User:Derekalba

Derek Ritchie is a Scottish born drummer married to Katrina Ritchie. His professional music career began in 1977, in the San Francisco punk scene with The Liars, who recorded the punky classic “ Sudden Fun” the band later became known as Sudden Fun. He then went on to play with Swanage, England based Cava Cava. The band recorded one album in 1983 Colours of Love” releasing 3 singles, the first “Where’s Romeo” reached number 49 in the British charts. He has also played with Lenny Kaye, Chris Isaak, John Parr ( theme from St. Elmo’s Fire) on American Bandstand. He lives in Berkeley California with his wife Katrina and dog Buster Posey.