- Hotel Lights
Hotel Lights is an American indie band founded by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Darren Jessee former drummer forBen Folds Five .History
Hotel Lights recorded their self-titled debut in 2004 at Sound of Music studios in Richmond with guitarist and producer Alan Weatherhead of
Sparklehorse .Adam Schlesinger ofFountains of Wayne lent his talents in arrangements. A six-song EP titled "Goodnightgoodmorning" was released in 2006. A new Hotel Lights album titled "Firecracker People" was released August 19th 2008 on Bar/None Records.TV & Film
Hotel Lights songs have been used in the Television shows "
Grey's Anatomy " and "One Tree Hill ".The song "Miles Behind Me" is in the movie "Baby Mama" featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.Discography
* "Hotel Lights" Hotel Lights Bar/None Records 2006
* "Goodnightgoodmorning-EP" Hotel Lights Sit-n-Spin 2006
* "Firecracker People" Hotel Lights Bar/None Records 2008External links
* [http://www.hotellights.net/ Official Hotel Lights site]
*MySpace-music|hotellightsmusic|Hotel Lights
* [http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/hotellights CD Baby Hotel Lights band page.]
* [http://indyweek.com/durham/2005-03-16/homebrew.html Chris Parker's Independent Weekly "Homebrew" album review.]
* [http://www.dailyvault.com/2004_09_17-jw.html Jason Warburg's Daily Vault album review of Hotel Lights.]
* [http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4277 Jason Warburg's Daily Vault album review of Goodnightgoodmorning.]
* [http://celebritycola.blogspot.com/2005/08/hotel-lights-whatever-happened-to-rest.html Article: "Whatever happened to the rest of Ben Folds Five."]
* [http://www.kitchenmastering.com/database/1128652267.html Kitchen Mastering studios discusses the mastering of the 2005 Hotel Lights EP.]
* [http://www.geocities.com/rarebff/history_ad.html Darren Jessee info is revealed in "Joey's Guide to Ben Folds Five B-Sides and Rarities"]
* [http://www.donewaiting.com/archives/2003/06/whats_up_darren.php Done Waiting's Darren Jessee update, "What's Up, Darren Jessee, Former Drummer of Ben Folds Five?"]
* [http://www.shopbootlegs.com/store/btq/cstm/plastic/album1.jsp?site=plastic Info on the lost Ben Folds/Darren Jessee collaboration, "Wandering," now part of the Ben Folds Speed Graphic EP.]
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