Vince Richard Ditrich (born April 4, 1963) is a Canadian rock musician, best known as the drummer and manager of the band Spirit of the West.
[1] Ditrich played drums with a variety of musicians, including pre-Odds bands with Doug Elliott and Steven Drake, Long John Baldry, and Paul Hyde.
[2] He went on tour in western Canada with Sue Medley in 1990,[3] and also played with Mae Moore, Great Big Sea and Doug and the Slugs.
Spirit of the West frequently performed a rendition of "That's Amore" in concert, with Ditrich on lead vocals.
In August, 2021, Ditrich released his debut novel, The Liquor Vicar, the first of a three-part series published by Dundurn Press.