Dave Dederer
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Dave Dederer, best known as guitarist and singer for the Presidents of the United States of America, was born on October 5, 1964. 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, with whom he had been playing in various bands since 1984. He has also been a member of the Gents and Loaded with current Velvet Revolver bassist and former member of Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan, also a Seattle native, and Subset, a collaboration between the Presidents and Sir Mix-a-lot. Dederer currently performs as one half of the duo Carrie and Dave with noted Seattle-area singer Carrie Akre.
Prior to experiencing global success in the mid-'90s with the Presidents, Dederer taught high school English at Kent Denver School and Bush, did public relations work on environmental issues, and attended graduate school in urban planning at the University of Washington. He also has been a lifelong athlete, having competed at various times in soccer, basketball, ski racing, and bike racing, as well as having spent many years as an avid rock climber, mountaineer, and fly fisherman.
While he has stepped away from touring with the Presidents, Dederer is still involved in the band's business affairs. In this capacity, Dederer is actively engaged in exploring new modes for music distribution on the Internet and on mobile phones; he has presented on this topic at a number of events, including Podcast Hotel and Gnomedex. This activity led to his hiring in January 2007 by Seattle mobile media company Melodeo. He previously worked for three years as a public affairs consultant at Seattle firm Pyramid Communications.
Dederer's sister, Claire Dederer, is well known as a writer of essays and reviews for the New York Times, Salon.com, and other major publications.
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