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RIP David Lindley

Lindley was brilliant with multiple instruments, best known for his work with Jackson Browne and his own band El-Rayo X. I was lucky to see him a few times, including a great show in the 80s, when he was having a big moment. In person he was funny, eccentric, and endlessly musically inventive. And of course that Nasby & Crosh t-shirt!

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sfgak
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He could play anything with strings… an incredible talent who will be sorely missed.

edcyn
1,876 posts
 

Always enjoyed his playing. I can't remember, though. Did I see him live once? Did I actually meet him?

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tpreaves
2,682 posts
 

Your old lady, is my old lady too.

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bdp24
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Yet another great musician gone. I fear the next ten years (or even the rest of this decade) will be brutal, at least as far as the 60's and 70's generations of musicians is concerned.

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panzrwagn
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I have been a huge David Lindley fan since I first heard him on Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' cut 'Stay'. His plaintive falsetto "Oh, won't you stay ... just a little bit longer" always cracked me up. Then I learned how great a musician he was, and bought all his albums. His 'Mercury Blues' cover even made it on 'Miami Vice' in the late 80s.  It wasn't until the early 2000s that I ever got to see him live, once with Jackson Browne, and twice as a solo. An Incredible talent and unique persona, he will be missed. 

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