Peter Deary
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Peter Deary | |
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| 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
[edit]- ^ 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
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