Digsy Deary

Peter Deary
Background information
Also known as	Digsy
Born	Early 1960s, Liverpool, England
Genres	New wave, alternative rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	Late 1970s–present
Associated acts	Cook da Books Small Smaller The Sums

Peter "Digsy" Deary is a Liverpudlian born 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

1. ^ BBC article on Definitely Maybe http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A14171951
2. ^ Wright, Jade (2008) "Greater than the Sum of the parts ; THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT", Liverpool Echo, 11 January 2008, p. 5

External links

• Digsy on MySpace
• The Sums MySpace

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Name	Peter Deary
Alternative names	Digsy Deary
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