Donald Richard Bryant (1948 – 5 December 2019), generally known as Rick Bryant, was a New Zealand blues and rock singer/songwriter. Bands include

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, and

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. With over a fifty-year history in music other bands include Mammal and Bruno Lawrence's Blerta. He was convicted of possession of

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, cannabis oil, ecstasy and

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, but appealed his sentence in 2011, blaming his 35-year history of cannabis use. Bryant died in Auckland on 5 December 2019.

References

External links

NZ Music Commissision entry

Website

1948 births 2019 deaths 20th-century New Zealand male singers New Zealand male singer-songwriters New Zealand singer-songwriters Musicians from Auckland Academic staff of the Victoria University of Wellington People from Wellington City {{NewZealand-writer-stub