Voorman suggested Wright, who happened to be playing a different session across town - upon getting the call, Wright canceled that session and dashed over to EMI’s storied Abbey Road studios, where he began a friendship with Harrison that was to endure for the rest of their lives. While Harrison was recording “All Things Must Pass” with producer Phil Spector, the latter characteristically called for more musicians.
He signed with A&M Records and released a strong solo album, “Extraction,” in 1970, and two players on that albums - drummer Alan White and bassist Klaus Voorman - brought Wright into the Beatles’ orbit. The members were all recruited for session work and their songs were covered by many artists, with the Three Dog Night rendering “I’ve Got Enough Heartache,” the Move performing “Sunshine Help Me” regularly and Judas Priest covering “Better by You, Better Than Me.” However, the group’s third album, “Ceremony,” was a creative misstep and Wright left the band in 1970. The band’s first two albums, “It’s All About” and 1969’s “Spooky Two,” ‘”Spooky Two,” both of which were produced by Miller and featured Wright cowriting every song, were not chart successes but created a major buzz in musicians’ circles. There, Blackwell teamed him up with pianist Mike Harrison and drummer Mike Kellie and, with Wright as singer and organist, Spooky Tooth was formed. The two had a mutual friend in Traffic/Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller, and Blackwell, impressed with the young musician’s talent, convinced him to come to London. While that group was on a 1967 tour of Europe with Traffic, Wright met Chris Blackwell, founder of Traffic’s label, Island Records. A native of New Jersey, Wright was a child actor who appeared on Broadway in a version of “Fanny.” He later decided to become a doctor and traveled to Berlin to study medicine, but continued playing with bands, including one called the New York Times.
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