Tom Paley
Tom Paley (born March 19, 1928)[1] is an American guitarist, banjo and fiddle player. He is best known for his work with the New Lost City Ramblers in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Paley was born and raised in New York City, United States.[2] On May 25, 1958, Paley, John Cohen and Mike Seeger played together live on air for John Dildine's weekly folk music radio show on WASH-FM: this was the first appearance of what later became the New Lost City Ramblers.[3] Paley left the band (to be replaced by Tracy Schwarz) and the United States in 1963, when he and his wife Claudia went to live in Sweden. They remained there until 1965 when they moved to England, where Paley had increasingly been working.[4]
Paley, both as a solo artist and as member of the New Lost City Ramblers, has been cited by many as a source and influence, among them Bob Dylan,[5] and The Grateful Dead.[6]
Paley currently lives in London, England. He is still performing and recording, with his collaboration with Bert Deivert, Beware Young Ladies!, being released in 2007.[1]
[edit] Discography
- Folksongs of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (1953)
- Sue Cow (1969)
- Hard Luck Papa. Old Time Picking Styles and Techniques (1976)
- Stern Old Bachelor (1985)
- Old Tom Moore and More (1991)
Collaboration - Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, Tom Paley, Harry and Jeanie West.
- Shivaree! (1955)
Collaboration - Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and Tom Paley.
- Courtin's A Pleasure (1955)
The New Lost City Ramblers (John Cohen, Tom Paley, Mike Seeger).
- The New Lost City Ramblers (1958)
- The New Lost City Ramblers Volume II (1959)
- Songs From The Depression (1959)
- Old-Timey Songs For Children (1959)
- The New Lost City Ramblers Volume 3 (1961)
- Tom Paley, John Cohen, Mike Seeger sing songs of The New Lost City Ramblers (1961)
- The New Lost City Ramblers (7" EP) (1961)
- Earth Is Earth (as the New Lost City Bang Boys) (7" EP) (1961)
- The New Lost City Ramblers Volume 4 (1962)
- American Moonshine And Prohibition (1962)
- The New Lost City Ramblers Volume 5 (1963)
Collaboration - Eric Weissberg, Tom Paley, Art Rosenbaum, Marshall Brickman.
- Folk Banjo Styles (1962)
Old Reliable String Band (Tom Paley, Roy Berkeley and Artie Rose).
- The Old Reliable String Band (1962)
Collaboration - Tom Paley and Peggy Seeger with Claudia Paley.
- 'Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? (1964)
The New Deal String Band (Tom Paley, Joe Locker, Janet Kerr).
- Down in the Willow (1969)
The New Deal String Band (Tom Paley, Joe Locker, Ben Paley).
- Dealing a New Hand (from the Same Old Deck) (1999)
The Mysterious Redbirds (Tom Paley, James Reams, Bill Christophersen).
- The Mysterious Redbirds
Collaboration - Tom and Ben Paley.
- Svenska Låtar (1998)
- On A cold Winter Night (recorded 1989) (1993)
Collaboration - Tom Paley with Barbara Lester and Ben Paley.
- Heartsease (1991)
- Separate Ways (1993)
Collaboration - Tom Paley, featuring Bert Deivert
- Beware Young Ladies! (Gravitation 023, Sweden) (2007)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Don Stevens. "Tom Paley". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p19752/biography. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Allen, Ray. "Gone To The Country: The New Lost City Ramblers & The Folk Revival". University of Illinois Press, 2010, p. 30.
- ^ Allen, Ray. "Gone To The Country: The New Lost City Ramblers & The Folk Revival". University of Illinois Press, 2010, p. 38ff.
- ^ Private conversations, 1974 to the present day.
- ^ Bobdylan.com
- ^ Lizlyle.lofgrens.org
