Dave Dederer

Who is Dave Dederer?

Dave Dederer is an American guitarist and singer best known as a member of The Presidents of the United States of America,. An alumnus of Seattle, Washington's The Bush School and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he founded The Presidents with fellow Bush School alumnus Christopher Ballew. He has also been a member of The Gentlemen and Loaded with current Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, also a Seattle native, and Subset, a collaboration between The Presidents and Sir Mix-a-lot.

Prior to The Presidents' success, Dederer taught high school English at Kent Denver School and The Bush School, did public relations work on environmental issues, and attended graduate school in urban planning at the University of Washington.

Dederer no longer tours with The Presidents but is still involved in the band's business. In this capacity, Dederer is actively engaged in exploring new modes of music distribution on the Internet and on mobile phones; he has presented on this topic at a number of events, including Digital Music Forum East & West and Gnomedex.