11 Facts About Vince Ditrich

Vince Richard Ditrich was born on April 4,1963 and is a Canadian rock musician, best known as the drummer and manager of the band Spirit of the West.

Vince Ditrich began playing drums as a child, and performed in his father's local band as a teenager.

Vince Ditrich played drums with a variety of musicians, including pre-Odds bands with Doug Elliott and Steven Drake, Long John Baldry, and Paul Hyde.

Vince Ditrich went on tour in western Canada with Sue Medley in 1990, and played with Mae Moore, Great Big Sea and Doug and the Slugs.

Vince Ditrich has been a member of that band ever since.

Vince Ditrich has continued to record with other musicians as a session drummer, and released a solo album in 2002.

Except for a live recording of that song on the band's 1999 greatest hits compilation Hit Parade Vince Ditrich did not normally perform lead vocals on the band's albums.

In 2005 Vince Ditrich took on a management role for the bluegrass band House of Doc.

In 2010 Vince Ditrich performed as part of the musical accompaniment for an original play, Debt the Musical, in British Columbia.

Until its disbandment in 2016, Vince Ditrich continued to be the manager for Spirit of the West.

Vince Ditrich lived in Vancouver until 1993, but after the birth of his first son, he moved to Vancouver Island and still lives there with his wife, Marion, and their two sons.