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Refimprove|date=October 2009Infobox musical artist| image = David_Lindley_Knuckleheads_Saloon.png| name = David Lindley| caption = David Lindley at Knuckleheads Saloon , Kansas City, Missouri , March 19, 2011| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias = De Paris Letante, Mr. Dave| birth_date = Birth date and age|1944|3|21| birth_place = San Marino, California|San Marino , California United States | death_date =| instrument = Acoustic guitar|Acoustic and electric guitar , Upright bass|Upright and electric bass guitar , banjo , oud , mandolin , lap steel guitar , hardingfele , bouzouki , cittern , baglama|baglama , Yayli tanbur|gumbus , charango , cümbüs , Oud|ud , violin , weissenborn , zither | genre = Rock music|Rock , Country music|country , world music | occupation = Musician , Songwriter , Record producer|Producer , Music scores|Music scorer | years_active = 1966–present| label = Asylum Records|Asylum , Atlantic Records|Atlantic , Epic Records|Epic , RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor , Shanachie Records|Shanachie | associated_acts = Kaleidoscope (US band)|Kaleidoscope , El Rayo-X , Jackson Browne , Warren Zevon , Ry Cooder , Linda Ronstadt | website = http://www.davidlindley.com Official Website| notable_instruments = Weissenborn|Weissenborn lap slide
Danelectro|Danelectro guitar models David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944, San Marino, California|San Marino , California ) is an United States|American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne , Warren Zevon , and other Rock music|rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genre s as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton . He has mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar (magazine)|Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to Lindley, not as a multi-instrumentalist , but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist" in a cover story about his career to date in 2005.cite news|url= http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag90/coverstory.shtml|title=BIG little MUSIC: The Weird and Wonderful World of String Wizard David Lindley|last=Kotapish|first=Paul |year=2005 |publisher=Acoustic Guitar Magazine|pages=Cover Story|accessdate=2009-05-31 The majority of the instruments that Lindley plays are string instrument s. They include (but are not limited to) the Acoustic guitar|acoustic and electric guitar , Upright bass|upright and electric bass guitar , banjo , lap steel guitar , mandolin , hardingfele , bouzouki , cittern , baglama|baglama , Yayli tanbur|gumbus , charango , cümbüs , oud , weissenborn , and zither .

Lindley has performed as a member of the band Kaleidoscope (US band)|Kaleidoscope , served as bandleader of his own band El Rayo-X, and has been hired to serve in that capacity for other artists on tour. In addition, he Film score|scores music to film and has worked extensively in that capacity as well.

Career


Early work


During 1966 to 1970 Lindley was part of the eclectic Psychedelic music|psychedelic band Kaleidoscope (US band)|Kaleidoscope . 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 was the leader of his own band, El Rayo X, from 1981 to 1983, which produced three albums.

Work with other artists



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 and Rod Stewart . He has also collaborated with fellow guitarists Ry Cooder and Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser . 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, Roebuck and Co.|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 percussion|percussive instrument s 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.

While Lindley is not known as a vocalist, his voice has been widely heard in the version of Stay (Maurice Williams song)| 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.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jtuvXrTz8DY|title=Jackson Browne The Load Out / Stay 1978 |last=Browne|first=Jackson|year=1978 |work= Jackson Browne In Concert Live At Shepherd's Bush Theatre, London 1978 distrubted on YouTube, time mark 7:03|accessdate=2009-09-19

Lindley joined Jackson Browne for a tour of Spain in 2006. "Love is Strange," a 2-CD set of recordings from that tour, was released May 11, 2010, with Browne and Lindley touring together starting in June.cite web|url= http://jacksonbrowne.com/news/2010/03/04/jackson-browne-david-lindley-tour-heads-u-s-and-europe-summer |title=With David Lindley Tour Heads To U.S. And Europe This Summer |publisher=Jackson Browne |date= |accessdate=2012-03-31

Instruments


Lindley has an extremely large collection of rare, and to the majority of Westerners, unusual looking and sounding instruments. There is a large and detailed display of quite a few rare guitars, as well as instruments that originate from the Middle East and other parts of the world. Lindley has listed and categorized many of them on his websitecite web|url= http://www.davidlindley.com/|title=The Official David Lindley Web Page |last=Lindley|first=David|year=2005 |work=Official Website|accessdate=2009-05-31 but admits that he has "absolutely no idea" how many instruments he owns and plays, having gathered them since the 1960s.

Solo discography (excerpts)


  • 1967 : Side Trips (Epic Records – with Kaleidoscope (US band)|Kaleidoscope

  • 1967 : A Beacon from Mars (Epic Records – With Kaleidoscope)

  • 1969 : Incredible Kaleidoscope (Epic Records)

  • 1970 : Bernice ( Epic Records ) with Kaleidoscope

  • 1981 : El Rayo-X ( Asylum Records|Asylum )

  • 1982 : Win This Record! ( Asylum Records|Asylum )

  • 1983 : El Rayo Live

  • 1985 : Mr. Dave

  • 1988 : Very Greasy ( Elektra Records|Elektra ) #174 US

  • 1991 : OST The Indian Runner with Jack Nitzsche

  • 1991 : A World Out of Time ( Shanachie Records|Shanachie ) with Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser in Madagascar

  • 1994 : The Sweet Sunny North ( Shanachie Records ) with Henry Kaiser in Norway

  • 1994 : Wheels of the Sun by Kazu Matsui ( Hermans records ) with Hani Naser

  • 1994 : Official Bootleg #1: Live In Tokyo Playing Real Good with Hani Naser

  • 1995 : Cooder-Lindley Family Live at the Vienna Opera House with Ry Cooder

  • 1995 : Song of Sacajawea (Rabbit Ears)

  • 1995 : Official Bootleg #2: Live All Over the Place Playing Even Better with Hani Naser

  • 2000 : Twango Bango Deluxe (with Wally Ingram )

  • 2001 : Twango Bango II (with Wally Ingram)

  • 2003 : Twango Bango III (with Wally Ingram)

  • 2004 : Live in Europe (with Wally Ingram)

  • 2008 : David Lindley—Big Twang


    • Discography with other musicians


  • 1968 : Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia) with Leonard Cohen

  • 1971 : Songs for Beginners (Atlantic) with Graham Nash

  • 1973 : For Everyman ( Asylum Records|Asylum ) with Jackson Browne

  • 1973 : Wild Tales (Atlantic) with Graham Nash

  • 1974 : Late for the Sky ( Asylum Records|Asylum ) with Jackson Browne

  • 1974 : Heart Like a Wheel ( Capitol Records ) with Linda Ronstadt

  • 1975 : Prisoner In Disguise Asylum Records with Linda Ronstadt

  • 1975 : Wind on the Water ( ABC Records|ABC ) with Crosby & Nash

  • 1975 : Atlantic Crossing ( Warner Bros. Records ) with Rod Stewart

  • 1976 : The Pretender (album)|The Pretender ( Asylum Records ) with Jackson Browne

  • 1976 : Warren Zevon (album)|Warren Zevon with Warren Zevon

  • 1976 : Whistling Down the Wire ( ABC Records ) with Crosby & Nash

  • 1976 : A Night on the Town (Rod Stewart album)|A Night on the Town (Warner Bros.) with Rod Stewart

  • 1977 : Here You Come Again (album)|Here You Come Again ( RCA Victor ) with Dolly Parton

  • 1977 : Running on Empty (album)|Running on Empty ( Asylum Records|Asylum ) with Jackson Browne

  • 1977 : Simple Dreams ( Asylum Records|Asylum ) with Linda Ronstadt

  • 1979 : Bop Till You Drop ( Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros ) with Ry Cooder

  • 1980 : Hold Out ( Asylum Records|Asylum ) with Jackson Browne

  • 1980 : Earth & Sky (album)|Earth & Sky ( Capitol Records ) with Graham Nash

  • 1987 : Trio (album)|Trio ( Warner Bros. Records ) with Emmylou Harris , Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton

  • 1987 : Sentimental Hygiene ( Virgin Records|Virgin ) with Warren Zevon

  • 1992 : Fat City (album)|Fat City ( Columbia Records ) with Shawn Colvin

  • 1994 : Mutineer ( Giant Records (Warner)|Giant ) with Warren Zevon

  • 2003 : The Wind ( Artemis Records ) with Warren Zevon

  • 2006 : Both Sides of the Gun ( Virgin Records|Virgin ) with Ben Harper

  • 2010 : Love is Strange (album)|Love is Strange ( InsideOut Music ) live with Jackson Browne

  • 2010 : The Promise (Bruce Springsteen album)|The Promise ( Columbia Records ) with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.davidlindley.com/ The Official David Lindley Web Page

  • http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003003.html Interview on Modern Guitars Magazine


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