Bruce Mitchell

Bruce Mitchell (born in Didsbury, Manchester, England, 6 June 1940) is a jazz drummer, who plays regularly with Vini Reilly in the Durutti Column. Mitchell was born in the suburb of Didsbury, in the south of Manchester, on 6 June 1940. He had no formal musical education. His father was a drummer and a bass player. He was in a Manchester trad band, around 1960, and during a time, he was a hippie. Prior to 1974 he was in the group Greasy Bear. In 1974 he joined comedy rock band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias; the band folded in 1982. He also helps run Manchester Light and Stage. Bruce joined The Durutti Column in 1981 for the album LC, and has managed the band.