Reid Paley (born in Brooklyn, 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.
In the first year of the band's existence The Five released limited pressings of a vinyl single "Napalm Beach" backed with "Excite Me" and the EP "Act of Contrition."
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 and playing a 1955 Gretsch archtop guitar plugged into a 1965 Fender Super Reverb amplifier.
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Paley played across the US and Western Europe, including numerous tours as support for Frank Black.
Paley's first solo album Lucky's Tune was re-released as a limited edition vinyl LP by Demon Music Group in July 2022.