DUSTY WRIGHT Performs on the Next LIVE GingerNewYork TV Show in Manhattan

NEW YORK - Jan. 20, 2019 - PRLog -- Dusty Wright: Born and raised in Akron, Ohio, singer-songwriter Dusty Wright (born Mark J. Petracca) was given his first record player at three and was hooked on music forever. His youth was a soundtrack provided by both AM and FM radio and his influences include Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Byrds, Todd Rundgren, Dylan, Roxy Music, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Elton John, CSN&Y, Warren Zevon, and so much more. As a teenager, he flung himself into the local music scene that featured DEVO, Tin Huey, Chi-Pig, Hammer Damage, 15-60-75 aka The Numbers Band, Pere Ubu, et al. Moreover, it was the music of New York bands like Television, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, and Lou Reed that made him forgo law school and move to the Big Apple. Soon after, he would start writing and sharing his songs with the world.

Dusty Wright played countless gigs in the Tri-State area, but none quite as satisfying as the Springsteen Tribute concerts in 1997 for WNEW-FM/WHY Hungerthon at the Motown Cafe and Beacon Theatre in New York. And during the same year, his cover of "Mary, Queen of Arkansas" was issued as on the Kurt Newman (Bodeans) EP for Capitol Records.

Road tested shows in Nashville and Memphis followed finding him on stage with John Prine's backing band for Billy Block's Western Beat Revival on a WRLT-FM radio telecast in Nashville. He nearly relocated there at the urging of a young dynamic songplugger who was peddling his tunes all over Music Row. Having just gotten married, he decided to stay in New York.

During the summer of 1998, his ode to baseball "Baseball (America's Game)" was featured on the Fox Sports Network television program Pennant Chase and on select jumbotron screens at ballparks across America. That summer the song landed on the Nolan Ryan Tribute CD (Hungry for Music) and was sold at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. In 2008, Dusty landed two songs in Hollywood films. "Cuts Like A Blade" from his album Elevened was featured in Just Add Water starring Dylan Walsh and Danny DeVito, and a new song "I'm Still In Love (w/You)" in the romantic comedy Ghost Town featuring Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni.

In 2018, Dusty released his another solo album Gliding Towards Oblivion. It completes his existential trilogy about love, death, and the meaning of life. The digital releases includes the classic 1966 hit "Mellow Yellow" by singer-songwriter Donovan. The Scottish-born bard even agreed to provide background vocals.

One can buy/download/play all of his music on Amazon, BandCamp, CDBaby, Google Play, iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube.

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For More Information:
Official Website: https://dustywright.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dustywrightmusic/
Twitter: @DustyWright
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/puffdusty/

Upcoming Performance:
The Dusty Wright Trio
Coney Island Baby
169 Avenue A
New York, NY
January 26, 2019 - 8pm

GingerNewYork found on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) since launching in November, 2010, has been showcasing the "Kool Kats…Gotham Nights" greats of music and culture of New York and beyond. What defines GingerNewYork is its host Ginger Broderick's unique insight, connection to and pulse on the music and culture of Gotham making GingerNewYork one of the most sought after programs to appear on.

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