Rich "Lit'l Buddy" Wood

Drums/Vocals

Rich grew up in The Bronx. He started playing drums about the age of 11. He was one of the founding members of SUMUS the band, a rock group that performed in the tri-state area. SUMUS was the band, for 5 years, which performed for a local touring Production Company of Godspell and the Off-Off Broadway show “Mad Dog Blues” in the 70’s. Besides a full time job in telecommunications and sound reinforcement, you would also find Rich on occasion, playing drums by backing up the doo woop and acappella groups for the United Group in Harmony Association shows in Union City, NJ.

Rich retired from drum playing in the early 80’s after moving to Long Island and settling down. His love for music was always there. Rich started showing up at open jam nights recently and, with support from his friends and his desire to “get back out there”, it brought him to fill the void with the group Rockslide. “It’s a fun group, with very talented musicians. It gives me the opportunity to kick it up a notch, perform again and do what I love doing…playing the drums”.

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