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Phillip Leno Wright Sr.
He was born into a family of church pastors, gospel singers, and musicians from Miami, Perrine, and Coconut Grove Florida. From the age of seven, he was added as the third member of his mother's go...view moreHe was born into a family of church pastors, gospel singers, and musicians from Miami, Perrine, and Coconut Grove Florida. From the age of seven, he was added as the third member of his mother's gospel singing group with her playing the guitar. As the family grew to six, they were the host children's gospel singing group to introduce any of the well-known and popular gospel recording performers like Shirley Ceasar and the Staple Singers, which includes Mavis Staple. As the years went by, he began to play the guitar at age nine and joined his first professional Calypso Band called The Down Beats by age twelve. From there, at the age of sixteen, he joined another band, The Afro Beats. Then by age twenty-two, he moved to New York and replaced Jimmi Hendrix with Atlantic Records with King Curtis and the Kingpins featuring Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations. After a few years with Atlantic Records, he moved to Battle Creek Michigan with Junior Walker and the all stars with Motown Records.
Recording with all these groups and and participating in television commercials as in a Coca Cola Product, Arrow Shirts with Morris the Cat, and Nice-N-Easy Hair coloring with Ms. Debbie Allen famous Actress, and Choreographer while joining his Youngest sister as guitarist and Band Director, Ms. Betty Wright, who became a Grammy Award Winner with songs like "Tonight is the Night" and "No Pain, No Gain." He also played guitar on the very first recordings with Harry Wayne Casey, who became the well-known hit maker KC and the Sunshine Band and joined by his other sister, Jeannette Wright, on TK Record Productions. And from then, he recorded his gospel CD while finishing his higher education earning his Ph.D. degree in the arts with a concentration in creative writing from Rochville University. He has written as a freelance writer articles in numerous newspapers across the country and some in Europe.
He graduated from the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind in order to continue to function normally.view less