David Lindley, a extremely sought-after studio guitarist who performed with Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart, and Ry Cooder, has died. The information was confirmed to the Los Angeles Times by a supply near Lindley. A fundraiser to cowl medical bills from an undisclosed sickness had been arrange earlier this yr. Lindley was 78.
Born in Los Angeles in 1944, Lindley got here up within the Nineteen Sixties LA people scene. From 1966 to 1970, he was a founding ember of the psychedelic band Kaleidoscope, who launched 4 albums on Epic Records. After Kaleidoscope disbanded, Lindley went to England, the place he performed in Terry Reid’s band. In 1972, he teamed up with Jackson Browne, taking part in in his band via 1980. Also through the ’70s, Lindley toured with Crosby & Nash, Linda Ronstadt (acting on Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, and Simple Dreams), and James Taylor.
In 1981, Lindley shaped the band El Rayo-X; Browne produced their self-titled debut album. Later within the ’80s, he toured as a solo artist, with Jordanian-American musician Hani Naser, and reggae drummer Wally Ingram.
An in-demand session musician and instrument collector, Lindley was additionally linked to Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Toto, Joe Walsh, Marshall Crenshaw, Shawn Colvin, Dan Fogelberg, and Ben Harper (on 2006’s Both Sides Of The Gun) over the course of his lengthy profession. Harper even credited Lindley with influencing his personal use of the slide guitar.
Lindley reunited with Browne for a 2006 tour of Spain, with these concert events being the supply materials for duo’s 2010 dwell album Love Is Strange. Lindley launched his ultimate solo album, Big Twang, in 2007. That similar yr, he scored the Werner Herzog documentary Encounters At The End Of The World with avant-garde guitarist Henry Kaiser.