Bryson Graham was a rock drummer, most notable as a member of Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...

, Girl

Girl (band)

Girl were an English glam metal band formed in 1979, who split up in 1982 with band members going on to join Def Leppard and L.A. Guns among others.-History:The band's lead vocalist was Phil Lewis...

 and as a session musician.

History

Bryson Graham commenced his professional recording career, at the age of seventeen as a member of Mainhorse Airplane, with David Kubinec (late summer 1969 to 1970). He was later with Mainhorse with Patrick Moraz

Patrick Moraz

Patrick Philippe Moraz is a progressive rock keyboard player. He is best known as the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Yes, from 1974 to 1976, and the Moody Blues from 1978 to 1991...

 (1970 to mid- 1971). He also played with Gary Wright

Gary Wright

Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

 and Wonderwheel, including George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

 as a special guest member, on The Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

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 Show. Graham later played with Alvin Lee

Alvin Lee

Alvin Lee is an English rock guitarist and singer. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and with Leo Lyons formed the core of the band Ten Years After in 1960...

 and Ten Years After

Ten Years After

Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...

.

Graham was a member of Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...

 during the 1973-1974 period. Graham appeared on two Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...

 albums: You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw

You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw

You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw is an album by Spooky Tooth, released in 1973 on Island Records. It was the first album to be released after the band reformed, following its 1970 breakup. Founding guitarist Luther Grosvenor did not rejoin the band, as he had joined Mott The Hoople as a...

(1973), and The Mirror

The Mirror (Spooky Tooth album)

The Mirror is a rock album by the British band Spooky Tooth. It was the first Spooky Tooth album to be released without contributions from Mike Harrison. It also was their last album for nearly twenty five years, to be followed by Cross Purpose in 1999. The album was released in October, 1974, one...

(1974).

He later played for the glam rock

Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 band Girl

Girl (band)

Girl were an English glam metal band formed in 1979, who split up in 1982 with band members going on to join Def Leppard and L.A. Guns among others.-History:The band's lead vocalist was Phil Lewis...

. He played on some of Wasted Youth

Wasted Youth (Girl album)

Wasted Youth is the second album released by the British glam metal band Girl.-Track listing:# "Thru the Twilight" - 3:25# "Old Dogs" - 3:40# "Ice in the Blood" - 3:00...

(1982) and on Live at the Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan

Live At The Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan

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(2001; originally recorded 1982).

In 1983 he recorded an album with Zahara

Zahara (band)

Zahara were a jazz fusion ensemble who released one album for Antilles Records.They consisted of several notable members including Reebop Kwaku Baah , Paul Delph , Bryson Graham , Rosko Gee ....

, a group with several notable members including Reebop Kwaku Baah (percussion), Paul Delph

Paul Delph

Paul Delph was a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and studio musician whose catalog includes work with many well-known recording artists from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. Delph died from complications of HIV/AIDS at his parents home in Cincinnati, Ohio. His ashes...

 (keyboards), Bryson Graham (drums), Rosko Gee

Rosko Gee

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 (bass).

He was a prolific session musician and worked with Gary Wright

Gary Wright

Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...

, co-writing the score for the film Benjamin

Benjamin (film)

Benjamin is a 1968 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville who co-wrote screenplay with Nina Companéez...

. He took part in the punk

Punk rock

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 & New Wave

New Wave music

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 scene, playing with the American Ian North

Ian North

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 in Neo

Neo (UK band)

Neo was an early New Wave band which was part of the Engish musical scene originated by punk in the 1970s. The group was formed by the American-born singer Ian North, who was the frontman and the only continuous member from the band formation in 1977 to the end in 1979.-Early days: Radio:In 1976,...

 and recording the album Neo

Neo (album)

Neo is a 1979 music album by the American punk musician Ian North and his first solo album. It was recorded in 1978 in Ian Gillan's studio and released in 1979 by Aura Records...

. He played on three albums by ex-Traffic

Traffic (band)

Traffic were an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason...

 drummer Jim Capaldi

Jim Capaldi

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, and Money and the Magic (1990) to support ex-Girl

Girl (band)

Girl were an English glam metal band formed in 1979, who split up in 1982 with band members going on to join Def Leppard and L.A. Guns among others.-History:The band's lead vocalist was Phil Lewis...

 band member Gerry Laffy's

Gerry Laffy

Gerry Laffy is a singer and guitarist who has played in the bands Girl, London Cowboys, Sheer Greed, John Taylor, and Ultravox among others. Girl are still cited as an influence by many major artists twenty years later, even though they disbanded after only three years, allegedly due to their...

solo career.

Bryson Graham died in 1993 at the age of 41.