
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
I WAS BORN IN 1961 ! ✅️ ..HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THE BESTest DECADES !!! 🤘🥴👍 🎶
@DarrenEvansZozologist11 ай бұрын
RIP Gary this is REAL MUSIC yall, his keyboardist went in to Toto and wrote for Michael Jackson....true talent. What an amazing voice and energy Gary had.....him and Jimmy Buffet are jamming in the nethers
@shelleymorton374
11 ай бұрын
Not the netherworld, but the hereafter... anyone who brought that much joy to so many has got to get to heaven!
@onetahammond8202
11 ай бұрын
Darren I didn't know that his keyboard player play for other bands and backed up Michael Jackson, that is so cool. When I was a teenager in high school, my art teacher had the radio going and Gary Wright would come on all the time, I used to live in Desert Hot Springs, the next town over from Palm Springs and Gary's Love Is Alive with come on all the time, oh my gosh that's it such a wonderful feeling hearing Gary and his songs. I will carry Gary's songs for the rest of my life and I am 65 years Young, it's a shame he had so many years being in pain. Thank you for your comment on Gary and Jimmy Buffett. Lately we have been losing so many wonderful musicians, makes me feel very strange.
@LatinLonghorn80
11 ай бұрын
He is a very talented man. God bless him! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@OndrausCissell
11 ай бұрын
Steve Porcaro was his keyboard player. Rest in Peace to Mr. Gary Wright !!!!
@lovejoypeaceforever
11 ай бұрын
NONE OF THEM WORSHIPPED THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST... AND THEREFORE WILL BE TORMENTED IN HELL FOREVER AND EVER (SEE 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5) !!
@community1949 Жыл бұрын
These are my people - my age group - wearing bell bottoms - wonderful time, wonderful music, perfect time to be a young person.
@loboblue5441
10 ай бұрын
I was just thinking of how much I miss bell bottoms
@gs1100ed
9 ай бұрын
Except for that pesky war in Vietnam and waiting for them to call your draft card number on the nightly news
@pattimiranda867911 ай бұрын
He looked like he was having so much fun ! Such great music he has left us..rest in peace Gary.
@NickNicometi
10 ай бұрын
He couldn't believe he was playing to such a huge crowd. He was dancing on air. Vocals were killer.
@miketroxel816211 ай бұрын
August 6th, 2023. We're still listening, Gary.
@gmar78362 жыл бұрын
OK so in the 70s there was no Internet, no cell phones, no KZread, no Google, no DVD players but, the music was damn good. It was the shit.
@loboblue544110 ай бұрын
RIP, Gary. Thank you for the music❤
@renaestevenson1361
8 ай бұрын
Legendary! Damn!
@charlieboutin334110 ай бұрын
Days of my youth. Most people in good shape..and not a single cell phone. I wouldn’t trade it for anything! Rock on! 🎶👍👍👌✌️
@tonyatocci11 ай бұрын
ONE OF THE 45'S PASSED DOWN TO ME! THANKFUL MOM! RIP!
@brooke8567
2 ай бұрын
Your mom had good taste!✌️
@ImWilson18 ай бұрын
We have lost many great artists in 2023 and Gary Wright was one the best. RIP.
@jet732710 ай бұрын
RIP Gary Wright. Steve Porcaro was a great addition to your live sound too!
@BinkyTheGoddessDivine11 ай бұрын
RIP Gary. You're not in pain anymore. Your music will live on forever.
@dieselrotor9 ай бұрын
I can smell the Coppertone coconut suntan oil ! The best of times.
@chrispraz87711 ай бұрын
These old analog keyboards sound so freaking awesome.....why can't these sounds still exist?
@brycebullard3619
10 ай бұрын
Rap and hip hop ruined a lot of good music.
@chrispraz877
10 ай бұрын
@@brycebullard3619IMO, pro tools/digital software is more the culprit, which rap and hip hop rely on heavily if not exclusively.
@jim2lane
10 ай бұрын
There is an entire movement of younger artists re-embracing analog only instruments and recording that has been going on for the last 10-15 years
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
How much do they weigh is what I want to know??
@claudedesroches116
8 ай бұрын
No rap for me
@brunomara720711 ай бұрын
Definitely takes me back to a much better time. R.i.P
@jonathanmayes160310 ай бұрын
Love this live version!!! Gary Wright was an awesome keyboard player!!
@bemoguy11 ай бұрын
I saw Gary with his band back in 1978. I won a pair of tickets from my local "Album Rock" station, and at 14, I was too young to drive myself to the venue, so my long-suffering brother took me and sat through the concert with me. Gary was brilliant! The sound was perfect!
@sharksport01
10 ай бұрын
What city?
@bemoguy
10 ай бұрын
@@sharksport01 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
@dwayneard59973 ай бұрын
Hell Yeah our Love is still Alive in 2024 and Forever.. Thanks to You.. Gary.... Mr Dilly.. Will always Approve!! 🙏🎶❤️
@EXTIQUE6 жыл бұрын
I was 8 years old when this concert took place. I'm 49 now,,and anybody under 35 today has no clue what a REAL concert was like. Especially one like this,,summertime,outside,arena venue,,AT LEAST 25 thousand people. You didn't need to bring any party favorites to a concert,they were already here. how concerts have seriously changed. The last decade of real concerts were the 80's. I'm so glad my hippie mother took me to concerts like this in the 70's. and they were the best in the Midwest,,
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Millennials will never get it.
@KashaneTiger
2 жыл бұрын
Well said I'm 51 years old and can relate to what your saying!
@DarkSim77
Жыл бұрын
Best of all...no cell phones..
@r.williamcomm7693
Жыл бұрын
Amen.
@charlesperry6093
Жыл бұрын
Probably less than 10 bucks a ticket too
@cartergarrett590511 ай бұрын
Summer of '76! Great Gary Wright hit song. In his memory
@1207smax11 ай бұрын
Gary ..Steve Porcaro...my heroes...thank you for the vibe and inspiration..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@andygossard429311 ай бұрын
Without these 2 tunes, this and Dream Weaver, the 70s wouldn't have been quite as groovy. I get Gerry Rafferty and him mixed up a bit, their music was so atmospheric. RIP, you will be missed
@ervina0211 ай бұрын
RIP GARY WRIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE WOW, WHAT MEMORIES.
@cbsteffen
11 ай бұрын
I think he was underrated but lucky enough to live long for someone with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia!
@KittyGrizGriz
11 ай бұрын
@@cbsteffenboth horrible diseases, so very sad. Robin Williams had LBD too.
@cbsteffen
11 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz But Robin Williams couldn’t live with LBD. It only tortured him! That was why he committed suicide!
@terrencemiller528410 ай бұрын
48 yrs ago when I first heard Gary Wright’s Music I set out to Purchase an “ARP String Ensemble” Oberheim & Moog synths. I’m a Keyboardist and exactly 1 year younger than Keyboardist Steve Porcaro ( that thin guy ) on keys in this video. R.I.P. Gary
@wolfeyes93572 жыл бұрын
The air, the sounds, the beaches and mountains, the people who listened to real music...it was just amazing, spiritual and in a way it was blessed! When will it come back....or do we need a time machine!?
@301rs
10 ай бұрын
Time machine
@jimjones696014 күн бұрын
What I wouldn't give to be able to go back and just be in that crowd hearing these bands.. just amazing!
@CJenkinsMusicLover11 ай бұрын
A big summer in my life. Thanks for the music Gary. RIP. It was lovely to see keyboards take center stage.
@drummerboy25212 жыл бұрын
Wow a young Steve Porcaro on synthesizer
@briankay5384
Жыл бұрын
Good call !
@drummerboy2521
Жыл бұрын
@@briankay5384 Yeah, Brian I bet you know how great the Porcaro Brothers and dad were as musicians
@briankay5384
Жыл бұрын
@@drummerboy2521 legendary family of musicians. We’ve lost two of them but they certainly left their mark. Impressive spot on with Steve there my friend. Your knowledge runs deep as does mine !!! I have a feeling we’ll cross paths again sometime.
@drummerboy2521
Жыл бұрын
@@briankay5384 Rock on Brother🥁🎹!
@bigsky3072
11 ай бұрын
Steve Poraco the drummer???
@patriciablea64678 жыл бұрын
Thank You for this wonderful video. I would have loved to have been at this concert. This concert was at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, on July 17, 1976. This was the "'Dream Weaver Tour." Peter Frampton and Yes, also performed on that day. A young Steve Porcaro (of Toto), was on the Mini Moog Synthesizer.
@BRUTUSPLAC
7 жыл бұрын
AWESOME !!!!!
@bellsystem_1877
4 жыл бұрын
Balboa Stadium
@jimrutter2851
2 жыл бұрын
Jack Murphy Stadium then
@jaketysmajr2826
2 жыл бұрын
That would have been Jack Murphy stadium back then
@maryhillmeyer6788
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Wish I was there! Right now!
@user-jw5uw1vs5p11 ай бұрын
My heart is on fire too-For this beautiful hit song,from Gary Wright-So sorry to learn Gary Wright died on Labour Day yesterday,for Monday September 4th-He will be MISSED-But Gary's hit songs and music,will live FOREVER!
@blancatorres104711 ай бұрын
A sad day for music R.I.P. 💔🎸
@sambolimbo9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. Gary's music will forever be remembered and memorialized as some of the most uplifting and unique creations my ears have ever been blessed to listen to. Such positivity in a tumultuous time. Rest in Peace my friend.
@prismblue851411 ай бұрын
Bye Gary.....thanks.
@301rs10 ай бұрын
Wow, imagine that. A singer who actually sounds good in concert and can sing in key. This is an awesome song and I was actually alive when it came out and listened to it many times on AM radio.
@davemoyer505Ай бұрын
This song, and the album it was on, played over and over for hours one night back in 1976. The memories it brings back when I hear it play are awesome. When I was a young man, and she was fascinating and mysterious……. Those days are long gone, but Gary’s music is still with us!👍😁🎸🥁🇺🇸❤️
@maryhillmeyer67882 жыл бұрын
What a fabulous tune! What a talent! And take me back to the 70s, please!!!
@peterhodgkins698511 ай бұрын
I'm sure I was at that show... Young fella, mid 20s just hell on wheels in my prime. What great concerts! This was within walking distance of where I was living at the time. The bands lasted from 1:00 p.m. 'till around midnight. It was a monster. And I can assure you the audio was MUCH better than what this video suggests!
@oliverheidelberg
11 ай бұрын
Who else played?
@MK-su6eg11 ай бұрын
He opened for PeterF. tour! 1st song .....Smoke lazar lights, and dream weaver!! Awesome concert! NBC arena! Thanks, Aloha from Hawaii MK
@bsota8513
11 ай бұрын
They sang dream weaver?
@murphyat6011 ай бұрын
Rip Gary, your video's will be alive on KZread for the next generation to enjoy.
@stephanstory990510 ай бұрын
Right on ! Thanks for this Great Video Sure brightened my mood ! RIP Gary
@sjp35productions610 ай бұрын
This was such a great tour of all four bands. I was at Anaheim Stadium up in the third deck. Gentle Giant, Gary Wright, Peter Frampton, and Yes. All at the top of their game. We’ll never see their like again.
@charlessmith26311 ай бұрын
Very, very saddened about the loss of the synth-rock-heavy icon who was very hot in the 1970s--almost as hot as KISS, Queen, Santana, and maybe even Lynyrd Skynyrd, in the 1970s. I am also having a hunch that a lot of Southern Rock fans in the 1970s--even Skynyrd fans--would go to arena rock shows like that for the--I think---"Love Is Alive" tour. Gary Wright's hot "synth-heavy" rock grooves and tunes inspired even the Steve Miller band to pay homage to Gary's synth work with the long introduction to "Fly Like An Eagle", known for its synthesizer pyrotechnics of swoop-ups, ring mods, arpeggiations, and rising scales." Likely an indirect homage. But it is so sad that we lost an icon. There may never be another Gary Wright in the foreseeable future! So sad we lost him!! :( :(
@charlessmith263
11 ай бұрын
I see the double-deck synth set up here in Gary's backing band, which is a reminder of what they had done also in "Dreamweaver" - one of Gary's unforgettable numbers. Likely timeless as well, too. :) :)
@freddietee122511 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Mr. Wright and eternal peace be with you, your music lives on !
@DISCODAN19 ай бұрын
RIP Gary! Thanks for being a part of the soundtrack of my life!
@firefox271611 ай бұрын
Rip Gary Wright a Musical Genius who will be missed 🎼🎸🥁 🎺 🎹🎙✝️🎶⭐️
@deblopez257111 ай бұрын
One of my all-time favorites, loved it when I first heard it and still do now! Crank it up in the clouds Gary, Respects from V.A. 🤟
@seriously31309 ай бұрын
Wonderful performance. R.I.P. Gary, and thank you for blessing the world with your lovely music🙏🏻
@guynellerandle554510 ай бұрын
That SMILE and his ENERGY! Dynamic!!! Great video. Incredible music and Performance 🎭
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
Yes! Very infectious plus he’s handsome, & totally into his music! So glad he dropped out of medical school & pursued the arts instead, a natural born performer.
@johnvance301111 ай бұрын
Rip. Gary
@chuckencalada99522 жыл бұрын
70’ were very, very special, music made everything be magical. LONG LIVE ROCK N Roll……
@user-dl9jk8fc8q10 ай бұрын
Saw Gary in 1978 in Detroit. Warm up band was Eddie Money. Great concert. What I remember.
@mrdave77710 ай бұрын
San Diego WAS heaven on earth.
@TexasHarleyBoy65 Жыл бұрын
Dude has an awesome voice, with just enough rasp to sound soulsy! Love 'Love Is Alive' and 'Dream Weaver'.
@fairnorth273311 ай бұрын
SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1976, WHEN I FIRST LISTENED TO GARY WRIGHT PERFORM "LOVE IS ALIVE", GARY WRIGHT BECAME MY FAVORITE ALL TIME ROCK SOLO ARTIST !!!! IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE HIM PERFORM LIVE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE B.B. KINGS SUPPER CLUB IN TIMES SQUARE BACK IN 2010 !!!! I WILL MISS HIM ALOT !!!!
@markfilipas176310 ай бұрын
I saw them on this tour in 1976 but at Angel Stadium in LA (this footage is from their San Diego concert). Gentle Giant opened the show with about an hour set, followed by Gary Wright with an hour set, then Peter Frampton doing about 2 hours and then Yes for the finale. It was an amazing lineup, with two of my fave bands Gentle Giant and Yes! Gary Wright was fantastic too. I was amazed that all of his musicians on stage - except for the drummer - were playing a keyboard, most of them around theirs necks - never saw anything like that before or since.
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
..I presently work event security at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Is that where you are referring to ?? 😌 ......
@mikem433310 ай бұрын
When music was written....
@dznrsmusic11 ай бұрын
Ok, those keyboards were like a transcendent from space during this time period. Those fans should have been completely in awe. RIP sir.
@robinshepard457111 ай бұрын
RIP ❤Gary Wright Forever ♾️ You're Beautiful Music 🎶 will Live ON ❤💪🌹☝️🇺🇸
@DM-hk4cw11 ай бұрын
Steve Porcaro was still in high school when he toured with Gary. That is Steve you see in the foreground. Imagine that stage at that age.
@joegongora2200Ай бұрын
Thanks Gary for your wonderful music that’s soo unique with only the use of keyboards and synthesizers.
@DavidReese-qd2bw3 ай бұрын
Never realized he sang this song until today. Was listening to Dream Weaver and this song was next. Wow this too is a true classic
@Darin.Pearson10 ай бұрын
Great live performance. Gary's soulful, powerful voice and the groove of the players really add to the energy. I like the dreamy quality of the studio version, but this performance incorporates that dreamy quality with a soulful energy. Great performance.
@frankflstf10 ай бұрын
RIP GARYI Got to see you in 1976 in Oakland California what a great show it was you’re about as big and famous as someone could be you and Peter Frampton
@TheLizardKing19678 ай бұрын
Blue Eyed Soul at it's Finest.
@cunn930511 ай бұрын
The unforgettable summer ... Rest In Peace Gary Wright
@davidsellers363911 ай бұрын
Wow’s that beautiful
@michaelangelioliebers760111 ай бұрын
Gary Wright was a very great friend of music legends George Harrison and Ravi Shankar of India and changed music forever with synthesizer and Dream Weaver 1975 was born and traveled too san Diego summer of 1976 with Peter Frampton great times of music commands the crowd back than.
@budman196410 ай бұрын
Rest easy Gary! And, thanks!!!
@erniebray906411 ай бұрын
My childhood memories thank you Gary Wright RIP
@tenzindasel178011 ай бұрын
May your Love always be alive!
@janetmoore56452 жыл бұрын
Gary wright you are awesome. The beat . My heart is on 🔥 fire . My love is alive ❣️.
@frandanco6289
Жыл бұрын
Rhythm.... :)
@janetmoore5645
Жыл бұрын
@@frandanco6289 sorry I misspelled the word oh well I.
@shawnstarks174311 ай бұрын
San Diego in the 70’s in particular and the early 80’s was incredible. Take me back.
@TWayneD102010 ай бұрын
Fantastic !! Thank you so much !!
@TheUtuber99911 ай бұрын
Those are some beautiful people in the audience.
@DavePlaysTrombone11 ай бұрын
RIP Gary! Peter Frampton, Yes, and Gentle Giant also played Balboa Stadium that day. Most of the stadium was demolished a few years later because it didn't meet earthquake regulations.
@TheFreddo1211 ай бұрын
RIP to a legend the Dream Weaver himself. Gary Wright.....
@rick3747 Жыл бұрын
Great times back then...."Greatest Generation" in charge. "Boomers" paying their dues. We, "Generation X" were watching Saturday morning cartoons and enjoying eating Frosted Flakes while just being kids.
@danielevans9379
10 ай бұрын
And watching “schoolhouse rock” and going to Spencers!
@rick3747
10 ай бұрын
@@danielevans9379 Yes...".I'm just a bill" is forever seared in my brain. Spencers I miss so much!
@wolfeyes93572 жыл бұрын
There was something about those mid 1970s....the music, the people....i once heard that the music ...the sound was supernatural
@EYE_GOTCHA10 ай бұрын
I saw him with Peter Frampton in Colt Park in Hartford, Connecticut, 1976. We all sat on the lawn as beer bottles whizzed by our heads. There is no way they would do that, nowadays, in such a setting. 😮
@CC-jl7jz9 ай бұрын
This song takes me back to the 70's, my youth and the greatest music that was ever made.
@rozchristopherson64811 ай бұрын
Your songs are alive. RIP 🧡🙏
@charlyne111 ай бұрын
Saw him with Peter Frampton in the 70s on this same Dream Weaver tour
@davidworth762111 ай бұрын
Great song.Thanks for the tunes. RIP
@lovejoypeaceforever11 ай бұрын
ALL MUSIC MUST GLORIFY THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST !!
@imakevideos7967 ай бұрын
I usually don’t leave comments on videos, ever. But I just had to express how much I appreciate & love this video after watching it just now for the first time. Weirdly enough, I found out about Gary Wright through the show Family Guy. They used the audio from a Japanese cover of “Dream Weaver” for a couple of seconds in a scene (S15, Ep. 8 if curious), and the song sounded so angelic and beautiful. Anyhow, after discovering Mr. Wright, the next song I found of his was this masterpiece right here, “Love is Alive”. This song is so simple and pure in the most pulchritudinous way. Everytime the chorus starts up, it strikes a dopamine-inducing nerve inside of me. The synths, the groove, his voice; I love everything about this song. I was listening to it just now in my headphones and decided to see if there was a live version. Then I come here and it’s bittersweet, because I found out Mr. Wright passed away just 3 months ago !? :( I’m only 25, and didn’t grow up introduced to these incredible sounds. Just seeing the crowd and the band so present, in-tune, and lively is really breath-taking. Everyone just seems to be existing in a way that doesn’t really occur anymore. There’s no phones and no pretentiousness and no distractions. I watched this video and I just cried, because everything about it is so awesome and I’m so jealous of this time. This video is truly a look back at history. And for people like me, who are fans of artists from time’s past, videos like this mean the world to me. It allows me to live in this moment and transports me to another place where all that matters is the music. So so sad to hear that Gary has passed, as I would have loved to see him in concert. But real music never dies. This song was released in 1975, and hearing it for the first time in 2022, the song still holds all of the magic that I’m sure I t had when it was initially released all those years ago.. Rest in heaven & thank you for the music Gary Wright.
@randydoty946111 ай бұрын
Definitely A 🐐❣️🙌🏾
@wydryfly9 ай бұрын
Unreal talent! Playing a keyboard around your neck would be like laying in bed trying to play a keyboard staring at the bottoms of the keys. Not easy.
@scotabot782610 ай бұрын
The wonderful and Super talented Steve Porcaro!!!
@oliverheidelberg11 ай бұрын
Child actor, Doctor and musician. Wow! Impressive man.
@michaelpardue240011 ай бұрын
Rest in Peace your work is done God Bless you Thanks for Songs
@nicholasosthelder81813 жыл бұрын
A very young Jeff Porcaro on the portable keyboard. Pre-Toto. No guitar or bass at all. What a rarity. Way ahead of it's time!
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@hammerham4378
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Steve porcaro not Jeff, but to be honest it was neighbor. Jeff would have been 17 and Steve even younger
@RhymesWithCarbon
2 жыл бұрын
Steve, but heck yes. Guy is a monster!
@donhunt29026 ай бұрын
I miss this time so bad you can tell he was having so much fun up on that stage that day look at his face
@onetahammond820211 ай бұрын
Gary was such a wonderful songwriter, such wonderful vocals, no one is ever going to touch Gary Wright. All the musicians are up there gging for the big one. Rest in peace after years of pain Gary Wright, Love Always.
@Lemopalm11 ай бұрын
RIP Gary Wright
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Ahh the good ole’ days when we could bring blankets-ice chests full of food-drinks to concerts. Saw Gary open ‘76 Frampton Comes Alive w/Santana a fantastic show that broke ticket sales records in Tulsa @ the motor speedway racetrack. Craziest memory is the row of older guys behind me & my friends. They were all wearing very short cut off denim shorts, sitting on top of their ice chests legs spread wide letting (everything hang out) think they did it for the shock value but who knows, it was a very hot summer day, gross! Wish I could see the pics another guy took of me-friends right now. R.I.P. Gary Wright🕊️🥀🎶
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
..😲 "🍒" 😳 !! .... 😅
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
@@tracyhall6195😝 I’m telling you it was so shocking; it’s a deep dark memory imbedded in my brain-forever, can laugh about it now but as a young teen it was very very creepy back then.
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz ..lolz ! 😂 ~ Fo'sho !! . . Your entries on here are 🪙, btw. TY ! 🤘👍
@user-mh5xj5ub8s6 ай бұрын
Yes another icon gone we are all getting old excellent music
@jameskelly1680 Жыл бұрын
I was conceived at this concert. Okay, I wasn't. But I should have been.
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Wow, I was at this concert in 76 at Balboa Stadium. Gary Wright, Yes, and Peter Frampton. What a concert and look at everyone having fun. Those were the days and man do I miss them. Gary Wright was a brilliant musician and will desperately be missed. RIP.
@seanpop2886
10 ай бұрын
No wonder that was familiar! My bro-in-law saw the Beatles backstage there. He was crushed against a chain link fence when girls heard him say "Hey John!"
@NickNicometi
10 ай бұрын
Gary was singular, no doubt. I wish I'd been born a decade before '67, as the 70's stadium concerts were special from that bygone era. Didn't go live shows until in teens in 80's. Missed Cal Jams and all the great music and fun.
@JeffOlszewski-mw4zl
10 ай бұрын
I was at 3 Rivers stadium the same year. I think I saw start Wright, Peter Frampton, and The Beach Boys.
@morizenfoche
10 ай бұрын
left out GENTLE GIANT. I was at this show too. First time eating magic mushrooms. Made my breath taste like farts. Good show tho. Yes' RELAYER Tour, with Moraz. My first big concert.
@theresaakins2317
10 ай бұрын
@@NickNicometiI was born in 61 so I was at the tail end of the 70s concerts. I was luck but still wish I was born in 57 to catch all of the 70s shows.
I love this video. I love watching this stadium fill up with all these 1970s cool cats! I love the way the shared love of the same music brings people from all around together. I love that 1000s of people pour in over such a short period of time without incident. AND THEN they all get to enjoy Gary Wright together! I wish I was there!
I swear this was the best era for music - regardless of genre. So grateful to have been alive at that time to experience life in that moment in time. Everything was better
@leann5213
10 ай бұрын
Amen to that🙂
@djwak59
10 ай бұрын
Yes ! Soooo many different sounds even within the rock genre ! As a keyboard player just getting into synthesizers, I was into ANY band that had a keyboard player, and I believe the Dream Weaver album had NO guitar at all. So way cool ! Sadly, I didn’t know he passed. RIP Gary, your music left a mark on me.
@deborahbishop3300
9 ай бұрын
70’S WERE THE BEST TIME TO BE A TEENAGER !!
@user-dc6mg2rk8p
9 ай бұрын
The 70’s was great! Although I was drafted, this awesome music got me through it, alive!
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
I WAS BORN IN 1961 ! ✅️ ..HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THE BESTest DECADES !!! 🤘🥴👍 🎶
RIP Gary this is REAL MUSIC yall, his keyboardist went in to Toto and wrote for Michael Jackson....true talent. What an amazing voice and energy Gary had.....him and Jimmy Buffet are jamming in the nethers
@shelleymorton374
11 ай бұрын
Not the netherworld, but the hereafter... anyone who brought that much joy to so many has got to get to heaven!
@onetahammond8202
11 ай бұрын
Darren I didn't know that his keyboard player play for other bands and backed up Michael Jackson, that is so cool. When I was a teenager in high school, my art teacher had the radio going and Gary Wright would come on all the time, I used to live in Desert Hot Springs, the next town over from Palm Springs and Gary's Love Is Alive with come on all the time, oh my gosh that's it such a wonderful feeling hearing Gary and his songs. I will carry Gary's songs for the rest of my life and I am 65 years Young, it's a shame he had so many years being in pain. Thank you for your comment on Gary and Jimmy Buffett. Lately we have been losing so many wonderful musicians, makes me feel very strange.
@LatinLonghorn80
11 ай бұрын
He is a very talented man. God bless him! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@OndrausCissell
11 ай бұрын
Steve Porcaro was his keyboard player. Rest in Peace to Mr. Gary Wright !!!!
@lovejoypeaceforever
11 ай бұрын
NONE OF THEM WORSHIPPED THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST... AND THEREFORE WILL BE TORMENTED IN HELL FOREVER AND EVER (SEE 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5) !!
These are my people - my age group - wearing bell bottoms - wonderful time, wonderful music, perfect time to be a young person.
@loboblue5441
10 ай бұрын
I was just thinking of how much I miss bell bottoms
@gs1100ed
9 ай бұрын
Except for that pesky war in Vietnam and waiting for them to call your draft card number on the nightly news
He looked like he was having so much fun ! Such great music he has left us..rest in peace Gary.
@NickNicometi
10 ай бұрын
He couldn't believe he was playing to such a huge crowd. He was dancing on air. Vocals were killer.
August 6th, 2023. We're still listening, Gary.
OK so in the 70s there was no Internet, no cell phones, no KZread, no Google, no DVD players but, the music was damn good. It was the shit.
RIP, Gary. Thank you for the music❤
@renaestevenson1361
8 ай бұрын
Legendary! Damn!
Days of my youth. Most people in good shape..and not a single cell phone. I wouldn’t trade it for anything! Rock on! 🎶👍👍👌✌️
ONE OF THE 45'S PASSED DOWN TO ME! THANKFUL MOM! RIP!
@brooke8567
2 ай бұрын
Your mom had good taste!✌️
We have lost many great artists in 2023 and Gary Wright was one the best. RIP.
RIP Gary Wright. Steve Porcaro was a great addition to your live sound too!
RIP Gary. You're not in pain anymore. Your music will live on forever.
I can smell the Coppertone coconut suntan oil ! The best of times.
These old analog keyboards sound so freaking awesome.....why can't these sounds still exist?
@brycebullard3619
10 ай бұрын
Rap and hip hop ruined a lot of good music.
@chrispraz877
10 ай бұрын
@@brycebullard3619IMO, pro tools/digital software is more the culprit, which rap and hip hop rely on heavily if not exclusively.
@jim2lane
10 ай бұрын
There is an entire movement of younger artists re-embracing analog only instruments and recording that has been going on for the last 10-15 years
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
How much do they weigh is what I want to know??
@claudedesroches116
8 ай бұрын
No rap for me
Definitely takes me back to a much better time. R.i.P
Love this live version!!! Gary Wright was an awesome keyboard player!!
I saw Gary with his band back in 1978. I won a pair of tickets from my local "Album Rock" station, and at 14, I was too young to drive myself to the venue, so my long-suffering brother took me and sat through the concert with me. Gary was brilliant! The sound was perfect!
@sharksport01
10 ай бұрын
What city?
@bemoguy
10 ай бұрын
@@sharksport01 Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Hell Yeah our Love is still Alive in 2024 and Forever.. Thanks to You.. Gary.... Mr Dilly.. Will always Approve!! 🙏🎶❤️
I was 8 years old when this concert took place. I'm 49 now,,and anybody under 35 today has no clue what a REAL concert was like. Especially one like this,,summertime,outside,arena venue,,AT LEAST 25 thousand people. You didn't need to bring any party favorites to a concert,they were already here. how concerts have seriously changed. The last decade of real concerts were the 80's. I'm so glad my hippie mother took me to concerts like this in the 70's. and they were the best in the Midwest,,
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Millennials will never get it.
@KashaneTiger
2 жыл бұрын
Well said I'm 51 years old and can relate to what your saying!
@DarkSim77
Жыл бұрын
Best of all...no cell phones..
@r.williamcomm7693
Жыл бұрын
Amen.
@charlesperry6093
Жыл бұрын
Probably less than 10 bucks a ticket too
Summer of '76! Great Gary Wright hit song. In his memory
Gary ..Steve Porcaro...my heroes...thank you for the vibe and inspiration..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Without these 2 tunes, this and Dream Weaver, the 70s wouldn't have been quite as groovy. I get Gerry Rafferty and him mixed up a bit, their music was so atmospheric. RIP, you will be missed
RIP GARY WRIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE WOW, WHAT MEMORIES.
@cbsteffen
11 ай бұрын
I think he was underrated but lucky enough to live long for someone with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia!
@KittyGrizGriz
11 ай бұрын
@@cbsteffenboth horrible diseases, so very sad. Robin Williams had LBD too.
@cbsteffen
11 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz But Robin Williams couldn’t live with LBD. It only tortured him! That was why he committed suicide!
48 yrs ago when I first heard Gary Wright’s Music I set out to Purchase an “ARP String Ensemble” Oberheim & Moog synths. I’m a Keyboardist and exactly 1 year younger than Keyboardist Steve Porcaro ( that thin guy ) on keys in this video. R.I.P. Gary
The air, the sounds, the beaches and mountains, the people who listened to real music...it was just amazing, spiritual and in a way it was blessed! When will it come back....or do we need a time machine!?
@301rs
10 ай бұрын
Time machine
What I wouldn't give to be able to go back and just be in that crowd hearing these bands.. just amazing!
A big summer in my life. Thanks for the music Gary. RIP. It was lovely to see keyboards take center stage.
Wow a young Steve Porcaro on synthesizer
@briankay5384
Жыл бұрын
Good call !
@drummerboy2521
Жыл бұрын
@@briankay5384 Yeah, Brian I bet you know how great the Porcaro Brothers and dad were as musicians
@briankay5384
Жыл бұрын
@@drummerboy2521 legendary family of musicians. We’ve lost two of them but they certainly left their mark. Impressive spot on with Steve there my friend. Your knowledge runs deep as does mine !!! I have a feeling we’ll cross paths again sometime.
@drummerboy2521
Жыл бұрын
@@briankay5384 Rock on Brother🥁🎹!
@bigsky3072
11 ай бұрын
Steve Poraco the drummer???
Thank You for this wonderful video. I would have loved to have been at this concert. This concert was at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, on July 17, 1976. This was the "'Dream Weaver Tour." Peter Frampton and Yes, also performed on that day. A young Steve Porcaro (of Toto), was on the Mini Moog Synthesizer.
@BRUTUSPLAC
7 жыл бұрын
AWESOME !!!!!
@bellsystem_1877
4 жыл бұрын
Balboa Stadium
@jimrutter2851
2 жыл бұрын
Jack Murphy Stadium then
@jaketysmajr2826
2 жыл бұрын
That would have been Jack Murphy stadium back then
@maryhillmeyer6788
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Wish I was there! Right now!
My heart is on fire too-For this beautiful hit song,from Gary Wright-So sorry to learn Gary Wright died on Labour Day yesterday,for Monday September 4th-He will be MISSED-But Gary's hit songs and music,will live FOREVER!
A sad day for music R.I.P. 💔🎸
Thank you for this. Gary's music will forever be remembered and memorialized as some of the most uplifting and unique creations my ears have ever been blessed to listen to. Such positivity in a tumultuous time. Rest in Peace my friend.
Bye Gary.....thanks.
Wow, imagine that. A singer who actually sounds good in concert and can sing in key. This is an awesome song and I was actually alive when it came out and listened to it many times on AM radio.
This song, and the album it was on, played over and over for hours one night back in 1976. The memories it brings back when I hear it play are awesome. When I was a young man, and she was fascinating and mysterious……. Those days are long gone, but Gary’s music is still with us!👍😁🎸🥁🇺🇸❤️
What a fabulous tune! What a talent! And take me back to the 70s, please!!!
I'm sure I was at that show... Young fella, mid 20s just hell on wheels in my prime. What great concerts! This was within walking distance of where I was living at the time. The bands lasted from 1:00 p.m. 'till around midnight. It was a monster. And I can assure you the audio was MUCH better than what this video suggests!
@oliverheidelberg
11 ай бұрын
Who else played?
He opened for PeterF. tour! 1st song .....Smoke lazar lights, and dream weaver!! Awesome concert! NBC arena! Thanks, Aloha from Hawaii MK
@bsota8513
11 ай бұрын
They sang dream weaver?
Rip Gary, your video's will be alive on KZread for the next generation to enjoy.
Right on ! Thanks for this Great Video Sure brightened my mood ! RIP Gary
This was such a great tour of all four bands. I was at Anaheim Stadium up in the third deck. Gentle Giant, Gary Wright, Peter Frampton, and Yes. All at the top of their game. We’ll never see their like again.
Very, very saddened about the loss of the synth-rock-heavy icon who was very hot in the 1970s--almost as hot as KISS, Queen, Santana, and maybe even Lynyrd Skynyrd, in the 1970s. I am also having a hunch that a lot of Southern Rock fans in the 1970s--even Skynyrd fans--would go to arena rock shows like that for the--I think---"Love Is Alive" tour. Gary Wright's hot "synth-heavy" rock grooves and tunes inspired even the Steve Miller band to pay homage to Gary's synth work with the long introduction to "Fly Like An Eagle", known for its synthesizer pyrotechnics of swoop-ups, ring mods, arpeggiations, and rising scales." Likely an indirect homage. But it is so sad that we lost an icon. There may never be another Gary Wright in the foreseeable future! So sad we lost him!! :( :(
@charlessmith263
11 ай бұрын
I see the double-deck synth set up here in Gary's backing band, which is a reminder of what they had done also in "Dreamweaver" - one of Gary's unforgettable numbers. Likely timeless as well, too. :) :)
R.I.P. Mr. Wright and eternal peace be with you, your music lives on !
RIP Gary! Thanks for being a part of the soundtrack of my life!
Rip Gary Wright a Musical Genius who will be missed 🎼🎸🥁 🎺 🎹🎙✝️🎶⭐️
One of my all-time favorites, loved it when I first heard it and still do now! Crank it up in the clouds Gary, Respects from V.A. 🤟
Wonderful performance. R.I.P. Gary, and thank you for blessing the world with your lovely music🙏🏻
That SMILE and his ENERGY! Dynamic!!! Great video. Incredible music and Performance 🎭
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
Yes! Very infectious plus he’s handsome, & totally into his music! So glad he dropped out of medical school & pursued the arts instead, a natural born performer.
Rip. Gary
70’ were very, very special, music made everything be magical. LONG LIVE ROCK N Roll……
Saw Gary in 1978 in Detroit. Warm up band was Eddie Money. Great concert. What I remember.
San Diego WAS heaven on earth.
Dude has an awesome voice, with just enough rasp to sound soulsy! Love 'Love Is Alive' and 'Dream Weaver'.
SINCE THE SUMMER OF 1976, WHEN I FIRST LISTENED TO GARY WRIGHT PERFORM "LOVE IS ALIVE", GARY WRIGHT BECAME MY FAVORITE ALL TIME ROCK SOLO ARTIST !!!! IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE HIM PERFORM LIVE HERE IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE B.B. KINGS SUPPER CLUB IN TIMES SQUARE BACK IN 2010 !!!! I WILL MISS HIM ALOT !!!!
I saw them on this tour in 1976 but at Angel Stadium in LA (this footage is from their San Diego concert). Gentle Giant opened the show with about an hour set, followed by Gary Wright with an hour set, then Peter Frampton doing about 2 hours and then Yes for the finale. It was an amazing lineup, with two of my fave bands Gentle Giant and Yes! Gary Wright was fantastic too. I was amazed that all of his musicians on stage - except for the drummer - were playing a keyboard, most of them around theirs necks - never saw anything like that before or since.
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
..I presently work event security at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Is that where you are referring to ?? 😌 ......
When music was written....
Ok, those keyboards were like a transcendent from space during this time period. Those fans should have been completely in awe. RIP sir.
RIP ❤Gary Wright Forever ♾️ You're Beautiful Music 🎶 will Live ON ❤💪🌹☝️🇺🇸
Steve Porcaro was still in high school when he toured with Gary. That is Steve you see in the foreground. Imagine that stage at that age.
Thanks Gary for your wonderful music that’s soo unique with only the use of keyboards and synthesizers.
Never realized he sang this song until today. Was listening to Dream Weaver and this song was next. Wow this too is a true classic
Great live performance. Gary's soulful, powerful voice and the groove of the players really add to the energy. I like the dreamy quality of the studio version, but this performance incorporates that dreamy quality with a soulful energy. Great performance.
RIP GARYI Got to see you in 1976 in Oakland California what a great show it was you’re about as big and famous as someone could be you and Peter Frampton
Blue Eyed Soul at it's Finest.
The unforgettable summer ... Rest In Peace Gary Wright
Wow’s that beautiful
Gary Wright was a very great friend of music legends George Harrison and Ravi Shankar of India and changed music forever with synthesizer and Dream Weaver 1975 was born and traveled too san Diego summer of 1976 with Peter Frampton great times of music commands the crowd back than.
Rest easy Gary! And, thanks!!!
My childhood memories thank you Gary Wright RIP
May your Love always be alive!
Gary wright you are awesome. The beat . My heart is on 🔥 fire . My love is alive ❣️.
@frandanco6289
Жыл бұрын
Rhythm.... :)
@janetmoore5645
Жыл бұрын
@@frandanco6289 sorry I misspelled the word oh well I.
San Diego in the 70’s in particular and the early 80’s was incredible. Take me back.
Fantastic !! Thank you so much !!
Those are some beautiful people in the audience.
RIP Gary! Peter Frampton, Yes, and Gentle Giant also played Balboa Stadium that day. Most of the stadium was demolished a few years later because it didn't meet earthquake regulations.
RIP to a legend the Dream Weaver himself. Gary Wright.....
Great times back then...."Greatest Generation" in charge. "Boomers" paying their dues. We, "Generation X" were watching Saturday morning cartoons and enjoying eating Frosted Flakes while just being kids.
@danielevans9379
10 ай бұрын
And watching “schoolhouse rock” and going to Spencers!
@rick3747
10 ай бұрын
@@danielevans9379 Yes...".I'm just a bill" is forever seared in my brain. Spencers I miss so much!
There was something about those mid 1970s....the music, the people....i once heard that the music ...the sound was supernatural
I saw him with Peter Frampton in Colt Park in Hartford, Connecticut, 1976. We all sat on the lawn as beer bottles whizzed by our heads. There is no way they would do that, nowadays, in such a setting. 😮
This song takes me back to the 70's, my youth and the greatest music that was ever made.
Your songs are alive. RIP 🧡🙏
Saw him with Peter Frampton in the 70s on this same Dream Weaver tour
Great song.Thanks for the tunes. RIP
ALL MUSIC MUST GLORIFY THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST !!
I usually don’t leave comments on videos, ever. But I just had to express how much I appreciate & love this video after watching it just now for the first time. Weirdly enough, I found out about Gary Wright through the show Family Guy. They used the audio from a Japanese cover of “Dream Weaver” for a couple of seconds in a scene (S15, Ep. 8 if curious), and the song sounded so angelic and beautiful. Anyhow, after discovering Mr. Wright, the next song I found of his was this masterpiece right here, “Love is Alive”. This song is so simple and pure in the most pulchritudinous way. Everytime the chorus starts up, it strikes a dopamine-inducing nerve inside of me. The synths, the groove, his voice; I love everything about this song. I was listening to it just now in my headphones and decided to see if there was a live version. Then I come here and it’s bittersweet, because I found out Mr. Wright passed away just 3 months ago !? :( I’m only 25, and didn’t grow up introduced to these incredible sounds. Just seeing the crowd and the band so present, in-tune, and lively is really breath-taking. Everyone just seems to be existing in a way that doesn’t really occur anymore. There’s no phones and no pretentiousness and no distractions. I watched this video and I just cried, because everything about it is so awesome and I’m so jealous of this time. This video is truly a look back at history. And for people like me, who are fans of artists from time’s past, videos like this mean the world to me. It allows me to live in this moment and transports me to another place where all that matters is the music. So so sad to hear that Gary has passed, as I would have loved to see him in concert. But real music never dies. This song was released in 1975, and hearing it for the first time in 2022, the song still holds all of the magic that I’m sure I t had when it was initially released all those years ago.. Rest in heaven & thank you for the music Gary Wright.
Definitely A 🐐❣️🙌🏾
Unreal talent! Playing a keyboard around your neck would be like laying in bed trying to play a keyboard staring at the bottoms of the keys. Not easy.
The wonderful and Super talented Steve Porcaro!!!
Child actor, Doctor and musician. Wow! Impressive man.
Rest in Peace your work is done God Bless you Thanks for Songs
A very young Jeff Porcaro on the portable keyboard. Pre-Toto. No guitar or bass at all. What a rarity. Way ahead of it's time!
@gmar7836
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@hammerham4378
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Steve porcaro not Jeff, but to be honest it was neighbor. Jeff would have been 17 and Steve even younger
@RhymesWithCarbon
2 жыл бұрын
Steve, but heck yes. Guy is a monster!
I miss this time so bad you can tell he was having so much fun up on that stage that day look at his face
Gary was such a wonderful songwriter, such wonderful vocals, no one is ever going to touch Gary Wright. All the musicians are up there gging for the big one. Rest in peace after years of pain Gary Wright, Love Always.
RIP Gary Wright
Ahh the good ole’ days when we could bring blankets-ice chests full of food-drinks to concerts. Saw Gary open ‘76 Frampton Comes Alive w/Santana a fantastic show that broke ticket sales records in Tulsa @ the motor speedway racetrack. Craziest memory is the row of older guys behind me & my friends. They were all wearing very short cut off denim shorts, sitting on top of their ice chests legs spread wide letting (everything hang out) think they did it for the shock value but who knows, it was a very hot summer day, gross! Wish I could see the pics another guy took of me-friends right now. R.I.P. Gary Wright🕊️🥀🎶
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
..😲 "🍒" 😳 !! .... 😅
@KittyGrizGriz
9 ай бұрын
@@tracyhall6195😝 I’m telling you it was so shocking; it’s a deep dark memory imbedded in my brain-forever, can laugh about it now but as a young teen it was very very creepy back then.
@tracyhall6195
9 ай бұрын
@@KittyGrizGriz ..lolz ! 😂 ~ Fo'sho !! . . Your entries on here are 🪙, btw. TY ! 🤘👍
Yes another icon gone we are all getting old excellent music
I was conceived at this concert. Okay, I wasn't. But I should have been.
@bigsky3072
11 ай бұрын
Did you take any Quaaludes???
Rest in peace Dream Weaver