Paleo

Paleo, the moniker of David Strackany - a folk musician who has no home, travels America writing and playing songs, and has for a very long time. I was lucky enough to catch him in Colorado Springs at The Piano Warehouse on April 1st.

Strackany, credited with writing and recording a song every day for a year (you can download all 365 tracks from his website), was very pleasant and modest in person. He started his set out by having everyone in the room sit behind a piano and play a note in the key of F for the entirety of his first song.

As his set progressed, it was easy to see that this man was an accomplished guitar player. He also had an amazing voice, comparable to new-folk/freak folk artist Devendra Banhart and former Clap Your Hands Say Yeah frontman Alec Ounsworth.

His performance had an astonishing amount of creativity surrounding the lyrics and music that presented story after story and feeling after feeling to his audience.

Check out his website with his chronological song diary or his MySpace page if you're looking to get a sample of his music, and if he's ever running through your town make sure you stop, listen, and give him some gas money.