Sing along with the Deedle Deedle Dees
The Deedle Deedle Dees is one of Brooklyn’s most popular kid-friendly rock bands and it is no wonder why. Not only have they been teaching kids of all ages about history, science, folklore and more for the last 10 years, but they also make every note sound incredibly fun.
“We just really like to bring stories from history to life in a way that’s compelling,” said Lloyd Miller, a Ditmas Park resident and band founder, who jokes that the band’s name came from the phrase he used as a child to tell his mom that he wanted more breast milk. Although his grandfather teased him about it then, years later, when he shifted from playing music in nightclubs for “grownups” to writing songs for children, the phrase came in handy.
In the Deedle Deedle Dees, the musicians are known by the names Ulysses S. Dee (Miller), Booker Dee (Chris Johnson), Moby Dee (Ari Dolegowski), Innocent Dee (Anand Mukherjee), Otto von Dee (Ely Levin), and Francis Scott Dee (Chris Cortier). All of them sing, and they split up the playing of everything from electric bass guitars, acoustic guitars, a kazoo, piano, cell, accordion, banjo, mandolin, drums, glockenspiel, hand percussion, trombone, and lap steel.