Gary Wright - Love is Alive

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Love is Alive

[@stephen95b]

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]

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]

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]

I was at 3 Rivers stadium the same year. I think I saw start Wright, Peter Frampton, and The Beach Boys.

[@morizenfoche]

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]

​@@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.

[@charlieboutin3341]

Days of my youth. Most people in good shape..and not a single cell phone. I wouldn’t trade it for anything! Rock on! 🎶👍👍👌✌️

[@gmar7836]

OK so in the 70s there was no Internet, no cell phones, no KZbin, no Google, no DVD players but, the music was damn good. It was the shit.

[@community1949]

These are my people - my age group - wearing bell bottoms - wonderful time, wonderful music, perfect time to be a young person.

[@loboblue5441]

I was just thinking of how much I miss bell bottoms

[@gs1100ed]

Except for that pesky war in Vietnam and waiting for them to call your draft card number on the nightly news

[@pattimiranda8679]

He looked like he was having so much fun ! Such great music he has left us..rest in peace Gary.

[@NickNicometi]

He couldn't believe he was playing to such a huge crowd. He was dancing on air. Vocals were killer.

[@ImWilson1]

We have lost many great artists in 2023 and Gary Wright was one the best. RIP.

[@miketroxel8162]

August 6th, 2023. We're still listening, Gary.

[@Danuta628]

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]

Amen to that🙂

[@djwak59]

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]

70’S WERE THE BEST TIME TO BE A TEENAGER !!

[@user-dc6mg2rk8p]

The 70’s was great! Although I was drafted, this awesome music got me through it, alive!

[@tracyhall6195]

I WAS BORN IN 1961 ! ✅️ ..HAVE ENJOYED ALL OF THE BESTest DECADES !!! 🤘🥴👍 🎶

[@BinkyTheGoddessDivine]

RIP Gary. You're not in pain anymore. Your music will live on forever.

[@loboblue5441]

RIP, Gary. Thank you for the music❤

[@renaestevenson1361]

Legendary! Damn!

[@dieselrotor]

I can smell the Coppertone coconut suntan oil ! The best of times.

[@cartergarrett5905]

Summer of '76! Great Gary Wright hit song. In his memory

[@brunomara7207]

Definitely takes me back to a much better time. R.i.P

[@DarrenEvansZozologist]

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]

Not the netherworld, but the hereafter... anyone who brought that much joy to so many has got to get to heaven!

[@onetahammond8202]

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]

He is a very talented man. God bless him! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@OndrausCissell]

Steve Porcaro was his keyboard player. Rest in Peace to Mr. Gary Wright !!!!

[@lovejoypeaceforever]

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) !!

[@tonyatocci]

ONE OF THE 45'S PASSED DOWN TO ME! THANKFUL MOM! RIP!

[@brooke8567]

Your mom had good taste!✌️

[@CJenkinsMusicLover]

A big summer in my life. Thanks for the music Gary. RIP. It was lovely to see keyboards take center stage.

[@dwayneard5997]

Hell Yeah our Love is still Alive in 2024 and Forever.. Thanks to You.. Gary.... Mr Dilly.. Will always Approve!! 🙏🎶❤️

[@andygossard4293]

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

[@ervina02]

RIP GARY WRIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. THAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE WOW, WHAT MEMORIES.

[@cbsteffen]

I think he was underrated but lucky enough to live long for someone with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@cbsteffenboth horrible diseases, so very sad. Robin Williams had LBD too.

[@cbsteffen]

@@KittyGrizGriz But Robin Williams couldn’t live with LBD. It only tortured him! That was why he committed suicide!

[@jet7327]

RIP Gary Wright. Steve Porcaro was a great addition to your live sound too!

[@wolfeyes9357]

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]

Time machine

[@chrispraz877]

These old analog keyboards sound so freaking awesome.....why can't these sounds still exist?

[@brycebullard3619]

Rap and hip hop ruined a lot of good music.

[@chrispraz877]

@@brycebullard3619IMO, pro tools/digital software is more the culprit, which rap and hip hop rely on heavily if not exclusively.

[@jim2lane]

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]

How much do they weigh is what I want to know??

[@claudedesroches116]

No rap for me

[@bemoguy]

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]

What city?

[@bemoguy]

@@sharksport01 Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[@user-jw5uw1vs5p]

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!

[@maryhillmeyer6788]

What a fabulous tune! What a talent! And take me back to the 70s, please!!!

[@maryhillmeyer6788]

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!

[@chuckencalada9952]

70’ were very, very special, music made everything be magical. LONG LIVE ROCK N Roll……

[@jonathanmayes1603]

Love this live version!!! Gary Wright was an awesome keyboard player!!

[@1207smax]

Gary ..Steve Porcaro...my heroes...thank you for the vibe and inspiration..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@firefox2716]

Rip Gary Wright a Musical Genius who will be missed 🎼🎸🥁 🎺 🎹🎙✝️🎶⭐️

[@davemoyer505]

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!👍😁🎸🥁🇺🇸❤️

[@terrencemiller5284]

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

[@freddietee1225]

R.I.P. Mr. Wright and eternal peace be with you, your music lives on !

[@301rs]

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.

[@sambolimbo]

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.

[@EXTIQUE]

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]

Exactly! Millennials will never get it.

[@KashaneTiger]

Well said I'm 51 years old and can relate to what your saying!

[@DarkSim77]

Best of all...no cell phones..

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Amen.

[@charlesperry6093]

Probably less than 10 bucks a ticket too

[@murphyat60]

Rip Gary, your video's will be alive on KZbin for the next generation to enjoy.

[@deblopez2571]

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. 🤟

[@blancatorres1047]

A sad day for music R.I.P. 💔🎸

[@drummerboy2521]

Wow a young Steve Porcaro on synthesizer

[@briankay5384]

Good call !

[@drummerboy2521]

@@briankay5384 Yeah, Brian I bet you know how great the Porcaro Brothers and dad were as musicians

[@briankay5384]

@@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]

@@briankay5384 Rock on Brother🥁🎹!

[@bigsky3072]

Steve Poraco the drummer???

[@DISCODAN1]

RIP Gary! Thanks for being a part of the soundtrack of my life!

[@michaelangelioliebers7601]

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.

[@RNFORLAW]

The 70's was an awesome time.

[@fairnorth2733]

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 !!!!

[@robinshepard4571]

RIP ❤Gary Wright Forever ♾️ You're Beautiful Music 🎶 will Live ON ❤💪🌹☝️🇺🇸

[@seriously3130]

Wonderful performance. R.I.P. Gary, and thank you for blessing the world with your lovely music🙏🏻

[@stephanstory9905]

Right on ! Thanks for this Great Video Sure brightened my mood ! RIP Gary

[@patriciablea6467]

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]

AWESOME !!!!!

[@bellsystem_1877]

Balboa Stadium

[@jimrutter2851]

Jack Murphy Stadium then

[@jaketysmajr2826]

That would have been Jack Murphy stadium back then

[@maryhillmeyer6788]

Oh wow. Wish I was there! Right now!

[@frankflstf]

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

[@user-dl9jk8fc8q]

Saw Gary in 1978 in Detroit. Warm up band was Eddie Money. Great concert. What I remember.

[@erniebray9064]

My childhood memories thank you Gary Wright RIP

[@peterhodgkins6985]

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]

Who else played?

[@dznrsmusic]

Ok, those keyboards were like a transcendent from space during this time period. Those fans should have been completely in awe. RIP sir.

[@wolfeyes9357]

There was something about those mid 1970s....the music, the people....i once heard that the music ...the sound was supernatural

[@charlessmith263]

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]

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. :) :)

[@cunn9305]

The unforgettable summer ... Rest In Peace Gary Wright

[@shawnstarks1743]

San Diego in the 70’s in particular and the early 80’s was incredible. Take me back.

[@guynellerandle5545]

That SMILE and his ENERGY! Dynamic!!! Great video. Incredible music and Performance 🎭

[@KittyGrizGriz]

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.

[@davidworth7621]

Great song.Thanks for the tunes. RIP

[@MK-su6eg]

He opened for PeterF. tour! 1st song .....Smoke lazar lights, and dream weaver!! Awesome concert! NBC arena! Thanks, Aloha from Hawaii MK

[@bsota8513]

They sang dream weaver?

[@sjp35productions6]

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.

[@mrdave777]

San Diego WAS heaven on earth.

[@TexasHarleyBoy65]

Dude has an awesome voice, with just enough rasp to sound soulsy! Love 'Love Is Alive' and 'Dream Weaver'.

[@CC-jl7jz]

This song takes me back to the 70's, my youth and the greatest music that was ever made.

[@TheFreddo12]

RIP to a legend the Dream Weaver himself. Gary Wright.....

[@prismblue8514]

Bye Gary.....thanks.

[@Darin.Pearson]

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.

[@antondial5326]

1976. One of the greatest, if not the greatest year in popular music. Concerts with legends like this. Abba - Arrival. Boston - Boston. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life. Not a single bad song on the charts.

[@TheLizardKing1967]

Blue Eyed Soul at it's Finest.

[@joegongora2200]

Thanks Gary for your wonderful music that’s soo unique with only the use of keyboards and synthesizers.

[@rick3747]

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]

And watching “schoolhouse rock” and going to Spencers!

[@rick3747]

@@danielevans9379 Yes...".I'm just a bill" is forever seared in my brain. Spencers I miss so much!

[@janetmoore5645]

Gary wright you are awesome. The beat . My heart is on 🔥 fire . My love is alive ❣️.

[@frandanco6289]

Rhythm.... :)

[@janetmoore5645]

@@frandanco6289 sorry I misspelled the word oh well I.

[@TWayneD1020]

Fantastic !! Thank you so much !!

[@DavidReese-qd2bw]

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

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

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. 😮

[@michaelpardue2400]

Rest in Peace your work is done God Bless you Thanks for Songs

[@DM-hk4cw]

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.

[@budman1964]

Rest easy Gary! And, thanks!!!

[@markfilipas1763]

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]

..I presently work event security at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Is that where you are referring to ?? 😌 ......

[@rozchristopherson648]

Your songs are alive. RIP 🧡🙏

[@jimjones6960]

What I wouldn't give to be able to go back and just be in that crowd hearing these bands.. just amazing!

[@nikonikolic1365]

Stunning song!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@angrybm]

These were really wonderful times RIP Mr. Gary Wright ❤

[@DavePlaysTrombone]

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.

[@njaneardude]

RIP the music that rocked my youth 🙏🙏🙏

[@tenzindasel1780]

May your Love always be alive!

[@user-mh5xj5ub8s]

Yes another icon gone we are all getting old excellent music

[@oliverheidelberg]

Child actor, Doctor and musician. Wow! Impressive man.

[@johnvance3011]

Rip. Gary

[@KittyGrizGriz]

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]

..😲 "🍒" 😳 !! .... 😅

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@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]

@@KittyGrizGriz ..lolz ! 😂 ~ Fo'sho !! . . Your entries on here are 🪙, btw. TY ! 🤘👍

[@mikem4333]

When music was written....

[@TheUtuber999]

Those are some beautiful people in the audience.

[@charlyne1]

Saw him with Peter Frampton in the 70s on this same Dream Weaver tour

[@onetahammond8202]

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.

[@jimsiwy4477]

Such optimism - Young love - Brings back tons of memories.from my youth - Good times

[@bstrongstafocuz4513]

man it looked so peaceful back then

[@donhunt2902]

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

[@lovejoypeaceforever]

ALL MUSIC MUST GLORIFY THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST !!

[@candy-bx7oq]

JESUS CHRIST Love is Alive!

[@wydryfly]

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.