Dave Smalley (bassist)

David Bruce Smalley (born July 10, 1949) is a pop musician. He was the guitarist and bass guitarist for Raspberries. He was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio.
Career
When he was fifteen years old, he was in The Mods, who then changed their name to The Choir. They were a garage rock group who covered songs by British Invasion-based groups such as the Who, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.The Choir had a regional hit song "It's Cold Outside" in 1966. In 1968, Smalley was drafted to Vietnam. Smalley returned to the US in April 1971, and was asked to join Jim Bonfanti and Wally Bryson from the Choir in their new group, Raspberries.
Dave was rhythm guitarist from joining in 1971 to late 1972, when he and lead singer Eric Carmen switched instruments, and Smalley became the bass player. Smalley played on three of most well known songs "Go All the Way", "", "I Wanna Be with You". Go All the Way was number five in their native country in 1972. Dave was kicked out of the group on November 24, 1973 as he had creative differences to the rest of the band.
Jim Bonfanti left by his own decision with Dave Smalley, and they formed Dynamite, which in 1975 was renamed to Windfall. In the 80s, Smalley was another band called The Secret. Smalley released his solo album, Internal Monologue, in 2003.
Bryson and Smalley resurrected the group's name in 1999 for an album, which included singer/songwriter Scott McCarl as vocalist. In 2004, the original quartet reunited and undertook a well-received reunion tour in 2005. Smalley also participated in two 2006 Choir reunion concerts on March 3 and 4.
He is now a respiratory therapist living in Tempe, Arizona. Also during the Raspberries 2000s tours, Smalley had been recovering from open heart surgery.<ref name=":1" />

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