Two Faced Man - Gary Wright and the Wonder Wheel featuring George Harrison

[forbiddenvalley]

Mick Jones was at the french Johnny Halliday sessions in 68 featuring the Small Faces and Peter Frampton..the beginnings of what would become Humble Pie...

[26beatle]

WOW, I've just been in the All Starr Band concert in Buenos Aires, and Gary played with RINGO!!!!

[doucher9]

glad to see someone other than myself caught the fact that mick jones of foreigner is playing the es-335. don't know if he's trying to but did anybody notice how much the drummer sounds like ringo? this is a geat tune don't know why it wasn't more of a hit.

[Sealilywhale]

But Gary Wright was beautiful, absolutely passionate & wise in the ways of certain music. I bet he was nervous-it was live.

[Sealilywhale]

Holy shit George Harrison was a very nice man. Now I can get through anything...

[steve58502]

Love this! George's playing is superb!

[rickfan1964]

isn't that Mick Jones from Foreigner on the red guitar? i know he was in Spooky Tooth.

[rockon18]

@rickfan1964 Yes, that's Mick Jones all right. He would later help Gary reformed Spooky Tooth a year or so later and stay with them till the end of 1974. Then he toured with Leslie West for a year before putting together the elements of what would become Foreigner.

[salamonetalton]

@qsergyuko who the fuck are you you insolent lil shit? you couldnt beat up a fuckin crab lice! go fuck yourself! gary wright rules! how ya like them apples?sneiveling little cunt!

[swacbro]

how cool is this clip?! wow...thanks for posting!

[CCSofChocolatesvill]

KOL ;)

[sketchguy2006]

"I've been turned down, I've been pushed around" @ ~2:40 ... copied from The Everly Brothers' "When Will I be Loved." I wonder if there were any copyright issues?

[bloderme1]

@sketchguy2006 Linda Rondstadt also covered that song

[cbalducc]

I could see this remade by a country singer. God bless.

[Chexpeare]

Hey! This is a great song!

[einaroneeye]

Very cool vid-good song and George turned in a very nice bit of slide, didn't he? Thanks for the post.

[dmgcat]

I love the folk music feel. Uplifting song.

[superfuzzymomma]

George on Bangladesh Strat!

[bristyluv]

It must have been really awesome to be a musician back then, You get to be friends with people who you grew up listening to, idolizing and influenced your music, like the Beatles.

[hawkeyepierce123]

I first heard this recently on a dvd set of Dick Cavett's show-this is great-thanks for posting!

[indiebird12]

as any beatle fan knows, its really cool to know george wasnt all hung up on just playing beatle music, he seemed opened to other musicians and different ideas. george makes this great tho!

[mikepasqua]

"Two Faced Man"-Mick Jones on guitar, Bryson Graham on drums and Archie Leggett on bass. Of course, there's Gary on acoustic guitar and Friend on slide guitar

[patswon2]

Mike- Thanks for posting the names of the rhythm section!

[mikepasqua]

No problem-I got the information from Gary, himself-Wonderwheel never put out anything on record (too bad).

[tandolin2]

This song IS on one of Gary's LP records.

[mikepasqua]

You ARE correct about the song. However, there is material that Gary recorded with Wonderwheel ( the band)that never saw the light of day.

[bump1bump2]

That's the great Bryson Graham on drums.

[tandolin2]

Does anyone know what Bryson Graham is doing these days? Thank you.

[iamtoothewalrus]

Great song, George makes it a little bit better...

[bloderme]

@iamtoothewalrus

I almost died when I read this, but George Harrison didn't know how to play slide guitar until Delaney Brammlett taught him how. Read it on Delaney Brammlett's bio.

Brian Jones was playing slide guitar in England before a lot of others took it up.

[Hunstanton29]

Wow, I knew Mick Jones ('Foreigner') & Harrison were friends, but enjoyed seeing him here (playing a Gibson 335)

Thanks for posting !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bioflame]

New to me,,thanks!,

[tandolin2]

Who is the drummer please?

[Cupidville]

Great song. And wonderful talent on that stage . A truly magical moment. Unfortunate that the "MODERN SIMON COWELL" era of "Judgement" would pass over wonderful gems like this? I wonder how long Bob Dylan and his genius would last on American Idol. This is a very gifted songwriter and it is so cool to see George helping him out. Very cool. Luv Harrison and DYLAN...... As a songwriter , Dylan was a master. Alot of artist today don't even write their own material.

[darickr]

@Cupidville Gary Wright had a number one hit on his own with "Dreamweaver". He hardly went unrecognized.

[salamonetalton]

who's that asshole that said you have to look like a rockstar? fuck you and go listen to britney spears or micheal jackson.fuck you this is a good song.all looks no talent mutha fucker.

[qsergyuko]

@salamonetalton shut your cunt mate,ill beat you into a pulp fuck u.

[kathmandu52]

Let's here it for Bryson on drums. He went on to be with the revamped Spooky Tooth. Along with Mike Patto. Another fine musician.

[OneofTheProphetz]

sounds like a song about Faul McCartney.....

[iMurdersPonziScheme]

gary wright dont look like a rock star..sorry..and u have to look like one...he looks like some shlub they dragged out of the audience

[jsc46220]

Wow, I've been wondering what song this was for years, since I saw this show on VH1 in 1996. I knew George Harrison was in it, but didn't know who else. Thanks a lot!

[mikeyk21461]

is that mick jones of foreigner on the guitar and singing backup

[RayNDeere]

Yep.

[doucher9]

'all things must pass' is his best but even he later agreed it has too much reverb and sounds tinny as a result. phil spector went way over board on the 'spector sound' but the songs are magnificent. easily as good as 'imagine' or 'band on the run'. the BEATLES were done spiritually and emotionally but not musically. they easily had several good albums left in them had they stayed together. on a whole i think they all did rather well on their own considering what they had to live up to.

[hagront]

What's that amp George's using?

[JimmySlattery]

Looks like a Fender Champ or Princeton

[b1iidc65]

I found this looking at the rather funky disco-ish 'Love is Alive' on the midnight special (great performance) - GW must have had some chops and respect to be playing with George Harrison...A very under-rated artist...

[FrostedMoses]

Wright and Harrison had been buds since '70. Surprised he was not part of 2002's Concert for George. Wright's on almost as many Harrison albums as George was!

[emadmadi]

self seeking man.....

[davesharon5747]

I miss Dick Cavett!

[georgebushisawesome]

wonder if the lyrics are a commentary about religion

[tinrooflighthouse]

I really like this...never heard it until youstube.

[randlec6]

me too! you hoo!

[ManBeatles]

George playing the guitar sound such liked sitar.

[mysterysurf]

I so much prefer this incarnation of Gary Wright to the later "Dream Weaver" version. Thanks for the interesting clip.

[searcherboy]

George's slide guitar sounds a little like a sitar.

[Michlimania]

Yea, he was heavily inluenced with the sounds of Indian (India) music.

[rockon1898]

The other electric guitarist besides George is none other than Mick Jones, who would join Gary in Spooky Tooth, then go on to form Foreigner with worldwide success for 20 years and more. That's him 2 minutes into the song playing guitar and singing backing vocals.

[randlec6]

You broke my heart so I busted your jaw!

One great album by Spooky Tooth.

[eric669]

what a beutiful song, my sweet lord!

[EchoCannon89]

This song is so good, I actually think it's better than anything harrison did in his solo career and I always assumed he had wrote it

[randlec6]

Don't be a fool! It's a good song but really, better than anything George did in his solo career??? Did someone squash your mellon?

[EchoCannon89]

no, what's a mellon? you mean the Mellon family (prominent in Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon etc.), or do you mean a melon (round fruit)? "All Things Must Pass" has some good songs, like "Beware of Darkness", but this is better. It's not better than "Something" or even "My Guitar Gently Weeps", though ("Something" is definitely the best song he ever wrote)

[randlec6]

Sorry, can't spell worth a shett, but you got my drift. Remember, this is your opinion, no facts here. IMO this song would rate about a 5 on All Things Must Pass if it were on the album. 10 being highest and 0 being lowest.

Apple Scruffs is my favorite song on ATMP.

[EchoCannon89]

"All Things Must Pass" is considered a classic album but I think it's a bit overrated; this song is an underrated gem, and if it was on ATMP I think it would be rated in his top 5-10 songs ( I guess he didn't write it though)

[randlec6]

You gotta love Apple Jam. I guess me being a huge Harrison fan I may be a little bias. I also find the song Run of The Mill one thought out masterpiece. A hell, I told you I was bias.

[JIF882]

Gary, put down the guitar, pick up the synth.

[maliciouskami]

I see one sexy mother fucker in a blue suit...

[romber58]

Gary is a member of the latest Ringo AllStars tour.Hope he plays this.

[piggies1]

Hey good news!

[cirkus76]

Hey look, it's Mick Jones of Foreigner on Guitar and backing vocals.

[ravenshire43]

This is from '71. Living In The Material World came out in '73.

[wizzyd2006]

Is this available on CD?

[sisterdiggins]

WOW!!!!!

[65fxy]

I have a couple of Wonderwheel demo 45s on ebay now with a link to this great video. This is one of them: 290216412071.

[captaineasychord1]

This is from 1971 or 1972, a few years before his Dream Weaver heyday. Gary & George enjoyed a long-term friendship and Gary played on nearly all of George's solo LPs, and even co-wrote a song with George "If You Believe" (from George's 1979 self-titled LP). Gary also was into eastern religion.

[red66charger]

Great song! Very cool video. I saw Gary Wright performing with Ringo Starr's All Star Band in Clearwater, Florida last night and Gary sounded excellent. He came out front and sang "Love is Alive" and "Dream Weaver". He explained that it was George Harrison who gave him a book of Eastern Indian poems and in one poem it referenced "...people who weave dreams." and that is where the idea for "Dream Weaver" came from. By the way, the Ringo/All Star concert was incredible.

[randlec6]

Ha, I saw the same speech! Ringo's All Starr Band played in Troutdale Oregon in July of this year. Edgar Winter was here as well. Great concert!

Ringo teased by commenting that George never gave him a book of poems, funny stuff.

[tortugaXgal]

George's slide is beautiful in this song! :D

[bbewmij]

I saw this 10 years ago on VH-1, loved it but could'nt find it. Thanks, I just put it on my Ipod I tunes has it.

[groundhog713]

Great video of Gary, George, and Mick playing with Wonderwheel. Gary also did another album entitled "Ring Of Changes" with Wonderwheel, but it was never put out for some reason...

[john4951]

How cool is this?? Heck, I thought I knew "everything". I didnt know Harrison helped out Wright and Jones with this band. Gary has a different timbre to his voice than his later stuff. Interesting on the guitar as well....

[stingray1964]

Makes sense I guess. Gary Wright played on George's album "living in a material world" about the same time I'd say...?

[john4951]

um yeah-stingray I think youre right. I dont have this album so that slipped by me...I seem to remember Gary mentioned on that album though.

[robaskeith]

That is also Mick Jones from Foreigner in the middle on guitar and vocals.

[Sargebri]

Its interesting to see Wright playing guitar instead of keyboards. However, he still has one of the best voices in rock.

[RicardoERivera]

I loved this album when it first came out, still love this song. Thank you for posting. It's great to "see" the band performing the song I like so much. And of course, George Harrison made it all the more special.

I agree with others who said in the comments that later albumns/songs didn't have the passion of this one.

[Nostams]

Gary was really underrated. And George he was simply great. What a gem this is! Thank you.

[Sailawayraymond]

also love the whole interview part, which we could see on 'The Dick Cavett Show - Rock Icons' dvd ?

'Footprint' is my favorite Gary Wright's album ! :)

[johngmcgowan]

Great song!! What a vibe, I miss George, Gary and that whole era of great music!

[zevasthian]

Exelent slide!

[paxshantipeace]

George Harrison love God so much, and so loved this song, which is seeing beyond illusions and traps which keep the ego subservient to worldliness. Beyond wordliness is Truth, Beauty, Love.

God bless you George and friends of God!

[bitterchew]

like that minor chord, whatever it is

[rockinroller7]

Very Very cool.

Hare Krishna.

[YNOT100026]

DAMN Awesome treasure Thank you big time.

[RayNDeere]

Who are the bass player and drummer, the other three are well-identified

[SolarTiger]

Man...this does not portel of what was to come for young master Gary...vocal is not very good... & with no synths...almost an unplugged for him...and his "friend" seems camera shy!

[Hegstuffing]

I was 12 years old when this aired..and was allowed to stay up to watch..only because my Mom knew how much of a fan I was..I set my little cassette recorder next to the tv and recorded the entire show except for the commercials..and have them to this day..hard to believe. That Cavett show was a big event for me...I'm SO grateful to be able to see these interviews for the first time since that night.

[666UFO666]

WoW

great tunE

[cacaovanhouten]

Great track and great to see this - sounds like a cross between Derek and the Dominos and Material World George!

[debbieabc]

Great video.

This wasn't the Dick Cavett Show on PBS, right?

Also, the lyrics of the song are very similiar

to "When Will I Be Loved?" by Everly Brothers

[Vox91]

Right, Debbie. This was his late night show on ABC. This particular episode is from November, 1971.

[debbieabc]

Thanks for the reply Vox91.

I should have known this was 1971 by George Harrison's

long hair and full beard from the Concert for Bangladesh

era.

[shelly10538]

Isn't that Mick Jones of Foreigner on guitar?

[thing73vw]

Indeed it is.

[TexasSteven]

No, hun, That is George Harrison . He was one of the Beatles (John, Paul, Ringo and George) from the 1960's. Yes, he had a beard for a little while.

[stingray1964]

@shelly10538....who was also in Spooky Tooth....

[hankphelps]

I remember Gary Wright when he played keyboard's on George's Album "LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD" That was

1973.George palys fantastic slide! He inspired me to take up slide guitar playing.The guitar "George" is playing is the same Guitar he use's..or will use in "The Bangla-Desh Benefit Concert...

[maxneptune]

Used would be the word. In the very same episode of the Dick Cavett show, Dick interviews George, and they play a clip of the Bangla-desh concert. Its very cool. Dick Cavett Rock Icons is the name of the DVD. Not only all that, but Ravi Shankar is on there too.

[rockinroller7]

Thanks for the info.

I'm 52, always was enamored with George, even as a Beatle, getting little of his music on albums, but oh, what a collectiion he had for, "All Things Must Pass."

[CTOConnor]

Someone may have already commented on this (I don't have the time at the moment to go through the past comments), but if you look closely, one of Wright's guitar strings gives up the ghost near the end of the song. He chugs along anyway. A true professional. I really love this song and bought the "Footprints" album because it was on it. A good album on the whole.

[tallpaul88]

I suppose that stranger things have happened: someone replied to my post of 3 months ago recently, and I had to FIND that response, just to know where it came from, to reply to it, but that's okay. Still, I wonder who it was? q: change your s/n maxneptune from thing73vw? Not like it matters much to me.

[thing73vw]

Max Neptune is my other S/N.... sorry

[bitterchew]

Something about the sound of this song, it's great

[Octavio99999]

"At least it ain't as gay as 'Dream Weaver'." HOW ABSOLUTELY BORING AND HORRIFIC YOUR WORLD WOULD BE IF EVERYTHING YOU CONSIDER "GAY" WERE GONE. I personally couldn't stand the site of being around straight drones that are a repetitive copy of their daddies but think they are so rebellious by being macho when in reality they are a bunch of castrated drones.

[ytclif2s]

I think Foreigner's Mick Jones was the center man in this group's performance. He was also briefly a member of Gary's group Spooky Tooth.

[RayNDeere]

Did George ever record this song for himself? It sounds like a song that George would do.

[CTOConnor]

It is a great song and a recommend the "Footprint" album highly. (Wish it was on CD). By the way, notice how Gary's guitar string goes south midwat through the song.

[darren1041]

great!!

[2thbush5190]

Check out the LP Footprint. George is on a few songs.

Happy Bithday George

[tallpaul88]

To me, this is something of a 'time capsule', George is just 'one of the guys' playing--no big deal--along with his friend, Gary Wright. Put those same guys playing together on a 'talk show' 10-15 years later, and the crowd would've freaked-OUT. It could've ONLY happened, THEN. Thanks for sharing, thing73vw!

[maxneptune]

No problem... Just trying to spread the good vibes.

[lovejc63]

I too was stunned that no one screamed at the appearance of George Harrison. Eerie isn't it?

[DeborahYoung]

Thanks for the awesome video !

[Mikemaniax]

It's an alright song. At least it ain't as gay as 'Dream Weaver'. And I didn't know that Gary Wright played guitar, I thought he was just a piano player.

[lovejc63]

He is much more than that, booboo, and no I ain't his mama. Songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and as I heard one time (don't know if this is true) the pioneer of the cut-down version of some keyboards that could be more easily transported onstage by musicians. And if you think Dream Weaver is gay, you have some growing up to do.

[Mikemaniax]

Perhaps that wasn't the best word to describe "Dream Weaver". I have nothing against Gary Wright, but I think that "Dream Weaver" and everything he did after that had a distinct repetitive cheezy poppiness to it that doesn't really appeal to me.

[lovejc63]

But pay attention to the lyrics. If you will notice, there is a metaphysical bent to almost all of them. The latest CD I am aware of "Human Love" has a world music bent about it, and a couple of fiery cuts that would be right at home in a strip joint. Mr. Wright has said that some of the post DW material was what the record company said for him to do and he had a contract to fulfill.

[Mikemaniax]

Yeah, you know them ass hole record companies that want hits and money, and not true talent. But hey, I'm sure after Wright got out of that stupid contract, he went right back to doing music that he felt passionate about. I definitely admire any artist who experiment with their sound, especially with world music genres.

[lovejc63]

Absolutely. He went on to do 2 or 3 like that. The more recent material is much better. He even did a little more work with George Harrison shortly before George died.

[Mikemaniax]

Did he contribute to Brainwashed?

[lovejc63]

That I don't know, as I am just now getting into George Harrison. Look up one I just uploaded "Don't Try To Own Me".

[thatmuse76]

@Mikemaniax

I would have to say that this tune stands the test of time better than "Dream Weaver". If I remember correctly the album Dream Weaver was mostly synths and was pretty cutting edge for it's time. Unfortunately since synthesizer technology was constantly developing, a tune with an "older synth sound" will tend to sound more dated than a song with no synths at all.

[samhain2364]

Gary Wright's best song is "Love is Alive"

[dbailey62]

I agree and Joe Cocker did an ace version of it as well!

[jellomnkey]

great song! great video!

[fafsa89]

You know it's George Harrison, of course, but also the third guy playing guitar in the middle is Mick Jones who later went on to be in Foreigner (and a noted producer of big name acts)

[sullyrock]

there is just something about George's slide playing that just "does it" for me- great song and video!

[lovejc63]

Yes. It is somewhat reminiscent of the late Duane Allman. But better.

[lovejc63]

PPS - and I didn't realize Harrison could play slide that well! God must like bottleneck blues.

[wildgypsysoul]

great tune

[12bigbird]

Many thanks for posting, been wanting to see this for some time. Keep the Gary Wright videos coming.

[niterocker]

Gary has been in classic rock for a long time good song.

[oahujrs]

Is this same guy who sang the classic "Dream Weaver"?

[Roustabout]

Yep, the very same, both are Top notch. I wanna see 'Get on the right road' if there is footage out there..!

[plyg]

yes and george harrison produced this song.