David Lindley

David Lindley is, for my money, one of the great unsung heroes of American music. He spent his career making other artists sound better, lending his uncanny slide guitar to Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and even Dolly Parton, while leading his own band El Rayo-X on the side. What fascinates me most is his restless curiosity, the way he collected and mastered stringed instruments from around the world. He passed in 2023, but that wailing, unmistakable tone lingers. I admire musicians who serve the song over their ego, and Lindley was the patron saint of exactly that.

Name (English)

David Lindley

Name (Japanese)

デヴィッド・リンドレー

Reading

でゔぃっど・りんどれー

Born

March 21, 1944 – March 3, 2023

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

San Marino, California, United States

Occupation

composer / guitarist / record producer / singer / songwriter

• Official sitehttps://www.davidlindley.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Lindley%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175266

Tags

• California
• composer
• guitarist
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.