Bryson Macrae Graham (12 September 1952 – 6 December 1993) was an English rock drummer, most notable as a member of Mainhorse,

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and

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, and as a

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Life and career

Bryson Macrae Graham was born to parents Joe Graham and Doreen Graham (née Bywaters), on 12 September 1952. He had an older brother named Raymond. Bryson Graham commenced his professional recording career, at the age of seventeen as a member of Mainhorse Airline, with David Kubinec,

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, and Jean Ristori (late summer 1969 to 1970). Kubinec left, and guitarist Auguste De Antoni was replaced by Peter Lockett; the band's name being shortened to Mainhorse (1970 to mid-1971) who released one album under this name. He also played with

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and Wonderwheel, including

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as a special guest member, on ''The

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Show''. Graham later played with

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and

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. Graham was a member of

and appeared on two of their albums: '' You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw'' (1973), and '' The Mirror'' (1974). He later played for the

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band

. He played on '' Wasted Youth'' (1982) and on '' Live at the Exposition Hall, Osaka, Japan'' (2001; originally recorded 1982). In 1983, he recorded an album with Zahara, a group with several notable members including

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(percussion), Paul Delph (keyboards), and

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(bass). He was later a prolific session musician and worked with

, co-writing the score for the film ''

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''. He took part in the

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and new wave scenes, playing with Ian North in Neo and recording the album '' Neo''. He briefly replaced JJ Johnson in the

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when JJ refuse to fly to the United States. He also played on three albums by ex-

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drummer

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

band member

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's solo career. Graham also worked with Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, plus Richard Dobson on ''In Texas Last December'' (1976), and with Rabbit Bundrick on ''Dark Saloon'' (1974). Graham died in December 1993 at the age of 41.

References

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