NOTABLE SESSION MUSICIAN David Lindley, a multi-instrumentalist well-known for his prolific output and partnerships throughout the 1970s and 1980s, passed away at the age of 78, according to Rolling Stone. The reason for death was not disclosed.
Since the 1960s, Lindley has been playing music professionally. He was a well-known session musician whose proficiency with string instruments like the guitar and fiddle made him an essential working partner for musicians like Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Toto, Rod Stewart, and Joe Walsh.
Who was David Lindley?
On March 3, 2023, legendary American musician David Perry Lindley passed away. His work with a number of well-known performers, including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield, and Dolly Parton, is what made him most famous.
He also founded the band El Rayo-X. Lindley was a talented musician who could play a wide range of instruments, earning him the moniker “maxi-instrumentalist” in Acoustic Guitar magazine.
The majority of the instruments Lindley used were stringed ones, such as the violin, acoustic and electric guitars, upright and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, balama, gumbus, charango, cümbüs, oud, and zither.
Lindley was a founder member of the group Kaleidoscope in the 1960s, and he also served as the musical director for a number of touring performers. He occasionally wrote music for movies as well.
RELEVANT SESSION MUSICIAN David Lindley, a multi-instrumentalist well-known for his prolific output and partnerships throughout the 1970s and 1980s, passed away at the age of 78, according to Rolling Stone. The reason of death was not disclosed.
Since the 1960s, Lindley has been playing music professionally. He was a well-known session musician whose proficiency with string instruments like the guitar and fiddle made him an essential working partner for musicians like Jackson Browne, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Toto, Rod Stewart, and Joe Walsh.