Rich joins Soul Doctor following several busy years with “Four on the Floor”, playing classic rock, pop and blues at many area clubs.  Before that, Rich brought his bass talents to the top-forty rock of “Sour Mash” and the hard rock and blues of “Spider”, where he teamed with Soul Doctor's ace drummer Rob Jaeger. Rich was also the original bassist for “the Chiclettes”, " New York's # 1 Girl Group" and later rejoined the band, backing Victoria Perrone on stage for many shows.  Rich formed and led “Online”, an eight-piece rock/funk band that featured a three-piece horn section and made many appearances in the New York metropolitan area, including several hugely successful shows at the China Club.  Online played both a full repetoire of original music (released on Choice Records) as well as, rock and R&B classics.  That band also featured Rob Jaeger and Rich's brother, hit "smooth jazz" artist, guitarist Steve Briody.  Rich's eclectic abilities have also found him in numerous other performances playing not only rock, but jazz, country, R&B and, of course, Soul!