Ben Kweller (born June 16, 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Genres: Rock, folk, country, punk rock, indie, Acoustic Music, Sugar Metal, Thrash Metal.
Singles: "Wasted & Ready", 2002 * "Commerce, TX", 2003 * "Falling", 2003
* "The Rules", 2004 * "Sundress", 2006 * "Penny On The Train Track", 2006
* "Sawdust Man", 2009
Kweller married his girlfriend Liz Smith (the subject of the song "Lizzy") and they have two sons, named Dorian Zev Kweller, born in May 2006, and Judah Evan Kweller, born April 3, 2010.
At the time of Dorian's birth they lived in New York City, but they later moved back to Kweller's home state of Texas and currently reside in Austin. Ben's middle name, Lev, means "Heart" in Hebrew and his son's middle name, Zev, means "Wolf". Ben has said in interviews, "Together we're Heart of the Wolf...".