Dragoljub Đuričić

Dragoljub Đuričić (Serbian and Montenegrin Cyrillic: Драгољуб Ђуричић; 10 February 1953 – 15 March 2021) was a Serbian-Montenegrin and Yugoslav drummer.

Đuričić started his career in the early 1970s in Herceg Novi, playing in local bands. In the mid-1970s he moved to Belgrade, where he soon started to perform with pop singers. He was a member of the progressive/hard rock band YU Grupa, jazz fusion band Leb i Sol and hard rock band Kerber. He performed with pop singer Zdravko Čolić and singer-songwriter Đorđe Balašević and worked as a studio musician. He formed several drum bands, performing with them across the world. He was also known for his role in the 1996–1997 protests in Serbia, during which he led a company of drummers, and participation in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.

Musical career Đuričić was born in 1953 in Cetinje. He started his career performing with bands from Herceg Novi. and played drums in Laki Band which Čuturilo formed to promote the album. In 1989, Đuričić played drums on Čuturilo's album Raskršće.

Đuričić returned to Leb i Sol in 1990. and becoming a member of his backing band.

Sessions and other works During the period he spent in Kerber, Đuričić also cooperated with rock singer Dejan Cukić, playing drums on his album Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm), pop rock band Jugosloveni, playing drums on their album Vruće osvežavajuće (Hot Refreshment), and rock musicians Nebojša Krstić and Srđan Šaper, playing drums on their album Poslednja mladost u Jugoslaviji (The Last Youth in Yugoslavia). In 1988, he participated in the recording of the jazz album Ritual by the pianist Vladimir Maričić and his Ritual Band.

He wrote music for theatre plays Zapali me (Light Me Up), Alisa u zemlji čuda (Alice in Wonderland), Anitina čarobna soba (Anita's Magic Room), Art (all four directed by Alisa Stojanović), Cyrano de Bergerac (directed by Svetislav Goncić), Reservoir Dogs (directed by Omar Abu El Rub), Policajci (Policemen, directed by Darijan Mihajlović), Djetinjarije (Kid's Stuff, directed by Dušan Petrović), Popcorn, and Bliže (Closer, co-author of the music with Koki Dimuševski).

Legacy Author Mirko Jakovljević wrote Đuričić's biography entitled Stubovi slobode (Pillars of Freedom), published in 2001.

Discography

With YU grupa

Studio albums Samo napred... (1979)

Singles "Identitet" / "Ideš mi na nerve" (1979)

With Leb i Sol

Studio albums Sledovanje (1982) Kalabalak (1983) Tangenta (1982)

Live albums Akustična trauma (1982) Live in New York (1991)

With Kerber

Studio albums Seobe (1986) Ljudi i bogovi (1988) Peta strana sveta (1990)

Live albums 121288 (1989)

With Nikola Čuturilo 9 lakih komada (1988) Raskršće (1989)

With Đorđe Balašević

Studio albums Jedan od onih života... (1993)

Solo

Studio albums Ritam slobode (as Dragoljub Đuričić & the Drums Company, 2001)

Live albums Two Drums & Percussion (as Dragoljub Đuričić Trio, 1998)

With Voodoo Popeye

Singles "Imamo iDeju" (1998)

With Zdravko Čolić

Live albums Arena 2005 – Beogradska Arena: Uživo (2005)

As session musician

With Dejan Cukić Spori ritam (1987)

With Jugosloveni Vruće osvežavajuće (1987)

With Nebojša Krstić and Srđan Šaper Poslednja mladost u Jugoslaviji (1987)

With Vlada Maričić and The Ritual Band Ritual (1988)

With Vladan Vučković Paja Partiture za koren i stablo (2008)