Ben Deily Explained

Ben Deily
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Origin:Poughkeepsie, New York
Instrument:Vocals, guitar
Genre:Rock, alternative
Occupation:Singer, songwriter, guitarist; advertising copywriter, creative director
Years Active:1986–present
Label:Taang!, Boss Tuneage
Associated Acts:The Lemonheads
pods
Varsity Drag

Ben Deily is an American musician and songwriter, most famous as one of the founders, writers and lead singers (along with Evan Dando) of the Boston-based alternative rock band The Lemonheads. Deily and Dando met while students at the Commonwealth School in Boston.[1]

Advertising career

After leaving the Lemonheads to complete his degree in English & American Literature, Ben graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1994. Since then he has worked in the advertising industry—as a copywriter and as a Creative Director—while living in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, Maine.[2] Deily's work has won several Clio Awards, Addy Awards, inclusion in the Communication Arts Advertising Annual, and other advertising industry honors.

According to The Boston Phoenix, Deily lives and works in the Boston area,[3] where he and his wife Lisa Deily have often performed with their band, Varsity Drag.[4] The Boston Herald reported in 2015 that Deily was placing the band on hiatus for an indeterminate period.[5]

Post-Lemonheads appearances with Dando

Deily's band Varsity Drag has performed with The Lemonheads, sharing a bill with them at New York City's Bowery Ballroom in June, 2009.[6] At the 2010 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, Deily joined Dando on stage for an acoustic performance of several of their early Lemonheads songs.[7]

In September 2012 it was reported in a variety of sources (The Guardian, SPIN, pitchfork, NME) that Ryan Adams would be producing and playing on a Lemonheads "reunion" album of sorts to feature Adams, Deily, Dando and long-time friend and collaborator Juliana Hatfield.[8] Though it seems that some recording was actually accomplished (per posts to Ryan Adams’ Twitter feed, since deleted) no further developments have been reported.

During 2013, Deily joined the Lemonheads on stage for several shows: first for a single song ("Amazing Grace") in Chicago in April, and then for a short set of songs during a series of dates around New England during July—including the "Outside the Box" festival (where Lemonheads shared a bill with Boston bands Buffalo Tom and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones).[9]

Discography

The Lemonheads

Blake Babies

pods

Varsity Drag

as Ben Deily

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/in-hindsight-ben-deily-explores-the-lemonheads-punk-origins In Hindsight: Ben Deily explores The Lemonheads' punk origins
  2. New York Times, Sunday October 22, 2006.
  3. The Boston Phoenix, November 13, 2007 (http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/51023-boston-music-news-november-16-2007/)
  4. The Boston Globe, January 15, 2010 (http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/01/15/fresh_bands_fresh_sounds_in_the_new_year/)
  5. The Boston Herald, April 27, 2015 (https://www.bostonherald.com/2015/04/27/varsity-all-star-lemonheads-co-founder-deily-graduates-from-latest-band/)
  6. Web site: Ben Deily's Varsity Drag Joins Evan Dando's the Lemonheads for NYC Show – Music Industry Newswire – music + technology magazine . 24 June 2009 .
  7. Web site: .: The One Thing at SXSW Worth Seeing: Original Lemonheads Ben Deily and Evan Dando to Reunite After Two Decades . 16 March 2010 .
  8. Web site: Ryan Adams joins the Lemonheads on new album . . 19 September 2012 .
  9. Web site: Outside the Box music tells Boston stories – the Boston Globe. The Boston Globe.
  10. Web site: Live owls: Varsity drag LIVE on WMFO, by varsity drag.

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