David Lindley, a notable Los Angeles session musician identified for his work and collaborations with quite a few stars through the Seventies and ’80s, died on Friday (March 3). He was 78.
The extremely gifted multi-instrumentalist — whose guitar and fiddle expertise made him a go-to collaborator for icons like Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart and others — had been in poor health for numerous months, in keeping with the Los Angeles Instances. A explanation for dying was not offered.
“The lack of David Lindley is a large one,” Jason Isbell wrote on Twitter. “With out his affect my music would sound utterly totally different. I used to be genuinely obsessed along with his enjoying from the primary time I heard it. The person was a large.”
Graham Nash additionally paid tribute on Instagram to Lindley, calling him “one of the vital gifted musicians there has ever been.” He added, “David may play just about any instrument you set in entrance of him with unimaginable versatility and expression.”
Lindley was born in San Marino, Calif., on March 21, 1944. He grew up surrounded by music and commenced enjoying banjo and fiddle as a toddler. By his early twenties, Lindley had developed an curiosity in electrical music and fashioned the psychedelic folk-rock band Kaleidoscope. The group launched its debut album, Facet Journeys, in 1967. That very same yr, he labored as a session musician on Leonard Cohen’s first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen, in keeping with the Instances.
After splitting with Kaleidoscope in 1970 following the discharge of 4 albums, Lindley joined Jackson Browne’s band, establishing himself on albums like 1973’s For Everyman, 1974’s Late for the Sky and 1977’s Operating on Empty. Throughout his time with Browne, Lindley additionally joined studio periods with different notable artists through the mid-’70s, together with Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Crosby & Nash, Rod Stewart and Ry Cooder.
Within the early Nineteen Eighties, Lindley put his session work on maintain and fashioned the group El Rayo-X, which went on to launch two albums. Later that decade, he appeared on Bob Dylan’s Underneath the Pink Sky, Iggy Pop’s Brick by Brick and John Prine’s The Lacking Years. In the course of the ’90s, Lindley collaborated on albums releases with avant-garde guitarist Henry Kaiser and Jordanian oud participant Hani Naser. He reunited with Browne for a tour of Spain in 2006.
Lindley launched his final solo album, Massive Twang, in 2007. That very same yr, he and Kaiser scored Werner Herzog’s documentary Encounters on the Finish of the World.
See extra tributes on social media to Lindley under.
