“One minute Derek is leaning on the bar, drinking a beer, and telling you stories from his youth of factory
shifts and midnight dirt bike rides through empty quarries. The next minute he steps on stage, picks up a
guitar, and begins to sing.  With a thousand mile stare and a voice as gentle as it is fierce, Derek's music
comes at you like a beautiful and sudden spring storm.  After seeing him play, his songs, words, and
layers of meaning continue to echo and churn like thunder in the distance.”