A singer/songwriter, Paleface began his career in Brooklyn in 1989 when he met the famed Daniel Johnston, a meeting that shifted the trajectory of his life. With Johnston's guidance, Paleface began writing his own music and making home tapes, a practice that eventually led to the release of 15 albums under his name (and the home tapes have since become prized bootlegs).

Throughout the years, Paleface has worked alongside artists such as Beck, the Breeders, the Moldy Peaches, the Avett Brothers and Langhorne Slim. Now an icon in his own right, Paleface is touring again with drummer Mo Samalot.

The pair will be at Railroad Earth Saturday, May 29. Los Buenos and Jeremy Ray are supporting, with the former of the two playing their final show before guitarist Stephen Rafter crosses the ocean for the Middle East. Show starts at 8 and is free to the public.

Jeremy Ray: You recently released a new video for your song "New York, New York." Can you tell me a little bit about that and how much fun you had making it?

Paleface: We worked with a guy that was an old-school Paleface fan and had lived in New York for years so when we told him what we wanted, it wasn't a problem. He knew what we were talking about. It's like when you know a place things are easy. We travel a lot and we are always asking people who live wherever we're playing where's the best place to eat or where we can get the cheapest tires or guitar strings or whatever. We shot it over two afternoons the first one in Brooklyn, the second in Manhattan.

JR: You currently reside in North Carolina. How does that compare to your former home of Brooklyn? How has it affected the songwriting process, if at all?

PF: I miss the food in New York more than anything. As far as an adjustment we are on the road most of the time so it's really the traveling that has influenced the writing.  The people we have met along the way gradually become friends that we look forward to seeing whenever we go to their town to do a show.

JR: You've been working hard on the road for you recent album "The Show Is On The Road?" What's up next?

PF: Next up for Paleface is readying our new record for release.We're also trying to evolve on the stage and become a more entertaining band to go see and write even more songs that may reach people in some way-either profound or silly -- doesn't really matter -- sometime both at the same time.

JR: It is well known that you have influenced and been involved with major artists such as Beck and Daniel Johnston. Are there any current artists (or older artists) that are inspiring or influencing you currently?

PF: I'm inspired by all kinds of artist new and old-the trap for any artist is to stay in one place too long… (and become) boring. That's bad. Shows and traveling become a chore and your audience may become trapped with you. Seeing a great live band is such a buzz-that inspires me a lot. It's too bad more people don’t understand that it's more entertaining than TV or even the auto-tune lypsyncers, but I guess that's another story.