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Allan Thomas "Tom" Paley (March 19, 1928 - September 30, 2017 ) was an American guitarist, banjo and fiddle player. He was best known for his work with the New Lost City Ramblers in the 1950s and 1960s. Paley was born and raised in New York City. His parents were left-wing activists, and he grew up hearing spirituals and political songs. After moving with his mother to California for several years in his early teens, he returned to New York and began learning the guitar and banjo, and visiting clubs where singers such as Lead Belly and Josh White performed....

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 in the early 1990s, Paley continued writing and 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...

Brothers Andy Paley and Jonathan Paley achieved a burst of local success as young heartthrobs and power pop musicians from the mid to late 70s. Andy was the frontman of the Sidewinders, which petered itself out after its 1972 self-titled effort. He remained in obscurity for several years afterward until he appeared on Elliott Murphy's critically acclaimed 'Night Lights' LP in 1976. He then teamed up with his brother to produce a set of The Beach Boys and The Beatles inspired pop tunes. The New York duo released a self-titled album in 1978 that has since been regarded as a...