Ben Folds Biography
Benjamin Scott Folds Professionally known as Ben Folds is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. From 1995 to 2000, he was the pianist and frontman of the alternative rock band, Ben Folds Five. After the group temporarily disbanded, he performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world. In 2011, the band reunited. He has also collaborated with musicians such as Regina Spektor, William Shatner and “Weird Al” Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Neil Gaiman and Nick Hornby.
Ben Folds Age
He was born on September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His birth sign is Virgo and as of 2019, he is 53 years old. He became interested in piano at age nine. During this time, he listened to songs by Elton John and Billy Joel on AM radio and learned them by ear. At his years at Richard J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, he played in several bands as the pianist, bassist, or drummer.
Ben Folds Nationality
Folds is an American citizen.
Ben Folds Family
He hasn’t revealed more information about his family or siblings but all we know is that his father was a carpenter and her mother was a painter. We will update soon.
Ben Folds Marriage
He married his childhood sweetheart Anna Goodman in 1987 and divorced her in 1992. She had co-written several songs performed by Ben Folds Five. He had a short-lived marriage to Kate Rosen in 1996. He entered into a relationship with Australian Frally Hynes in 1998 and married her in 1999. This marriage resulted in the birth of twins. He filed for divorce in 2006. He married again in 2007. His fourth marriage was to Fleur which too ended in divorce in 2011.
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five discharged their self-titled introduction collection in 1995. The presentation was trailed by Whatever and Ever Amen in 1997, and the miscellaneous items assemblage Naked Baby Photos was discharged in mid-1998. Ever Amen and Whatever brought forth numerous singles, for example, “Block”, “Tune for the Dumped”, and “Skirmish of Who Could Care Less”. In 1999, the band discharged what was to be their last collection for over 10 years, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, which incorporated the hit “Armed force”.
He has depicted this band as “underground rock for sissies”, and his verses frequently contain subtleties of despairing, self-clash, and funny mockery, regularly punctuated by irreverence. They earned a solid following in the United Kingdom and Australia right off the bat in their profession, and like numerous other ‘elective’ American acts this was generally on account of steady help from national supporters in those nations, the BBC in Britain and the ABC’s Triple J youth radio system in Australia (and ABC-TV’s music video show Rage).
The gathering’s first diagram leap forward came in the UK, when “Underground” made the lower compasses of the Top 40, topping at no. 37. England was the Five’s most grounded region as far as diagram achievement, with five singles making the national Top 40 there – “Underground”, “Clash of Who Could Care Less”, “Kate”, “Armed force” and “Block” – albeit none figured out how to break the UK Top 20.
In Australia “Underground” in like manner broke the band locally and keeping in mind that it didn’t make the ARIA outline, it came in at no. 3 the 1996 Triple J Hottest 100 survey (communicate on 26 January 1997). The 1998 single “Block” turned into the gathering’s just real diagram setting in Australia, coming to no. 13; it additionally came in at no. 53 in the ARIA Australian Top 100 for that year and earned a Gold Record grant while its parent collection crested at no. 9 and outlined for 32 weeks.
The band has sold numerous collections since 2001. He stated, “The tunes have been getting an incredible response, it makes me anticipate having another collection out there in light of the fact that it’s been some time. This feels like a truly free period in my life and I’m truly getting a charge out of it. Ben Folds Five rejoined to play out its first show appearance in almost 10 years on September 18, 2008, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall. The irregular gig was a piece of MySpace’s “Front to Back” arrangement, in which craftsmen play a whole collection live.
The band played its last collection before their split, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. All returns from ticket deals profited the philanthropy Operation Smile, of which Folds’ uncle, Jim Folds, is on the top managerial staff for the North Carolina Chapter. The band rejoined by and by in 2011 with a resulting arrival of the collection The Sound of the Life of the Mind, prompting a 2012 advancement of their new work.
Cake And Ben Folds
The best allies of all time, Ben Folds and Cake Plot United in the summer of April 15, this year, 2019 for a co-headlining U.S. tour. The 11-date trek, which followed a joint run of 2018 dates, kicked off on September 5th in Bonner, Montana and wraps September 19th in Grand Prairie, Texas. Tickets for the tour were on sale, Friday, April 19th.
“Cake are masters, and they happen to be my friends,” Folds said in a statement. “So, yes, let’s do this!”
“We had so much fun with Ben last summer that we decided to do it again, this time in the west,” said Cake frontman John McRea. Multi-instrumentalist Vince DiFiore added, “Last year we had the great honor to tour with Ben, who inspired us with incredible musicianship and memorable songs. It was sad to end that tour, so now a great thrill to be anticipating another with the actual artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra.”
Ben Folds Fear Of Pop
Fear of Pop is the name given to Fold’s trial recording venture (of Ben Folds Five) and Caleb Southern (Ben Folds Five’s long-term maker), together with John Mark Painter (of Fleming and John), William Shatner and others. Their solitary collection Volume 1 was discharged in 1998. The cover of the collection includes the outline of a running man being sought after by cattle rustlers on horseback with lassoes.
The back of the collection case demonstrates the outline of a kid in a rancher outfit sitting on a recreation center seat with what gives off an impression of being an erect penis in his grasp. The inward spread portrays a lady being fiercely assaulted on a TV found in a city loft. Every one of the pictures is from David Bethell’s “Simply Your Average Second On This Planet” 1997-1998
Ben Folds The Luckiest
The Luckiest is Folds’ first solo release after the breakup of the band was Rockin’ the Suburbs in 2001. He sings about knowing that the girl he’s with is the perfect girl for him and that they are soul mates. Initially, the song was composed to be meant for the 2000 movie Loser, which was directed by Amy Heckerling. However, The Luckiest was deleted from the movie along with the scene it was written for, making its way that year onto the album Rockin the Suburbs. Aussie fans could also hear this song in a TV advertisement for RSPCA Australia.
The Luckiest Lyrics
I don’t get many things right the first time,
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
And falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face,
Now I see it every day
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
What if I had been born fifty years before you
In a house on the street
Where you lived
Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike. Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
I love you more then have
Ever found the way to say
To you
Next door there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day
Passed away in his sleep,
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away
I’m sorry I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong,
That I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
Ben Folds Music
Solo albums
- Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001), Sony #42 US
- Songs for Silverman (2005), Epic (Bonus DVD) #13 US
- Way to Normal (2008), Epic #11 US
Solo EPs
- Speed Graphic (2003), Attacked by Plastic
- Sunny 16 (2003), Attacked by Plastic
- Super D (2004), Attacked by Plastic
With Ben Folds Five
- Ben Folds Five (1995), Passenger/Caroline
- Whatever and Ever Amen (1997), 550 #42 US
- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999), 550 #35 US
- The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012), Legacy #10 US
Other collaborations
- Fear of Pop: Volume 1 (1998), 550 (with Fear of Pop)
- The Bens (EP) (2003), BMG (with The Bens)
- Has Been (2004), Shout! Factory (with William Shatner)
- Ben Folds Presents University A Cappella! (2009), Sony (with various artists)
- Lonely Avenue (2010), Nonesuch (with Nick Hornby)
- Nighty Night (2011) (with Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash and Neil Gaiman as 8in8)
- So There (2015, released 9/11), New West (with yMusic)
Compilations/live albums
- Naked Baby Photos (1998), Caroline
- Ben Folds Live (2002), Sony #60 US
- Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP (2006), Epic
- The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011), Legacy
- Fifty-Five Vault (2011)
- Ben Folds Five: Live (2013), ImAVeePee/Sony
Ben Folds Height and Weight
- Height – 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Weight – N/A
- Hair color – Dark brown
- Eye color – Brown
Ben Folds Tours
After Ben Folds, Five splits, Folds’ first visit with a full band was to help the collection Rockin’ The Suburbs. He was joined by Britt “Snüzz” Uzzell on guitar and electronic console, Millard Powers on bass and keys, and Jim Bogios on drums. Forces and Bogios later proceeded to join Counting Crows. On a voyage through Australia, Folds got together with solo craftsmen Ben Kweller and Ben Lee to venture to every part of the nation as The Bens, at the proposal of a fan on Kweller’s authentic site. The trio likewise proceeded to record a four-track EP together.
In the mid-year of 2004, Folds co-featured an American visit with individual vocalist lyricists Rufus Wainwright and Guster. Creases again performed with Wainwright and Lee in the late spring of 2005 as a feature of the “Oddballs” visit. Likewise, Folds has performed with numerous other eminent melodic names, including Weezer and Tori Amos. In the wake of seeing The Fray perform with Weezer, Folds approached the band to go along with him for twelve exhibitions in 2005.
Overlays additionally performed with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) in March 2005, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in November 2005, the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and The Queensland Orchestra during an Australian visit in 2006. Folds performed with the North Carolina Symphony on March 2010, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra in July 2010. A DVD of Folds playing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra was discharged in December 2005.
On May 9, 2007, Folds performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra. The ensemble’s presentation was damaged when a battle broke out between two crowd individuals in the gallery, however, Folds had not yet made that big appearance.
After his MySpace execution on October 24, 2006, Folds’ visit exhibitions started to highlight a synthesizer, which he utilizes in a significant number of the melodies when played live. The synthesizer is a red Nord Lead II synthesizer. During his shows, Folds performs two of his show conventions: palm-crushing and tossing his stool at the piano.
Folds visited with John Mayer as an opening demonstration (however his set commonly kept going 60 minutes) in the mid-year of 2007. During this visit, Mayer some of the time joined Folds on the melody “Narcolepsy”, playing synth. At different shows all through the visit, guardians of little youngsters going to see Mayer would record grumblings about Folds’ verses. Folds reacted by posting on his site, “We have children as well, yet we don’t take them out to shake demonstrates that last until 11 pm.”
On March 29, 2008, Folds played the Cage Center Arena at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia. During contract dealings, he was asked by the organization to not play one of his melodies because of its express verses. Folds cannot refer to creative opportunity.
On May 9, 2008, Folds played his first totally solo appear in quite a while at Western Connecticut State University because of the way that his bassist Jared Reynolds was with his significant other who had recently brought forth their first child.
Folds made a short performance voyage through Australia during August 2009; at one of his sold-out Sydney Opera House shows he was joined in front of an audience for a few tunes by Aimee Mann, who was likewise visiting Australia at the time. At the Palais theater in Melbourne Missy Higgins went along with him for “You Don’t Know Me”, a solitary from Way to Normal that Folds initially sang with Regina Spektor.
In 2010, Folds went on a concise voyage through North America called “Ben Folds and a Piano” where he played independent other than with Zach Williams or Kate Miller-Heidke and her better half Keir Nuttall as supporting performers. Few duplicates that were pre-requested likewise included marked original copies by Folds and Hornby. In April 2011, Folds teamed up with Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, and Damian Kulash as 8in8 to compose, record, and produce eight melodies in eight hours which were then accessible online inside 24 hours, just as being performed once on its reality visit, as a feature of the ReThink Music gathering.
Folds rejoined with Ben Folds Five to play the Mountain Jam Music Festival on June 2, 2012. This was the first run through the band had played together since 2008. Ben Folds performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for the 2012 Presidential Scholar in the Arts service with a few of YoungArts best-graduated class.
As a major aspect of their 2013 “The previous Summer on Earth” Tour, Ben Folds Five joined the Barenaked Ladies alongside Guster for 30 dates crosswise over North America, starting June 17 at the Verizon Theater in Dallas, Texas and consummation at 2013 Celebrate Brooklyn celebration. In 2018, Folds performed in Petoskey, MI at the John M Hall Auditorium as a component of his solo “Ben Folds and a Piano” visit. Mid-appear, a bat flew in an open window and propelled the verses to Ben’s “Shake This B***h” fragment.
Ben Folds/Cake 2019 Tour Dates
- 5th of September – Bonner, MT @ KettleHouse Amphitheater
- 6th of September – Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park
- 7th of September – Troutdale, OR @ McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater
- 8th of September – Nampa, ID @ Idaho Center Amphitheater
- 10th of September – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
- 11th of September – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
- 13th of September – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
- 14th of September – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
- 15th of September – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
- 18th of September – Austin, TX @ Austin360 Amphitheater
- 19th of September – Grand Prairie, TX @ The Theatre at Grand Prairie
Ben Folds Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $20 million dollars.
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