Darren Jessee

Darren Jessee
Background information
Birth name	Darren Jessee
Born	April 8, 1971 (1971-04-08) (age 40)
Genres	Folk, alternative rock, lo fi acoustic
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, drummer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano, drums
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Sony, Bar/None
Associated acts	Hotel Lights, Ben Folds Five
Website	hotellights.net

Darren Jessee (born April 8, 1971) is an American musician and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as the drummer for the alternative rock group Ben Folds Five.^[1] He is also the singer and multi-instrumentalist for the band Hotel Lights.

Discography

Ben Folds Five

• Ben Folds Five 1995
• Whatever and Ever Amen 1997
• Naked Baby Photos 1998
• The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner 1999

Hotel Lights

• Hotel Lights (album) 2005
• Goodnightgoodmorning 2006
• Firecracker People Hotel Lights 2008
• Girl Graffiti 2011

Prior to his involvement with Hotel Lights, Jessee received songwriting credits for the following Ben Folds Five songs:^[2][3]

"Brick" (Folds / Jessee) - Whatever and Ever Amen
"Song for the Dumped" (Folds / Jessee) - Whatever and Ever Amen
"Magic" (Jessee) - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
"Where's Summer B.?" (Ben Folds / Jessee) - Ben Folds Five
"Kate" (Folds / Jessee / Anna Goodman) - Whatever and Ever Amen
"Mitchell Lane" (Jessee) - Whatever and Ever Amen (bonus track on remastered version)
"Amelia Bright" (Jessee) - unreleased track performed live by the band 1999-2000. This song was later featured on the Hotel Lights album Firecracker People
"Leather Jacket" (Jessee) - No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees
"Wandering" (Folds / Jessee) - Speed Graphic (EP) - note, this is a Ben Folds solo album
"Stumblin Home Winter Blues" (Jessee) - Originally released on Hotel Lights self titled debut album in 2006. It was later recorded by Ben Folds Five for Ben Folds retrospective album The Best Imitation of Myself, in 2011.

References

1. ^ "Ben Folds Five Website". Benfoldsfive.com. http://www.benfoldsfive.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
2. ^ "Joey's Guide to Ben Folds Five B-Sides and Rarities". Web.archive.org. 2009-10-27. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20091027035730/http://geocities.com/rarebff/darrenjessee/. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
3. ^ "Darren Jessee". AllMusic. 1971-04-08. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p353086/credits. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 

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Name	Jessee, Darren
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Date of birth	April 8, 1971
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