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David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944) is an American musician who founded the band El Rayo-X, and has worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He has mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to Lindley not as a multi-instrumentalist, but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist."[3]

David Lindley
David Lindley at Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, Missouri, March 19, 2011
Background information
Also known asDe Paris Letante, Mr. Dave
Born (1944-03-21) March 21, 1944 (age 78)[1]
San Marino, California, US[2]
GenresRock, country, world music
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer, composer
Instrument(s)
Years active1962–present
LabelsAsylum, Atlantic, Epic, RCA Victor, Shanachie
Websitedavidlindley.com

The majority of the instruments that Lindley plays are string instruments, including the acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, and zither.

Lindley was a founding member of the 1960s band Kaleidoscope, and has worked as musical director for several touring artists.[3] In addition, he has occasionally scored and composed music for film.[4]


Early life and career


When Lindley was growing up in Los Angeles, his father had an extensive collection of 78 rpm records that included Korean folk and Indian sitar music.[5] Lindley took up the violin at age 3, but broke the bridge. He then moved on to the baritone ukelele in his early teens.[5] Then Lindley took to playing the banjo and the fiddle. By his late teens, he was acknowledged as an award-winning player, having won the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest five times.[1][6]

He began to frequent the folk music scene of the 60s, patronizing clubs like the Ash Grove and the Troubador, and encountering an eclectic assortment of music, including flamenco, Russian folk music, and Indian sitar music. He found that radio played a very open assortment of music.[5]

From 1966 to 1970, Lindley was a founding member of the all-styles psychedelic band Kaleidoscope which released four albums on Epic Records during that period.

After Kaleidoscope broke up, he went to England and played in Terry Reid's band for a couple of years. In 1972, he teamed up with Jackson Browne, and played in his band through 1980. During the 1970s, he also toured as a member of the bands of Crosby-Nash, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor.

In 1981, Lindley formed his own band, El Rayo-X. Jackson Browne produced their first album. Their last show before breaking up was December 31, 1989. Since that time, he has toured as a solo artist, and as half of a duo, first with Hani Naser, then with Wally Ingram. He also played on a multitude of studio sessions. Between his work in the studio as a session musician or on tour as a sideman or bandleader, Lindley has worked on learning new instruments. He is famous for having written the only song glorifying (a brand of) male condoms, "Ram-a-Lamb-a-Man," from his album Win this Record![7][8]


Work with other artists


Lindley in Brisbane, 1980
Lindley in Brisbane, 1980

Lindley is known for his work as a session musician. He has contributed to recordings and live performances by Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Curtis Mayfield, James Taylor, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Terry Reid, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Toto, Rod Stewart and Joe Walsh. He has also collaborated with fellow guitarists Ry Cooder, Henry Kaiser and G. E. Smith.[9] Artist Ben Harper has credited Lindley's distinctive slide guitar style as a major influence on his own playing, and, in 2006, Lindley sat in on Harper's album Both Sides of the Gun. He is known in the guitar community for his use of "cheap" instruments sold at Sears department stores and intended for amateurs. He uses these for the unique sound they produce, especially with a slide. In the early 1990s, he toured and recorded with Hani Naser adding percussive instruments to his solo performances, and his instrumental repertoire which he uses in his session work. In recent years, Lindley has also toured extensively and recorded with reggae percussionist Wally Ingram. It is his touring around the world that has exposed him to part of his array of instruments that appear exotic to many Western audiences.

Lindley's voice is heard in the version of "Stay" performed by Jackson Browne. Browne's version is a continuation of "The Load Out", and its refrain is sung in progressively higher vocal ranges. The refrain of "Oh won't you stay, just a little bit longer" is sung first by Browne, then by Rosemary Butler, then by Lindley in falsetto.[10]

Lindley was a special guest artist on a 1994 jazz CD entitled Wheels of the Sun by the Japanese shakuhachi player Kazu Matsui. He played on each track of the CD.[citation needed]

Lindley joined Jackson Browne for a tour of Spain in 2006. Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino, a 2-CD set of recordings from that tour, was released May 11, 2010, with Browne and Lindley touring together starting in June of that year.[11] The duo also won an Independent Music Award for Best Live Performance Album[12]


Instruments


Lindley in Oslo, 1981
Lindley in Oslo, 1981

Lindley has a large collection of rare and unusual guitars and other instruments from the Middle East and various parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his website[13] but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s.[3]


Selected discography


Solo

With other musicians


with Jackson Browne
with Ry Cooder
with Crosby & Nash
with Graham Nash
with Terry Reid
with Linda Ronstadt
with Rod Stewart
with Warren Zevon
with others

References


  1. Craig Harris. "David Lindley | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. Pete Prown, Harvey P. Newquist , Legends of Rock Guitar, H. Leonard, 1997
  3. Kotapish, Paul (2005). "BIG little MUSIC: The Weird and Wonderful World of String Wizard David Lindley". Acoustic Guitar Magazine. pp. Cover Story. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  4. "David Lindley". IMDb.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  5. Oksenhorn, Stewart. "World PiecesFor David Lindley, the world is still flats (sharps)". www.aspentimes.com. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. "David Lindley". David Lindley. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  7. "POP MUSIC REVIEW : Lindley Keeps on His Toes During New Year's Kickoff". Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1990. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  8. "David Lindley | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. March 18, 2020. Archived from the original on March 18, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  9. Snow, Mat (March 5, 1991). "Q&A". Q Magazine. 55: 34.
  10. Browne, Jackson (1978). "Jackson Browne The Load Out / Stay 1978". Jackson Browne in Concert Live at Shepherd's Bush Theatre, London 1978 distributed on YouTube, time mark 7:03. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  11. "With David Lindley Tour Heads To U.S. And Europe This Summer". Jackson Browne. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  12. "10th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced. Independent Music Awards, March 29, 2011. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.
  13. Lindley, David (2005). "The Official David Lindley Web Page". Official Website. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  14. "The Bucket List". Soundfieldband.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.




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