Deren Ney
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Deren Ney | |
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| Born | Deren Michael Ney Berkeley, California, U.S. |
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| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, filmmaker |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keys |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | derenney |
Deren Michael Ney is an American musician, songwriter and filmmaker from San Francisco, California. He performed with Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers before making his solo debut in 2019 with "West Coast Mama" on Volplane Records.
A multi-instrumentalist, Guitar World editor and The Allman Brothers Band biographer Alan Paul described him as "a secret weapon of sorts."[1]
Ney and former classmate Nicki Bluhm[2] formed the band Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers in San Francisco in 2008. Bluhm told The Mercury News in 2012, “Initially, I was a solo artist. I quickly realized I didn’t like that. It was hard to cut through the noise in clubs all alone. I asked Deren to come with me."[3]
The band's 2012 performance of Hall and Oates' I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) in their tour van amassed over a million views and prompted them to go on a North American tour.[3]
Discography
Solo
- West Coast Mama, single, (Volplane Records, 2019)
- Crown Shyness (Stay Home and Get High), single, (Volplane Records, 2020)
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, single, (Volplane Records, 2020)
- Easy Money, single, (Volplane Records, 2021)
Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
- Toby's Song (Little Knickers, 2008)
- Driftwood (Little Knickers, 2011, re-released 2012 on Little Sur Records, 2012)
- Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers (Little Sur Records, 2013)
- Love Wild Lost (Little Sur Records, 2015)
Dave Mulligan
- Runaway Blues (2012)
Painted Horses
- Painted Horses (2019)