A native of Houston, TX, Derral is a dynamic and diverse performer, with a musical history of touring nationally and internationally. His bands have toured with the Police, INXS, Iggy Pop and the Divinyls. As a solo artist, Derral has opened for other artists, including  Jerry Jeff Walker, Reverend Horton Heat and Paul Kelly.

His musical career began with the exciting New Wave band, Billy Clone and the Same, based out of Phoenix, AZ. Derral went on to lead the edgy Blitz Girls while in Boulder, CO - touring the US, Australia and New Zealand. 

His next musical endeavor was the Illustrious Illustrated Men, also based out of Colorado, before moving back to Texas - this time to Austin, where his music has found its most recent and long-standing incarnation as the DG3 (Derral Gleason Trio).

While writing and performing music are at the core of his being, Derral also has…