Dennis Rasmussen
Sacramento native Dennis S. Rasmussen has played drums for over fi fty years—full time, part time, or at no time. Starting with gigs through the Nevada casino circuit, he sojourned to several major U. S. cities to play music, and later earned a bachelor’s degree in theater at San Francisco State. He wrote training manuals and other bu.... more
Sacramento native Dennis S. Rasmussen has played drums for over fi fty years—full time, part time, or at no time. Starting with gigs through the Nevada casino circuit, he sojourned to several major U. S. cities to play music, and later earned a bachelor’s degree in theater at San Francisco State. He wrote training manuals and other bureaucratese in California state offi ces. After retirement, he worked as a reporter for a local Oregon weekly and self-published a memoir about his early days as a kid drummer on the road.