Last Friday, as confirmed today, the prestigious American musician died David Lindley. His cause of death was not disclosed, but it was revealed that he had been ill for the past few months. I was 89 years old.
After the news of his death spread, colleagues, fans and friends sent their condolences through social networks, sharing anecdotes and photos of the artist.
Lindley’s musical career has led him to become something of a legend and “musician’s musician“, as the older ones summoned him for recordings and recitals.
He has recorded with Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Leonard Cohen, Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart, Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder and Warren Zevon.in addition to the Argentines Leon Gieco and Gabrielawho recognized his talent in their idols’ records and summoned him as soon as they had the opportunity.
multi-instrumentalist
The player mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to Lindley not as a multi-instrumentalist, but as a “maxi-instrumentalist”.
Most of the instruments he played were strings, including acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, lap steel guitar, mandolin, hardingfele, bouzouki, zither, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud, and zither. .
His career
The artist was born in the year 1944, in San Marino, California. As a teenager and young adult, he gained attention for his work in a multitude of small bands such as the Smog City Trestle Hangers, the Mad Mountain Ramblers, and the Dry City Scat Band.
After embracing rock, he became a founding member of Kaleidoscopeone of the most enigmatic psychedelic bands of the 1960s, later named by Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page as his “favorite band of all time” and even recruited entirely by Leonard Cohen to record their debut Songs of leonard cohen in 1967.
During the 1970s, Lindley’s talents were in great demand, appearing as a sideman for artists as diverse as Terry Reid, David Blue, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, and Crosby and Nash.
However, he is best remembered for his association with jackson brown which spanned seminal publications such as Late for heaven, the pretender AND Running empty. His falsetto in Browne’s version of stay (1978) brought unexpected Top 20 success in the UK and the US.
In 1979, David Lindley began working with his old friend ry cooder on the soundtrack of Bop till you drop AND The long riders. Their musical collaboration continued for decades with recording projects and world tours as an acoustic duo.
He released his first solo album, The radiographyin 1981, with a fascinating mix of New Orleans, Latino and reggae styles.
He has also participated as a session musician on classic records such as Songs for beginners AND Wild tales From Graham Nash, America From America, Atlantic crossing From Rod Stewart, Ancient heart From Tanita Tiram OR Under the red sky From Bob Dylanamong others.
The news of his death
The guitarist’s death was confirmed by his friend Douglas Reynolds, on his donation page. In the description he shared, he pointed out that Lindley was gone and therefore decided to open a account so that your family does not go through painful times due to lack of money that may occur.
“I am saddened to break the news that my friend David left the planet this morning, March 3rd. Thanks to everyone who bought a shirt and donated to the fundraiser. He’ll help his girls — his wife Joanie and daughter Rosanne — not have to think about money in these sad times,” Reynolds said on his page.
Though he didn’t provide further details, Douglas Reynolds said he briefly considered canceling the donation, but decided to continue because the guitarist’s wife and daughter are paying for the funeral expenses and more, which resulted in Lindley’s loss. . Likewise, he has been selling T-shirts with the artist’s surname on them.
“The bills keep coming in and obviously there will be the final expenses. I thought about canceling the fundraiser, but they encouraged me to keep doing it for their girls, so I will,” Reynolds said on the donation page that was made in her honor. At this time, the family has not released any statements in regarding the death of the public figure.
Farewell by Stephen King
Various personalities greeted the musician and sent their condolences through social networks. One of them was the writer Stephen Kingsuch as musician Jason Isbell and Graham Nash, who highlighted Lindley’s great career in the music business, also sent their condolences to the guitarist’s family.
“I am very saddened by the passing of the great David Lindley. The world is losing a brilliant musician,” King wrote on Twitter.
“The loss of David Lindley is enormous. Without his influence, my music would sound completely different. I was really obsessed with his playing from the first time I heard it. He was a giant,” Jason Isbell said.
Source: Clarin
