Dusty Wright

Dusty Wright was born Mark J. Petracca. He grew up in Akron, Ohio.Brady, Lois Smith (May 11, 1997). [http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/11/style/bobbie-lloyd-and-mark-petracca.html "Bobbie Lloyd and Mark Petracca"]. The New York Times. He attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and received his BA from the University of Akron.

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 2004 Johnny Depp movie Secret Window.

Wright was producer on the 2005 documentary Wildwood Days and on the 2008 documentary Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio. Wright was co-head writer on Cee Lo Green's show Talking To Strangers on Fuse.tv.{{cite web|url=http://www.fusemusic.com/talking-to-strangers |accessdate=August 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809150401/http://fusemusic.com/talking-to-strangers |archivedate=August 9, 2011 |title=CeeLo Green * Talking to Strangers | Fuse.tv - Music Videos and News, Free Downloads and Concerts }}

As a singer/songwriter Wright contributed the song "Speed of Life" for contemporary American artist Ron English on his compilation English 101,[http://www.popaganda.com/music_english101.shtml (Dead link)] Popganda. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008074006/http://www.popaganda.com/music_english101.shtml |date=October 8, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/english-101-r1401895|title=English 101 - Various Artists |publisher=AllMusic}} and recorded "Ramble On" for the Led Zeppelin tribute "The Song Retains The Name, Volume 2 (Safehouse Records){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/song-retains-the-name-vol-2-r76696|title=The Song Retains the Name, Vol. 2 - Various Artists|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic}} as well as a track for "Baseball (America's Game)" on Nolan Ryan: A Musical Tribute.{{cite web|url=http://hungryformusic.com/?page_id=79|title=Our Musical Mission To Transform Lives|publisher=Hungry for Music|date=2014|accessdate=January 20, 2014}} Wright's song "I'm Still In Love (w/You)" is featured in David Koepp’s 2008 film Ghost Town and the video for "Secret Window" from If We Never... was awarded "Best Music Video" at the 2011 Los Angeles Film & Script Festival.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} Wright's song "Swirl" was featured on BBC Radio 6 Music{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} by music critic Rob Hughes and former member of rock group The Fall, and British DJ Marc Riley.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013z1j2|title=Marc Riley, Comet Gain|publisher=BBC Radio 6 Music|accessdate=January 20, 2015}} If We Never... received three stars from Hughes in his Americana Roundup column in the September 2011 issue of Uncut magazine.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

Wright hosts the twice-weekly online radio show Dusty Wright's Dusty Roads on the website of Transcendental Music,[http://transcendentalmusic.org/radio/dj/dusty_wright "Dusty Wright's Dusty Roads"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609170623/http://transcendentalmusic.org/radio/dj/dusty_wright |date=June 9, 2013 }}. Transcendental Music. Retrieved June 6, 2013. a charity music label founded by filmmaker David Lynch.[http://transcendentalmusic.org/home "Home Page"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522143701/http://transcendentalmusic.org/home |date=May 22, 2013 }}. Transcendental Music. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

He is a contributor to The Huffington Post.[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dusty-wright/ "Dusty Wright"]. The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2013.

As of 2014 Wright was working on a documentary film about Jesse A. Marcel Jr., the son of Roswell Incident witness Jesse A. Marcel, entitled Growing Up With Roswell.Wiley, Eliza (August 11, 2014). [http://helenair.com/news/local/growing-up-with-roswell/image_4670b004-21a1-11e4-ba3f-0019bb2963f4.html "Growing up with Roswell"]. Independent Record.Witkos, Matt (August 11, 2014). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113820/http://www.beartoothnbc.com/home/headlines/Documentary-On-Growing-Up-With-Roswell-270850831.html "Documentary On Growing Up With Roswell"]}}. Beartooth NBC. The film, which is written by Leonard J. Marcel, the cousin of Marcel Jr., focuses on how the Roswell Incident has affected the entire Marcel family. Filming began in late July/early August 2014, and its locations include Helena, Montana, where Marcel Jr. lived, as well as New Orleans, Seattle, Toronto and Roswell. Production is estimated to last 18 months, in the hopes of having the film completed in time for the UFO Festival in Roswell in July 2015.Deedy, Alexander (August 13, 2014). [http://mtstandard.com/news/local/state-and-regional/late-helena-doctor-focus-of-new-ufo-documentary/article_1d28a6b6-22a0-11e4-b80b-001a4bcf887a.html "Late Helena doctor focus of new UFO documentary"]. The Montana Standard.

In 1995, friends introduced Wright to culinary businesswoman Bobbie Lloyd, who would later become Chief Baking Officer for Magnolia Bakery in 2006, and a judge on the TLC reality television series The Next Great Baker.Katz, Emily Tess (June 24, 2014). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/24/magnolia-bakery_n_5526845.html "Bobbie Lloyd, Magnolia's Chief Baking Officer, Reveals Her Number One Baking Tip"]. The Huffington Post.Nededog, Jethro (Aprlil 30, 2014). [http://www.thewrap.com/tlc-next-great-baker-new-judges-season-four/ "TLC's 'Next Great Baker' Returns for Season 4 in June With a Few Twists"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828011538/http://www.thewrap.com/tlc-next-great-baker-new-judges-season-four/ |date=August 28, 2014 }}. The Wrap.[http://bitcheswhobrunch.com/bitch-at-us-bobbie-lloyd-of-magnolia-bakery/ "Bitch at Us: Bobbie Lloyd of Magnolia Bakery"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805035924/http://bitcheswhobrunch.com/bitch-at-us-bobbie-lloyd-of-magnolia-bakery/ |date=August 5, 2014 }}. Bitches Who Brunch. July 24, 2014. Wright proposed to her in September 1996. On May 4, 1997 they married in a Unitarian Universalist wedding ceremony at the Kim Foster Gallery in SoHo. They live in New York City, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. They have two children.

Wright studies tai chi.

• Dusty Wright (1997)
• dust! (2000)
• GIANTfingers (2002)
• Elevened (2004)
• Ghost Town EP (2008)
• If We Never... (2011)
• Caterwauling Towards The Light (2017)
• Gliding Towards Oblivion (2018)
• Can Anyone Hear Me? (2020)
• Lonelyville (2022)
• Songs, Vol. 1 (2023)
• Dusted Off (2024)

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