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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!

northman
stuartk
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@tablejockey 

You and me, both...

I saw Lindley 3 times-- twice on his own and once with El Rayo X. 

Never managed to catch J. Beck live. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tablejockey
3,795 posts
 

If this doesn't make you happy, nothing will

Anyone remember seeing this episode of SNL?

(99) David Lindley - Werewolves of London [Sunday Night Live 1989] - YouTube

Requiem for David

(100) Henry Kaiser’s REQUIEM for DAVID LINDLEY - YouTube

northman OP
236 posts
 

@tablejockey, thank you so much for posting those videos. I’d seen the SNL performance but I hadn’t caught Henry Kaiser’s "Requiem." It’s WONDERFUL.

phil59
26 posts
 

I was a big fan. Still listen to his music a lot. Check out, for example, his versions of "Gimme Da Ting," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and "Werewolves of London," all on the "Very Greasy" album. I wish I had seen him live.

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