Reid Paley (born in

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, New York) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been performing and recording both solo and with his trio since the mid-1990s.

Early career

In the 1980s, Paley was singer, front man, and writer for

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blues-band-from-hell The Five, which he founded in

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. In the first year of the band's existence The Five released limited pressings of a vinyl single " Napalm Beach b/w Excite Me" and an EP '' Act of Contrition''. The band later moved to

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and spent several years headlining clubs and playing to enthusiastic crowds before breaking up in the late 1980s. A vinyl LP entitled '' The Five'' was released posthumously.

Solo work / Reid Paley Trio

Returning to Brooklyn in the early 1990s, Paley continued writing and began performing solo in rock clubs on the

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, singing his songs and playing a 1955

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plugged into a 1965

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amplifier. After a series of self-released tapes available only at shows,

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released his solo debut, the vinyl single "

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" b/w "

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". Paley's first solo album ''

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'' 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'', featuring Paley accompanied by Robert Lee Oliver on the three-string bass and James Murray on the trap kit, and produced by Eric Drew Feldman, who along with Jim Duffy also guests on the album. The album was released by eMusic, and is the first recorded appearance of the Reid Paley Trio. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Paley played across the US and Western Europe, including numerous tours as support for Frank Black. Paley and Black have also collaborated on the writing of a number of songs, some of which appear on the Frank Black albums ''

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'' ("Another Velvet Nightmare"), '' Fast Man Raider Man'' ("I'm Not Dead (I'm in Pittsburgh)", "Golden Shore", "Dog Sleep", "Down To You"), and '' Christmass'' ("Don't Get Me Wrong"). A Frank Black & the Catholics recording of Paley's "Take What You Want" appears on their limited edition single "Everything Is New." Paley toured the UK in 2004 and 2006, and plays the occasional festival, including the Vienna Festwochen/Into The City in Vienna, Austria (with Eric Drew Feldman sitting in on keys), and the Blues Rules Festival in Crissier, Switzerland in May 2010 (with

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sitting in on

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). In 2007 the album ''

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'' was released by

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. It was produced by Paley and, like all his previous releases, was recorded on analog tape. On this album he was accompanied by

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and James Murray on the trap kit. As of 2012, this remains the current lineup of the Reid Paley Trio. Reid Paley lives in

, New York.

Paley & Francis

In the fall of 2010 in Nashville, Reid Paley and Black Francis/Frank Black recorded an album of new songwriting collaborations, appearing under the moniker

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. The Paley & Francis album (also titled ''

'') was produced by Jon Tiven, and features Reid Paley and Black Francis on guitars and vocals, accompanied by

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on piano and

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on bass. The album was released in October 2011 on Sonic Unyon in North America, and on Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Europe. Paley & Francis debuted live in early September 2011 with club performances in Albany NY, Buffalo NY, and Hamilton Ontario (unannounced), and as one of the headliners of Hamilton Ontario's Supercrawl Festival. The band for these performances consisted of Reid Paley & Black Francis on guitars and vocals, Eric Eble (of the

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) on bass, and

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on drums. The Paley & Francis album is slated for release as a vinyl LP in 2022 by

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Discography

Reid Paley * ''

'' / ''

'',

vinyl single, 1997 (Produced by James Murray) * ''

'', LP, 1999 (Produced by Frank Black a.k.a. Black Francis, released by

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) * '' Revival'', LP, 2000 (Produced by Eric Drew Feldman, released by eMusic) * '' Revival'', LP, 2001 (Produced by Eric Drew Feldman, released by German label

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with 4 songs from ''Lucky's Tune'' as bonus tracks) * '' Approximate Hellhound'', LP, 2007 (Produced by Reid Paley, released by

) Paley & Francis * ''

'', LP, 2011 – Collaboration with Black Francis (Produced by Jon Tiven, released by Sonic Unyon in the North America, and Cooking Vinyl in the UK & Europe)

References

External links

reidpaley.comPaley & Francis Facebook Page
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