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Yes, a hard couple of years for one of Canada's better bands...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/m ... -1.3166889

Mrs. Canada to donate kidney to Spirit of the West drummer
Vince Ditrich, drummer for iconic West Coast band, has kidney failure

CBC News Posted: Jul 24, 2015 1:48 PM MT Last Updated: Jul 24, 2015 2:07 PM MT
Mrs. Canada to donate kidney to Spirit of the West drummer 1:54

A Calgary woman who won last year's Mrs. Canada title is hoping she can help a member of Spirit of the West with a serious health problem.

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Spirit of the West is an iconic West Coast group but its drummer, Vince Ditrich, has kidney failure and is hooked to a dialysis machine three days a week. (Lauren McMillan/Spirit of the West Facebook)

Vince Ditrich, the iconic West Coast band's drummer, has kidney failure and requires dialysis three days a week.

After Angie Shilliday heard that her old friend was sick, she discovered that she was a donor match.

Shilliday immediately offered Ditritch one of her kidneys.

While Shilliday is a donor match, there are still a couple of tests that need to be done, and she is unsure when the surgery will take place.

Vince Ditrich, top man, i believe has also managed SOTW as well as play the skins, hope he pulls through.

Well, i know they're billing their upcoming min-tour as "the last shows", but probably that has more to do with John Mann's early-onset altziemers. Poor gang, they've had a rough go of it. I once met Vince after a gig in Thunder Bay, of all places, and he was lovely and hilarious and super nice, so I too hope it's gone well. And hey, maybe the kidney will improve his looks