Andy Paley
| Andy Paley | |
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| Birth name | Andrew Paley |
| Born | 1952 (age 64–65) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Origin | Albany, New York, United States |
| Genres | Power pop, film score |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist |
| Instruments | Keyboards, piano, organ, guitar, drums, harmonica, accordion, ukulele, banjo, autoharp, string bass, vibraphone, marimba, vocals |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
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| Website | andypaley |
Andrew "Andy" Paley (born 1952) is an American songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has been active since the late 1960s. His work includes stints as a producer for Madonna, the Ramones, Jonathan Richman, Debbie Harry and Brian Wilson. In the 1970s he was one half of the Paley Brothers, a power pop duo formed with his brother Jonathan Paley.
Andy is the son of Henry Paley, a college administrator and lobbyist, and Cabot Barber Paley, a teacher and therapist. He is the third of five children and grew up near Albany, New York. His younger sister Sarah is married to former U.S. senator Bob Kerrey. In 2010, he married Heather Crist in a ceremony officiated by Kerrey.
He began performing in his early teens as a drummer and singer for local Albany-area bands before moving to Boston. He was a founding member of and the drummer for the Boston, Massachusetts band, Catfish Black, which also included future Modern Lovers members Jerry Harrison and Ernie Brooks. The band was renamed the Sidewinders and was later joined by Billy Squier. The band performed around Boston and in NYC at venues like Max's Kansas City. They released an album, produced by Lenny Kaye, which featured songs written and sung by Paley. The Sidewinders broke up in the mid-1970s. Paley then played on Elliott Murphy's album Night Lights, and performed with Jonathan Richman after the break-up of the original Modern Lovers.
Andy went on to form The Paley Brothers with his younger brother Jonathan, a guitar/bass player and singer who also was part of the early Boston punk scene and had played with Boston and NYC bands such as Mong. They disintegrated as an act in 1979 when Jonathan joined the Nervous Eaters. Although the Nervous Eaters collapsed after Ric Ocasek, who had produced their demo, was not permitted to produce their second album," the Paley Brothers did not reform. Said Jonathan, "It was more of an evolution. Andy went on the road with Patti Smith's band and got into production work; I went and sailed around the world."
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