Billy Wright 1949-1951 CD

I developed a passion for singing and hand-drumming at a young age and fell in love with harmony and background vocals. Ethnomusicology and music therapy became hobbies. Starting in the mid-80's I began to be hired as a studio musician for a variety of projects. Extenuating circumstances did not allow me to pursue a career in New York, L.A. or Nashville. Although I sometimes regret that music has been less than a livelihood, I have been richly rewarded with some wonderful experiences and have worked with some remarkably gifted people. After years of doing sessions for others, I decided finally to press my own album. Greg Brady once exclaimed in an episode of the Brady Bunch when he and his brothers were trying to record a hit song, 'what's the use of making a record if no one's going to buy it?' How many musicians I know that still have boxes of CDs filling space in their basements and garages! But, as with all of us artists, it was a labor of love and self-expression that just had to be completed. 'Dance through Life' is mostly a cappella and percussion-tinged ...