Een legendarische Brits/Amerikaanse band, met een destijds uiterst originele mix van blues, psychedelica en prog. Van de vijf originele leden leven alleen gitarist Luther Grosvenor en toetsenist/zanger Gary Wright nog. Wright verliet de band in 1970 na de release van het mislukte project Ceremony, een fiasco waarvan de band zich nooit écht wist te herstellen. Wright: “”…We did a project that wasn’t our album. It was with this French electronic music composer named Pierre Henry. We just told the label, you know this is his album, not our album. We’ll play on it just like musicians.’ And then when the album was finished, they said, ‘Oh no no — it’s great. We’re gonna release this as your next album.’ We said, ‘You can’t do that. It doesn’t have anything to do with the direction of Spooky Two and it will ruin our career.’ And that’s exactly what happened”.
In 1972 volgde een reünie, met enkele nieuwe bandleden, maar commercieel wist Spooky Tooth geen potten meer te breken. Gary Wright koos voor een solocarrière, aanvankelijk met veel succes: in 75/76 scoorde hij een megahit met het album The Dreamweaver.
No sense in my waiting around
Only thing left for me here is pain
She’s gone for sure now why pretend
Left last night with a friend
Leaving not a word that would explain
That was only yesterday
But will I ever face tomorrow?
She took away what I’d had
And returned it full of sorrow
That was only yesterday
Will I ever face tomorrow?
She took away what I’d had
And returned it full of sorrow
I think I better find somewhere
A place where I won’t care
I need some time to hide my shame
Was only just one day ago
Found what I’d been searching for
Had left town on a late night train
And that was only yesterday
But will I ever face tomorrow?
She took away what I’d had
And returned it full of sorrow
Will I ever face tomorrow?
She took away what I’d had
And returned it full of sorrow
That was only yesterday
Will I ever face tomorrow?
She took away what I’d had
And returned it full of sorrow
Uitgelichte afbeelding: By G00labek – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31110981
