andy paley
Born in Washington DC on November 1, 1951, Andrew Douglas Paley grew up in
Crescent City, New York, and learned to play drums before the family moved to
Boston. He began playing in the band Catfish Black with Jerry Harrison (future
Talking Heads) and Ernie Brooks, before joining The Rising Storm in the late
1960s and The Sidewinders, where he became lead singer alongside guitarist Billy
Squier. The group, which played at Max's Kansas City club in New York, released
an album produced by Lenny Kaye in 1972. In 1975, he teamed up with his brother
Jonathan Paley and other musicians t...
