Wallace Carter Bryson (born July 18, 1949[1]) is an American guitarist, best remembered for his time with the power-pop group Raspberries, famous for their hit "Go All The Way".
[2] In 1964, at age 15, he joined the group The Mods (which was renamed the Choir in 1966); this band included future Raspberries members Jim Bonfanti and Dave Smalley,along with Dan Klawon and Dave Burke They had a huge local hit with It's Cold Outside, written by Klawon, which charted at 49 on the U.S. Record World, and 68 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"[6] Bryson then joined Fotomaker in 1977, a group which was promoted as a power pop supergroup by Atlantic Records featuring former Rascals members Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish, as their bass guitarist.
After leaving Fotomaker and returning to Cleveland in the spring of 1979, Bryson teamed with songwriter/bassist Danny Klawon, formerly of the Choir and Its Cold Outside, to form Peter Panic.
Bryson left Peter Panic in the spring of 1980 and teamed up with original Raspberries bassist Dave Smalley, Singer Eric Robertson and local drummer Frank Musarra to form the Cleveland Band The Secret, until Bryson's departure in 1985 when he went on to work with the Jimmy Ienner project Candy as a "musical director.
[13] b/w "Rock & Roll Mama" b/w "With You in My Life" b/w "Goin' Nowhere Tonight" b/w "Might As Well" b/w "Every Way I Can" b/w "Hard to Get Over a Heartbreak" b/w "Money Down" b/w "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" b/w "Hands on You" b/w "Party's Over" Singles