Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Friendship with George Harrison

Most famous for his mid-%E2%80%9870s solo hits "Dream Weaver" and "Love is Alive," former Spooky Tooth front man stitches together a quilt of his life, starting with his early days in New Jersey and then in London with his first band the New York Tymes and his early success with Spooky Tooth. His mercurial rise and fall as solo artist follows, as does his deepening spiritual understanding of life, and his days gardening, playing music, and discussing Indian philosophy with George Harrison. In pedestrian prose, Wright recalls his apprehension at first meeting Harrison, who had asked Wright to play on All Things Must Pass, but such nervousness melts in the face of Harrison's peaceful aura and spiritual magnetism. As their relationship develops, Harrison introduces Wright to Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda, providing a morsel for Wright's growing appetite for spirituality. Although the book features several never-before-seen photographs as well as the previously unreleased lyrics of "To Discover Yourself," co-written by Wright and Harrison, Wright's narrative is surprisingly lackluster. (Oct.)