1988 Gary Wright – Who I Am
Who I Am is the 11th album by Gary Wright. It was released In 1988 on A&M-distributed Cypress Records.
Among the album’s contributors were Western musicians such as Harrison, White and Keltner, a group of South Indian percussionists, and Indian classical violinists L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar. The previous year, Wright had contributed to Harrison’s album Cloud Nine (1987), for which he co-wrote “That’s What It Takes” with Harrison and Jeff Lynne, and played keyboards on songs such as “When We Was Fab”. One of the tracks from Who I Am, “Blind Alley”, was used in the 1988 horror film Spellbinder.
Tracks
1 Who I Am (Gary Wright) 5:19
2 Voices (Tom Keane; Gary Wright; John Lang) 6:37
3 Love Is On The Line (Steve Porcaro; Gary Wright) 3:36
4 Take A Look (Greg Prestopino; Gary Wright) 4:45
5 Blind Alley (Gary Wright) 4:55
6 Sad Eyes (Gary Wright) 6:33
7 Prey Of Your Love (Gary Wright) 5:57
8 (I Don’t Wanna) Hold Back (Gary Wright) 4:13
9 It Ain’t Right (John Lang; Gary Wright) 3:50
10 Rose (Gary Wright) 4:06
Biography
Musicians
1 Who I Am
| Bass | Jimmy Haslip |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Keyboards | Alan Pasqua |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Violin | Lakshminarayana Subramaniam |
| Percussion | Midrangam |
| Percussion | Tichur Mohan |
| Percussion | Subash Chandran |
| Percussion | TH Vinayakram |
| Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
2 Voices
| Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
| Drums | Jim Keltner |
| Drums | Alan White |
| Guitar (solo) | Michael Thompson |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Keyboards | John Andrew Schreiner |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
| Vocals | Lakshmi Shankar |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
3 Love Is On The Line
| Bass | Jimmy Haslip |
| Drums | Terry Bozzio |
| Guitar | Michael Thompson |
| Keyboards | Alan Pasqua |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Percussion | Tavil Haridwaramangalam |
| Percussion | AK Palanivel |
| Percussion | Ghatam |
| Percussion | TH Vinayakram |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
4 Take A Look
| Guitar | Michael Thompson |
| Keyboards | Alan Pasqua |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Programming | Wyn Davis |
| Programming | Gary Wright |
| Background Vocals | Greg Prestopino |
| Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
5 Blind Alley
| Drums | Terry Bozzio |
| Guitar (solo) | Michael Thompson |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Keyboards | Alan Pasqua |
| Background Vocals | Julia Tillman Waters |
| Background Vocals | Maxine Willard Waters |
| Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
6 Sad Eyes
| Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
| Drums | Terry Bozzio |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Gottuvadyam | Ravi Kiran |
| Keyboards | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Violin | Lakshminarayana Subramaniam |
| Vocals | Lakshmi Shankar |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
7 Prey Of Your Love
| Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
| Drums | Alan White |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Keyboards | Alan Pasqua |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Piano | Alan Pasqua |
| Percussion | Mike Fisher |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
8 (I Don’t Wanna) Hold Back
| Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
| Drums (programming) | Terry Bozzio |
| Guitar (solo) | George Harrison |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Guitar | Bruce Gaitsch |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Background Vocals | Mindy Lee |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
9 It Ain’t Right
| Drums | Terry Bozzio |
| Guitar | Michael Thompson |
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Harmonica | Chris Smith |
10 Rose
| Keyboards | Gary Wright |
| Piano | Gary Wright |
| Vocals | Gary Wright |
Liner Notes
Producer – Gary Wright, Wyn Davis
Production Coordinator – Lori Nafshun
Arranged By )Indian Percussion) – Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Conductor )Indian Percussion) – Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Engineer – Wyn Davis
Engineer (Assistant) – Mike Ross, Franz Pusch, Ron Kurz, Eddie Ashworth, Chris Steed
Recorded at Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded at Powerplay Studios, Maur, Switzerland
Recorded at High Wave Studios, Palos Verde
Recorded at Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach
Mixed at Total Access Recording
Mastered at K-Disc
Record Company – Cypress Entertainment, Inc.
Distributed By – A&M Records, Inc.
Glass Mastered At – DADC