Deren Michael Ney is an American musician, songwriter and filmmaker from San Francisco, California. He performed with Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers before making his solo debut in 2019 with "West Coast Mama" on Volplane Records. As a multi-instrumentalist, Guitar World editor and The Allman Brothers Band biographer Alan Paul described him as "a secret weapon." Notable performances include Bonnaroo Music Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Tedeschi Trucks Band, and was featured in Jay Blakesberg's Guitars That Jam book.