Paleo
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{{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Paleo
|Img = Paleo01.jpg
|Img_capt =
|Background = solo_singer
|Origin = [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| Genre = [[Indie (music)|Indie]]<br/>[[Folk]]<br/>[[Psych folk]]
|Occupation =
|Years_active = 2005–present
| Current_members = David Strackany
|URL = [http://www.paleo.ws/ www.paleo.ws]
}}
'''Paleo''' is the band name taken by songwriter David Strackany for his wiry, folk tangents. Currently residing in [[Brooklyn, New York]], Strackany is credited with having written and recorded a song every day for 365 days, while touring the US from [[April 16]], [[2006]] (Easter Day) to [[April 15]], [[2007]] (Tax Day). The project, called "The Song Diary", though similar to a feat achieved by playwright [[Suzan-Lori Parks]] in 2003, is otherwise unprecedented and garnered the songwriter attention from a number of reputable news sources, including ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet Magazine]]'', ''[[Paste Magazine]]'', The ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]'', The ''[[New York Post]]'', [[NPR]] ''[[Morning Edition]]'', The ''[[Washington Post]]'', The ''[[Boston Globe]]'', and a number of regional daily and weekly papers across the United States.
According to the artist's site, a book of the year's lyrics is scheduled to be released in August 2007.
Paleo performs predominantly in a singer/songwriter arrangement, with Strackany playing acoustic guitar and singing. Part way into the Song Diary project, Strackany began writing, recording, and performing his songs on a half-size children's guitar. As the artist explained at a performance in [[Syracuse, New York]] on April 7th, 2007, the guitar became a part of his repertoire when he realized he could be more efficient if he had a guitar small enough to play while driving. He named the guitar [[Oh! Susanna]], after the [[Stephen Foster]] song of the same name.
==Misery, Missouri==
Prior to ''The Song Diary'', Strackany recorded an album entitled ''Misery, Missouri''. The record was largely folk in nature, like the ''Diary'', but with more elaborate arrangements and instrumentation. It was recorded in early October 2004. The entire session was executed with one microphone. 1000 copies were pressed independently and it is now out of print, with no plans to re-release the work. [http://www.paleo.ws]
==External links==
*[http://www.daytrotter.com/daytrotterSessions/535/free-songs-paleo Paleo's Daytrotter Session]
*[http://www.paleo.ws/ Paleo's website and Song Diary project]
*[http://www.myspace.com/paleo Paleo's Myspace]
*[http://www.theordinary.org/paleo/ Additional photographs from the Song Diary tour]
*Interviews
**[http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2007/04/podcast_meet_pa.html?csp=34 with USA Today (Podcast interview)]
**[http://somevelvetblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/end-of-song-diary-by-paleo.html with Bruce Warren of WXPN]
**[http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/svetlana/interviews/byt-interview-paleo-a-man-with-a-plan-and-a-year-behind-him/ with Brightest Young Things blog]
**[http://foghorn.usfca.edu/en/2387/scene/408/ with ''The San Francisco Foghorn'']
**[http://www.inlander.com/soundadvice/313888105157836.php with ''The Northwest Pacific Inlander'' ]
**[http://www.daytrotter.com/article/536/paleo-let-the-examination-begin-it-could-take-a-year-or-a-life with Daytrotter, February 2007]
**[http://press.creighton.edu/011907/thescene1.html with ''The Creightonian'' (Omaha, Nebraska)]
**[http://www.journal-news.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/botb/entries/2006/12/index.html with ''The Dayton Daily News'']
**[http://www.daytrotter.com/features/375/paleo with Daytrotter, November 2006]
*Articles
**[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9666926 on NPR's ''Morning Edition'']
**[http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/04/19/Arts/Web-Extra.A.Song.A.Day.Keeps.Boredom.Away.Paleo.Completes.Songwriting.Journey.In-2852685.shtml in ''The GW Hatchet'' in Washington DC]
**[http://www.nypost.com/seven/04082007/entertainment/music/dear_diaries_music_sara_lieberman.htm in ''The New York Post'']
**[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/index.php/site/article/a-soundrack-to-wanderlust/ in ''The Columbia Spectator'']
**[http://www.westword.com/2007-03-15/music/paleo/ in ''The Denver Westword'']
**[http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2007/01/04/entertainment/music/doc459c897d97259951942986.txt in ''The Quad City Times'']
**[http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/2007/03/30/entertainment/entertainment/doc0e3e72eb41d70662862572ab0076a44b.txt in ''The Northwest Indiana Times'']
*Video
**[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vpi4_paleo1992 at Daily Motion for the song "1992"]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:American folk singers]]
[[Category:American musicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]