David Lindley
David Lindley was born in San Marino, California, United States on March 21st, 1944 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 80, David Lindley biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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David Perry Lindley (born March 21, 1944) is an American musician who has worked with many other artists, including Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, and Dolly Parton.
Lindley has mastered such a diverse range of musical styles that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist but rather as a "maxi-instrumentalist." "The bulk of Lindley's instruments include string guitars, upright and electric bass, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, baglama, charango, cümbüs, oud, and zither. Lindley, a founding member of the 1960s band Kaleidoscope, has served as musical director for many touring artists.
In addition, he has occasionally produced and composed music for film.
Early life and career
Lindley's father owned a 78 rpm album that included Korean folk and Indian sitar music when he was growing up in Los Angeles. Lindley took up the violin at age 3, but the bridge was broken. In his early teens, he began to play the baritone ukelele. Then Lindleys took to playing banjo and fiddle. He was regarded as an award-winning player by his late teens, after winning the Topanga Banjo•Fiddle Contest five times.
He began frequenting the folk music scene of the 1960s, patronizing clubs like the Ash Grove and the Troubador, and discovering a diverse range of genres, including flamenco, Russian folk music, and Indian sitar music. He discovered that radio was a very open form of music.
Lindley, a founding member of the all-styles psychedelic band Kaleidoscope, who released four albums on Epic Records during that time, from 1966 to 1970.
After Kaleidoscope's demise, he travelled to England and spent a few years in Terry Reid's band. He teamed up with Jackson Browne in 1972 and spent 1980 with him in his band. He appeared in the 1970s, 1964-1990s, as a member of Crosby-Nash, Linda Ronstadt, and James Taylor.
Lindley formed El Rayo-X, his own band, in 1981. Jackson Browne produced their first album. December 31, 1989, their last performance before breaking up was December 31, 1989. Since that time, he has performed as a solo artist and as part of a pair, first with Hani Naser and then with Wally Ingram. He also appeared in a number of studio sessions. Lindley has enjoyed learning new instruments whether in the studio as a session musician or on tour as a sideman or band leader. "Ramb-a-Man," his album Win this Record, is his only song promoting (a brand of) male condoms.