Biography
David Perry Lindley (March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023) was an American musician who founded the rock band El Rayo-X and worked with many other performers including Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton. He mastered such a wide variety of instruments that Acoustic Guitar magazine referred to him not as a multi-instrumentalist but instead as a "maxi-instrumentalist." The majority of the instruments that Lindley played are string instruments, including violin, acoustic and electric guitar, upright and electric bass, banjo, mandolin, dobro, hardingfele, bouzouki, cittern, bağlama, gumbus, charango, cümbüş, oud and zither. He was described as "the unparalleled master of the lap steel guitar" in the rock music sphere, and an expert in Hawaiian-style slide guitar blues. Lindley was a founding member of the 1960s psychedelic band Kaleidoscope and worked as musical director for several touring artists. He occasionally scored and composed music for film.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Running On Empty
1977
America
1971
A Night On The Town
1976
Greatest Hits
1976
Late For The Sky
1974
Starfish
1988
The Pretender
1976
Heart Like A Wheel
1974
Songs For Beginners
1971
For Everyman
1973
Wind On The Water
1975
Hold Out
1980
Warren Zevon
1976
Trio
1987
Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
1980
Bop Till You Drop
1979
Whistling Down The Wire
1976
Maria Muldaur
1973
Atlantic Crossing
1975
Prisoner In Disguise
1975
Sentimental Hygiene
1987
Wild Tales
1973
Lives In The Balance
1986
There Goes The Neighborhood
1981
Credited work
4,565 releases · 307 albums · active 1964–2026
- Performance · 10,067
- Other credits · 4,669
- Production · 66
- Engineering · 2
Studios: The Sound Factory · Sunset Sound · Ocean Way Recording · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles