Dusty Wright
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Dusty Wright is an American musician
and writer
who co-founded the audio podcasting and video webcasting online pop culture magazine CultureCatch.com (August 2005)featuring his interview series The Dusty Wright Show. Interviews from the show were among the very first video and audio podcasts featured at iTuneswith such guests as Ron Howard
, Gore Vidal
, Jim Marshall
, Budd Hopkins
, and CultureCatch.com board advisor David Lynch
Wright is a former editor-in-chief of Creem
and Prince's
New Power Generation. The Dusty Wright screenplay The Gentleman Bandit was screened at the AFM and Malibu Film Festivals in 2000 and Wright served as music consultant for the Johnny Depp
movie Secret Window
(2004).
Dusty was producer on the award winning documentary "Wildwood Days(2005)" and on the documentary "Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio(2008)". Today Wright is co-head writer on Cee Lo Green's show Talking To Strangers on Fuse.tv.
Dusty contributed the song "Speed of Life" for contemporary American artist Ron English
on his compilation "English 101" and recorded "Ramble On" for the Led Zeppelin
tribute "The Song Retains The Name, Volume 2 (Safehouse Records) as well as a track for "America's Game on Nolan Ryan: A Musical Tribute" . Wright's song I'm Still In Love (w/You) is featured in David Koepp’s 2008 film Ghost Town (film)
and the video for Secret Window from his 2011 album If We Never... was awarded "Best Music Video" at the 2011 Los Angeles Film & Script Festival.. Wright's song "Swirl" was featured on 'BBC Radio; 6 Music' by music critic Rob Hughes and former member of rock group The Fall, and renown British DJ, Marc Riley
. If We Never... received 3-stars from Hughes in his 'Americana Roundup' column in the September, 2011 issue of Uncut (magazine)
.
.
Discography:
Dusty Wright (1997),
Dust (2000),
GIANTfingers (2002),
Elevened (2004),
Ghost Town EP (2008),
If We Never...(2011)
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
who co-founded the audio podcasting and video webcasting online pop culture magazine CultureCatch.com (August 2005)featuring his interview series The Dusty Wright Show. Interviews from the show were among the very first video and audio podcasts featured at iTuneswith such guests as Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
, Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...
, Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall may refer to:*Jim Marshall , Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives*Jim E...
, Budd Hopkins
Budd Hopkins
Budd Hopkins was an American painter, sculptor, and prominent figure in abduction phenomenon, and related UFO research.-Life:Born in 1931 and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia...
, and CultureCatch.com board advisor David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
Wright is a former editor-in-chief of Creem
Creem
Creem , "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine," was a monthly rock 'n' roll publication first published in March 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. It suspended production in 1989 but received a short-lived renaissance in the early 1990s as a glossy tabloid...
and Prince's
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
New Power Generation. The Dusty Wright screenplay The Gentleman Bandit was screened at the AFM and Malibu Film Festivals in 2000 and Wright served as music consultant for the Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
movie Secret Window
Secret Window
Secret Window is a 2004 psychological horror film starring Johnny Depp and John Turturro. It was written and directed by David Koepp, based on the novella Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, featuring a musical score by Philip Glass and Geoff Zanelli. The story appeared in King's...
(2004).
Dusty was producer on the award winning documentary "Wildwood Days(2005)" and on the documentary "Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio(2008)". Today Wright is co-head writer on Cee Lo Green's show Talking To Strangers on Fuse.tv.
Dusty contributed the song "Speed of Life" for contemporary American artist Ron English
Ron English
Ron English is an American contemporary artist who explores popular brand imagery and advertising. His signature style employs a mash-up of high and low cultural touchstones, including comic superhero mythology and totems of art history, to create a visual language of evolution...
on his compilation "English 101" and recorded "Ramble On" for the Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
tribute "The Song Retains The Name, Volume 2 (Safehouse Records) as well as a track for "America's Game on Nolan Ryan: A Musical Tribute" . Wright's song I'm Still In Love (w/You) is featured in David Koepp’s 2008 film Ghost Town (film)
Ghost Town (film)
Ghost Town is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by David Koepp, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Kamps. It stars English comedian Ricky Gervais in his first leading feature-film role, as a dentist who can see and talk with ghosts, along with Téa Leoni as a young widow and Greg...
and the video for Secret Window from his 2011 album If We Never... was awarded "Best Music Video" at the 2011 Los Angeles Film & Script Festival.. Wright's song "Swirl" was featured on 'BBC Radio; 6 Music' by music critic Rob Hughes and former member of rock group The Fall, and renown British DJ, Marc Riley
Marc Riley
Marc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger...
. If We Never... received 3-stars from Hughes in his 'Americana Roundup' column in the September, 2011 issue of Uncut (magazine)
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
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Discography:
Dusty Wright (1997),
Dust (2000),
GIANTfingers (2002),
Elevened (2004),
Ghost Town EP (2008),
If We Never...(2011)