Reid Paley

Infobox Musical artist


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Origin = Brooklyn, New York, United States
Instrument = vocals, guitar
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Occupation = musician, vocalist
Years_active = 1980 - present
Label = Metaphor Rhythms, XXS, eMusic, GoodNoise, Sub Pop
Associated_acts = Frank Black, The Five
URL = http://www.reidpaley.com/
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Reid Paley (born in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician and songwriter. He previously sang and wrote for post-punk blues-band-from-hell The Five, which he founded in the 1980s in Pittsburgh. The band later moved to Boston for several years, headlining clubs, playing to enthusiastic crowds, and releasing a vinyl LP posthumously.

Returning to Brooklyn, Paley began performing solo in rock clubs on the Lower East Side, singing his songs accompanied by a 1955 Gretsch archtop guitar and a 1965 Fender amplifier.

After a series of self-released tapes available only at shows, Sub Pop released his debut, the vinyl single "Time For You" b/w "The Best Of All". Paley's first solo album "Lucky's Tune" was produced by Frank Black (formerly and again Black Francis), and released by GoodNoise in 1999. This was followed in 2000 by the album "Revival", produced by Eric Drew Feldman (who along with Jim Duffy also guests on the album), and featuring Paley accompanied by Robert Lee Oliver on the three-string bass and James Murray on the trap kit. This is the first recorded appearance of the Reid Paley Trio.

In 2007 Metaphor Rhythms released the album "Approximate Hellhound vs. The Monkey Demon", produced by Paley, on which he is accompanied by Eric Eble on Czechoslovakian upright bass and James Murray on trap kit. As of February 2008, this remains the current lineup of the Reid Paley Trio.

Reid Paley lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

* "One of America's best -- and most underrated -- songwriters." --PopMatters (Jennifer Kelly) [web cite|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/46392/the-brutal-truth-at-last-an-interview-with-reid-paley/|title=Reid Paley interviewed by Jennifer Kelly for PopMatters]
*"What? You want some kind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guy and enjoy his prowess." -- Frank Black [web cite|url=http://www.xxs-records.de/Paley.htm|title=Reid Paley - Revival|author=Frank Black|publisher=XXS Records]

Discography

* "Time For You" / "The Best Of All", Sub Pop vinyl single, 1997 (Produced by James Murray)
* "Lucky's Tune", LP, 1999 (Produced by Frank Black, released by GoodNoise)
* "Revival", LP, 2000 (produced by Eric Drew Feldman, released by eMusic)
* "Revival", LP, 2001 (produced by Eric Drew Feldman, released by German label XXS with 4 songs from "Lucky's Tune" as bonus tracks)
* "Approximate Hellhound", LP, 2007 (Produced by Reid Paley, released by Metaphor Rhythms)

External links

* [http://www.reidpaley.com/ The Official Reid Paley Web Thing]
* [http://www.myspace.com/reidpaleytrio Reid Paley Trio at MySpace]
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/reidpaley3 Reid Paley Trio album Approximate Hellhound]
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/reidpaley2 Reid Paley Trio album Revival]
* [http://cdbaby.com/cd/reidpaley1 Reid Paley album Lucky's Tune]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/46392/the-brutal-truth-at-last-an-interview-with-reid-paley/|title=Reid Paley interviewed by Jennifer Kelly for PopMatters]
* [http://www.wayne-wise.com/article_paley.html Wayne Wise review of Reid Paley]
* [http://donnalethal.com/2007/05/08/reid-paley-approximate-hellhound/ Donna Lethal review of Reid Paley]

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