Derren Raser Band

"There's nothing like the rush that happens on stage." That's what guitarist-singer-songwriter Derren Raser said when I first met him, in 2003. He had just graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University and his band was playing regular Monday-night gigs at the since-closed Bayou Bar & Grill downtown. Two years later, that rush hasn't worn off for Raser, now 24. His eclectic band ("some compare us to James Taylor meets Elliott Smith meets blink-182") has played gigs at the Casbah in Middletown, and, beyond that, in Los Angeles and in the Bay Area. The Derren Raser Band has also recorded a self-release album due out this month, "King of I'll Tell You Next Week," co-produced (with Raser) by another PLNU alum, San Diego-area musician Greg Laswell Read the rest of this article here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050929/news_lz1w29word.html