Peter Deary

Peter Deary
Peter Deary
Background information
Also known as	Digsy
Born	Early 1960s; Liverpool, England
Genres	New wave, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	Late 1970s–present

Peter Deary is an English musician and singer-songwriter.

He was lead singer for 1980s band Cook da Books, went on to front Small, and then Smaller, who had two hit singles in the mid-1990s, and is now in The Sums. He has enjoyed a long friendship with Noel Gallagher, who guested on several tracks by Smaller. He was also the inspiration for the Oasis song "Digsy's Dinner" on their album Definitely Maybe,^[1] and was mentioned in the lyric to "Be Here Now" ("Your shit jokes remind me of Digsy's").^[2]

References

^ Mathur, Paul (1997). Take me there : Oasis, the story. Internet Archive. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-87951-853-0.
^ Wright, Jade (2008) "Greater than the Sum of the parts ; THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT", Liverpool Echo, 11 January 2008, p. 5

External links

[1] Mathur, Paul (1997). Take me there : Oasis, the story. Internet Archive. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-87951-853-0.

[Wright-2] Wright, Jade (2008) "Greater than the Sum of the parts ; THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT", Liverpool Echo, 11 January 2008, p. 5

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