Richard Colburn

Richard Colburn
Born	(1970-07-25) 25 July 1970 (age 53)
Origin	Perth, Scotland
Genres	Rock, folk, indie
Occupation(s)	Drummer Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion, keyboards
Years active	1996–present

Musical artist

Richard Colburn (born 25 July 1970)^[1] is a Scottish musician and the drummer of the Scottish indie band Belle & Sebastian. Before he joined Belle & Sebastian, he used to sell pies on match days outside Celtic Park and studied Music Business at Stow College.^[2]

He drummed on early Snow Patrol sessions and is one of the founding members of The Reindeer Section.

Personal life

Colburn is from the Scottish city of Perth. His grandfather was the musician Bill Wilkie.^[3]

References

^ Gregory, Andy (2002). "Biographies". In Sleeman, Elizabeth (ed.). International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 (4 ed.). London, England: Europa Publications Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 1-85743-161-8.
^ Sweeney, Eamon (17 January 2002). "Belle fest". Hot Press. Retrieved 4 December 2009. Appears as: "After bonding in an all-night café in Glasgow in January 1996, Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David teamed up with drummer and percussionist Richard Colburn – a fellow student of the Stow College Music Business course from Perth who used to sell pies on match days at Celtic Park."
^ "Obituary: Bill Wilkie, master of Scottish accordion music played for prime ministers and with the stars" – The Scotsman, 26 May 2017

Belle and Sebastian

Stuart Murdoch
Stevie Jackson
Chris Geddes
Richard Colburn
Sarah Martin
Bobby Kildea
Dave McGowan

Studio albums

Tigermilk
If You're Feeling Sinister
The Boy with the Arab Strap
Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
Storytelling
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Life Pursuit
Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Days of the Bagnold Summer
A Bit of Previous
Late Developers

EPs

Compilation albums

Live albums

If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican
The BBC Sessions
Live 2015
What to Look for in Summer

Late Night Tales compilations

Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian
Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. II

Videos

Fans Only

Singles

v t e The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster Matt Douglas
Albums	Zopilote Machine Sweden Nothing for Juice Full Force Galesburg The Coroner's Gambit All Hail West Texas Tallahassee We Shall All Be Healed The Sunset Tree Get Lonely Heretic Pride The Life of the World to Come All Eternals Deck Transcendental Youth Beat the Champ Goths In League with Dragons Songs for Pierre Chuvin Getting Into Knives Dark in Here Bleed Out Jenny from Thebes
Released demos	Come, Come To The Sunset Tree Heretic Pride Demos The Life of the World in Flux All Survivors Pack
Cassette releases	Taboo VI: The Homecoming The Hound Chronicles Transmissions to Horace Hot Garden Stomp Taking the Dative Yam, the King of Crops
EPs and singles	Songs for Petronius Chile de Árbol Beautiful Rat Sunset Philyra Songs for Peter Hughes Songs About Fire Nine Black Poppies New Asian Cinema Isopanisad Radio Hour On Juhu Beach Devil in the Shortwave Jam Eater Blues See America Right Palmcorder Yajna Letter from Belgium Dilaudid EP Babylon Springs EP Satanic Messiah Hex of Infinite Binding
Individual songs	"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" "No Children" "Sax Rohmer #1"
Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Black Pear Tree (with Kaki King) Moon Colony Bloodbath (with John Vanderslice)
Compilation albums	Protein Source of the Future...Now! Bitter Melon Farm Ghana The Hound Chronicles/Hot Garden Stomp
Unreleased	Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg Jack and Faye
Former collaborators	Franklin Bruno Richard Colburn Nora Danielson Lalitree Darnielle Alex Decarville Maggie Doyle Alastair Galbraith Erik Friedlander Christopher McGuire Scott Solter John Vanderslice Rachel Ware
Related articles	Discography

v t e Snow Patrol
Gary Lightbody Johnny McDaid Nathan Connolly Tom Simpson Mark McClelland Michael Morrison Jonny Quinn Paul Wilson
Studio albums	Songs for Polarbears When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up Final Straw Eyes Open A Hundred Million Suns Fallen Empires Wildness
Compilation albums	The Trip: Created by Snow Patrol Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol Up to Now Greatest Hits
Extended plays	Starfighter Pilot
Singles	"Little Hide" "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" "Velocity Girl / Absolute Gravity" "Starfighter Pilot" "Ask Me How I Am" "One Night Is Not Enough" "Spitting Games" "Run" "Chocolate" "How to Be Dead" "You're All I Have" "Chasing Cars" "Hands Open" "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" "Open Your Eyes" "Shut Your Eyes" "Signal Fire" "Take Back the City" "Crack the Shutters" "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It" "The Planets Bend Between Us" "Just Say Yes" "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" "Called Out in the Dark" "This Isn't Everything You Are" "New York" "In the End" "Lifening" "The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)"
Video albums	Live at Somerset House
Tours	Final Straw Tour Eyes Open Tour Taking Back the Cities Tour Fallen Empires Tour
Related	Discography Awards Shrug Terra Diablo Oh Yeah The Reindeer Section Listen... Tanks! Tired Pony Iain Archer Bradley Quinn Richard Colburn
Category

v t e Tired Pony
Iain Archer Peter Buck Richard Colburn Jacknife Lee Gary Lightbody Scott McCaughey Troy Stewart
Albums	The Place We Ran From (2010) The Ghost of the Mountain (2013)
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