Rick Witter

Rick Witter

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rick Witter


Img_capt = Rick Witter at Dundee Doghouse
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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1972|11|11
Died =
Origin = Stockport, England
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Britpop, Alternative rock
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1990 - present
Associated_acts = Shed Seven, Part 2, Rick Witter & The Dukes
URL = http://www.rickwitter.com
Current_members =
Past_members =

Rick Witter (born Richard James Witter, 11 November 1972, Stockport, Greater Manchester) is the former singer of the York-based Britpop band, Shed Seven.

Witter was educated at Huntington School, York.

He currently fronts Rick Witter & The Dukes, who also feature Rob Wilson on guitar, Stuart Fletcher (ex-The Yards and Seahorses) on bass, and Matt Lunn (ex-Colour of Fire) on drums.

Witter is also a popular DJ and regularly hosts nights throughout the United Kingdom.

Witter is married to Nicky Witter, a P.E. teacher at York High School (previously Oaklands Secondary School) in York, with whom he has three children. The guys from Shed seven say that the greatest gig they ever attended was in "The Bay Horse" in their home town of York. They were watching rock gods "White Trash" when the trashies pa system gave up,the sheds promptly ran over the road to their band flat to collect their own pa for the trashies to use. A great friendship was formed and the bands reputedly toured together for a while before going their own ways. Shortly after White Trash split due to musical differences,Steve Graham(guitar) moved to Australia and continues to write and produce(currently working with "Men at work") ,Brad(vox) worked with Superfly9 before persuing a solo career,his greatest work to date is the theme tune to "The Catherine Tate Show".Craig(bass)was an engineer by trade was last seen on the BBC programme "Dragons Den" with his guitar tuner that works via vibrations rather than noise ,his brain child was backed by Duncan Bannatyne to the "tune" of 200k and is on sale in most music outlets today. Both bands keep in touch with birthday and christmas cards and have not ruled out any re-union.

The term "Rick Witter" has been used in Viz (comic) as rhyming slang for toilet. (In England, a toilet is sometimes referred to as a "shitter".)

ee also

*List of notable people associated with York

External links

* [http://www.rickwitter.com Official Website]


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