Rich had an early career playing guitar in San Diego in the early and mid 1970's. The onset of Disco and the Urban Cowboy phenomena chilled his interest in music, and he found his way north to Portland. His musical skills remained in hibernation until the new millennium. Rich was rediscovered when a Y2K glitch accidentally routed his Musician's Friend(tm) catalog to Jon's secret post office box. Rich was asked to sit in with the band No Alibi (containing Jon, Doug and Robbie) after Jon found him wandering in the post office, distraught and wearing a Fender T-shirt. The band liked what they heard, and after a background check, asked him to join permanently. Rich is the third leg of the rhythm triumvirate, and is a prolific songwriter.