Age: 40's

Major Influences: Buddy Rich, Joe Morello
Max Roach, Ed Thigpen, Grady Tate, Macallen

Status: Sensually Engaged

Bobby Rich, (no relation to Buddy, except as friends)
was born in Windsor, Ontario, and began his career in
1967, after having learned the basics in various garage bands.

Starting with a humble set of Teal Dixie drums, he played
in the Windsor after hours boozecan circuit, and after a few
short but memorable months had saved enough for his first
set of Stewarts, presented to himself as a 16th birhday gift.

Within a year or so, he was playing regularly in the Detroit
scene as well, and was performing with several up an coming
Detroit bands, such as Teegarden and Van Winkle.

In July of 1969 he experienced Jethro T. Nuraw for the first time
and after a friendly chat between sets, he was invited to play
a song with the venerable and legendary blues master.
To this day, he still talks about the experience.
Jethro was reported to have said "I expect this isn't the last
time I'll play with this guy"

In 1973, he joined the Stanley Chauvin Band, and was also
to be seen playing with Alex Zonjic,(then on guitar, but now
a successful flute player, playing with Bob James, and enjoying
a successful solo world tour)

For the next four years, he played with notable musicians such as
Larry Coughlin (now Joe Coughlin) playing rock and roll. He also
played with Wynbridge, a Windsor based band, who toured extensively
throughout Ontario and Michigan, both headlining and opening for
such bands as Harlequin, Rompin Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Seger's
Silver Bullet Band.

In 1977, Bobby retired from professional life, due to an injury
to his arm. Officially, the press releases cited tendonitis, but
rumours circulated widely, and stories ranged from accounts of
assault by overzealous fans, to a disagreement with a spirited
heckler, whose father turned out to be a made man, but the most
reliable account was that he suffered the injury while disarming
a detroit bank robber, who was threatening a nine year old girl.

After three years of recuperation and therapy, he relaunched his
career in the Toronto area.

He played with a number of bands, including Hairline, who
recorded in 1983. Over the next 20 years, he had played
with the likes of Colin Linden, Jack de Kayser, Neil Chapman
Lena Alimeno, Amanda Marshall, Fathead, Grand Fullerton,
Alec Fraser, Hawk Walsh, Oral Sax, Andrew Heathcote, Ralph
Wobito, Russ Blakely, Sandy MacKinnon, Rockin Ridley,
Pete Straw, Kevin Peterson, Dennis Lauzon, Gary Smith,
James Mulvaney, Kerry Shapiro, Joe Konas, Danny Bonk
John Panchyshun, Flloyd Lightnin Blooze, Terry Draper
Rick Washbrook, Syd Symkins, Bob Baron and more ...

and then, in 1999, after the departure of Redd Topp, Bobby
was invited to join Nuraw Blooze ... thus fulfilling a 30 year
old prophecy by Jethro T. Nuraw.