Ben Folds

- Full name: Benjamin Scott Folds
- Born: September 12, 1966
- Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Record Label: Epic Records
- Wife: Fleur Folds
- Has two children, Louis and Gracie
- Has been married four times

Ben Folds is a rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (though most noted as a pianist).
Background

Folds grew up playing piano, bass, and drums in several bands and had a stint as a session drummer in Nashville in the early '90s (where he moved after getting a publishing deal).
Ben Folds Five

Eventually he moved back to his home state of North Carolina and formed Ben Folds Five (a deceptive name, considering it was a trio) with Robert Sledge (bass) and Darren Jessee (drums). Their second album, 1997's Whatever and Ever, Amen, was a hit, due in part to heavy airplay of the single "Brick."
Going Solo

Ben Folds Five released another album before disbanding and allowing Folds to go it alone. That he did, as his first solo release, Rockin' the Suburbs, involved Folds playing most of the music himself. His next studio album was Songs For Silverman in 2005. Folds continues to record and tour for his solo music in addition to collaborating with other artists in side projects.

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  2009 two disc set featuring alternate versions and sequencing of his studio album, Way to Normal. Disc One contains the master 'stems' from the sessions, which can be used to remix...
  
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  Filmed as a one-time event at Ben's studio in Nashville, TN on Oct 24 2006, to kick off the release of Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP, this event was MySpace.com's first-ever live ...
  
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- Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs: Piano/Vocal Transcriptions - $19.95
  
  Our matching folio to Ben Folds' first official solo release - which the All Music Guide deems only a half-star short of five-star perfection - features piano/vocal transcriptions ...
  
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