Rich Rees(I)

Rich Rees is a Southern California native who spent his teen years in Redondo Beach, CA, surfing and playing the drums in various hard rock bands. After high school, Rich attended El Camino College in Torrance, CA, before transferring to UCLA's Recording Art's and Sciences program. This led the way to a career as a professional drummer and later a successful booking agent and concert producer, working with such artists as Colin Hay, Wynonna Judd, Michael McDonald, Alan Parsons, Human League, English Beat, Dave Davies The Young Dubliners and many more. Rich was the assistant to the music director for President Bill Clinton's Arkansas Ball at the 1997 inauguration, and later went on to produce a Classic Rock all-star show that toured North America for nearly 10 years. With a talent for cooking and some culinary training under his belt, Rich considered becoming a chef and opening an Organic restaurant, but instead, put that on hold and gave acting a try landing a roll in the feature film Redwood Highway.