Derek See

Who is Derek See?

Derek See is an American musician, music producer and music writer. He formerly played with the Careless Hearts, a band in the San Jose, California area, and presently performs as a soloist as well as with The Bang Girl Group Revue and Joel Gion & The Primary Colours.

After meeting Iggy and the Stooges guitarist James Williamson at the Gryphon Stringed Instruments store in Palo Alto, where he was an employee, See rehearsed and played guitar at a concert at with Williamson at The Blank Club in San Jose on September 5, 2009. A recording of the performance was released by Easy Action Records in 2010 as "James Williamson & The Careless Hearts Live At The Blank Club".

See became Williamson's guitar roadie for Stooges touring, and has played keyboards onstage with the band during "Penetration." See also plays lead guitar in the Bay Area retro girl group "The Bang Girl Group Revue" and is a record collector; his website "Derek's Daily 45" is a resource for information about 45 RPM records from the 1960s.

See also played guitar and sang for psychedelic rockers I, Sharko, who released an album on Bomp! Records in 1996.